[MAPS & ATLASES]. [MAGNUS, Charles (1826-1900)]. A group of 7 hand-color deluxe presentation city views, incl. San Francisco. [With:] [BORNET, John]. [City of Brooklyn]. Hand-colored lithograph.

[MAGNUS, Charles (1826-1900)]
[Louisiana. New Orleans]. (Misidentified to verso as Philadelphia). -- [Louisville, KY]. -- [St. Louis]. -- [Chicago]. -- [San Francisco]. -- [Detroit].

7 lithographs with hand-coloring, ca 1855, image approx. 7 3/4 x 4 5/8 in., on wove paper, each removed from original mount but remounted to replicate the original black and gilt mounts, framed to 12 1/4 x 10 in., not examined out of frames.

A collection of 7 deluxe presentations of Magnus's birds-eye-views of American cities, meant to imitate the popular series published in Europe. Reps notes that: "[Magnus] printed the image on paper having wide black margins, colored the view, and enclosed it within a gold border. When framed it would have resembled an expensive glass-mounted print.” (Reps, Washington on View, p. 128).

[With:] [BORNET, John (active 1850-1855), artist and lithographer.] [City of Brooklyn, L.I. Taken form Rush Street]. Two-stone lithograph with hand-coloring, [1855], image 7 1/2 x 4 5/8 in., mounted and framed identically to Magnus prints above, not examined out of frame.

Includes a view of the semi-rural communities still present in Brooklyn contrasted with the large warships and famous buildings in lower Manhattan.

Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents

[MAPS & ATLASES]. [MAGNUS, Charles (1826-1900)]. A group of 7 hand-color deluxe presentation city views, incl. San Francisco. [With:] [BORNET, John]. [City of Brooklyn]. Hand-colored lithograph.

[MAPS & ATLASES]. [MAGNUS, Charles (1826-1900)]. A group of 7 hand-color deluxe presentation city views, incl. San Francisco. [With:] [BORNET, John]. [City of Brooklyn]. Hand-colored lithograph.