Washington DC: R. H. Baist. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. RARE LARGE 1965 Baist's Real Estate Survey Map of the Northwest Washington, DC, neighborhood of FOGGY BOTTOM, including building footprints of the State Department, the National Academy of Sciences, the American Institute of Pharmacy and the Federal..... More
New York: F.W. Beers, 1872. Folio. An original 1872 map of the North Ward portion of the historic town of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, with building footprint and campus Irving Female College. This large map was originally published in the F.W. Beers Atlas of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania and also features the..... More
Baltimore, Md: Monumental Printing Company, 1952. 1st Edition. Quarto. Uncommon Maryland architectural history. Large signature of the author in blue ink to the front end paper. Green cloth with elaborate gilt illustration to front board, the armorial shield of Revolutionary War hero General Richard Montgomery, who fell in 1775 storming..... More
Paris: Chez Ch. Ant. Jombert, 1775. 2nd Edition. 8vo. An important 18th-century work on state-of-the-art fortifications, published the year the Revolutionary War began and likely would have been used during the war by American and French engineers. Profusely illustrated with charts and architectural fortification plans, most are fold-outs..... More