Title:
Atlas of the 27th & 46th Wards of the City of Philadelphia from Private Plans, Actual Surveys & Official Records
Publisher:
Elvino V. Smith
Description:
With 21 hand-colored double-page lithographed maps, plus title and index. 21¾x16½, gray cloth.
Extremely detailed atlas of a portion of Philadelphia with hand-colored maps including two maps containing a section of the University of Pennsylvania. Small paper strip affixed to bottom of title page "Buildings Corrected to April 15th, 1913" and with those corrections affixed over appropriate buildings throughout the map illustrations. Also, publisher's rubberstamp to title-page.
Lot Amendments
Condition:
Some wear to covers with faint spotting and soiling, fraying to spine ends; binding shaken, light wear to brown cloth hinges, endpapers soiled and a bit wrinkled, tears to bottom of first few pages (one with tape repair), maps only with slight wrinkling otherwise clean; very good overall.
