ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE FUNDS OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, for the year ending December 31, 1849, including accounts of its revenues and expenditures in detail and of the receipts and investments of the commissioners of ther sinking fund during the same period.
New York: McSpedon & Baker, 1850. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, dark brown ribbed cloth blocked in gilt and blind; 148 pp., 1 folding table, 1 large (19 x 28 inches) folding map at rear. Front cover with name "F. A. Southmayd Esq." embossed at center. Chipping to spine ends and corners, else very good. Good+. Item #21731
"Map of the Common Lands Belonging to the Mayor & Commonality of the City of New York. Compiled January, 1850 by John T. Serrell. Arthur & Burnet Lith. 61 Wall St." is in near fine condition and shows an area between 48th - 93rd Streets and First Avenue to Tenth Avenue - parts of what are now Midtown, Central Park and the Upper East SIde. Scarce, OCLC/Worldcat locates only 1 copy of this report, without the map (Philadelphia Library Co.). Map not found on OCLC/Worldcat, though there is a copy in the New York Historical Society Map Collection. Sabin 54212 lists several NYC Comptroller reports but does not include this one.
Price: $250.00