Bridgeport Connecticut 6th Ward 1873 F.W. Beers detailed city plan. Estronia Map was backed onto linen

Map was backed onto linen in the 19th century

A splendid image with a unique style of aquatint coloring which reveals a sensibility on the part of the colourist utterly rooted in this 200+ year old historical era

Five insets across the bottom include 2 city plans and the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States

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Book measures: 6 1/8" H X 4 1/4" W

Bridgeport Connecticut 6th Ward 1873 F.W. Beers detailed city plan. Estronia Map was backed onto linenBridgeport Harbor 6th Ward. (North America, United States, Massachusetts, Worcester County, Lunenburg, Township Map). Issued 1873, Philadelphia by F. W. Beers. Uncommon 19th century lithographed map with original hand color. An early owner has drwn pencil lines on the map to evidently show the new placement of roads and an extension to the bottom harbor area. A highly detailed map with owners of houses and their plots identified. Invaluable for