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PUBLICATION DETAILS: Washington, DC: Published by Casimir Bohn … 1858. 6 ¼ inches high by 4 inches wide. 120 pages, folding map, 20 illustrations on thick paper. Frontispiece: chromolithograph, Congressional Library, published by C. Bohn, Washington, DC. Followed by steel engraving (half title).
MAP: Rare folding lithographed map at end, 16 inches wide by 11 inches high, Map of the City of Washington in the U. States of America Published by Casimir Bohn Washington. Includes Plan of Georgetown on same sheet. Inset: East Front of the Capitol Extensions at lower right. Table of references and table of dimensions of public buildings. Short tear at binding edge (endemic in folded maps in books.
CONDITION: Brownish-orange cloth with gilt titles and decoration to covers in very good condition. Gilt edges all around. Owner’s signature and note dated 1859 on first free fly leaf. Binding no longer tight.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Philips. Maps and Views of Washington and District of Columbia. PW 173.
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