[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.