MILLER'S NEW YORK AS IT IS; OR STRANGER'S GUIDE-BOOK TO THE CITIES OF NEW YORK, BROOKLYN AND ADJACENT PLACES: COMPRISING NOTICES OF EVERY OBJECT OF INTEREST TO STRANGERS; INCLUDING PUBLIC BUILDINGS, CHURCHES, HOTELS, PLACES OF AMUSEMENT, LITERARY INSTITUTIONS, ETC. WITH MAP AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS.
New York: James Miller, 522 Broadway, 1859. 12mo. Contemporary cloth over stiff paper wrappers [hinges going, spine chipped], title stamped in gilt on front cover. Pages [18], [frontis plate of Cooper Union], 129, [3 advts], plus folding plates. In-text illustrations. Front and rear pastedowns consist of advertisements. A few leaves loose, a Good+ copy.
This is Miller's first guide book, a compendious and profusely illustrated guide to the City, covering virtually everything about New York and Brooklyn, with many advertisements.
Despite the title's promise of a map, none appears here and the index of Illustrations does not list one. However, the copies at Yale and the New York Public Library do include a map. The promised illustration of the Merchants' Exchange is not included.
Sabin 54407. Item #26603
Price: $125.00