Old New York, "The Bouwery" [Bowery]

New York, 1862. Ephemera. Near Fine. Single leaf (about 20x16 inches), lithographed map showing the old street lay-out of the Bowery, with the later Avenue A to Third Avenue, Six to Sixteenth street printed in faint red atop it. Published for D. T. Valentine's Manual, a reproduction of the map presented to the New York Historial Society by Robert Winthrop. A charming artifact, identifying old landmarks, including an "Old Pear Tree, Planted 1647, Fruit Bearing 1861." Flattened creases from folding, else fine. (Inventory #: D14055)