Boston with Charlestown and Roxbury

Description

Printed map. "Under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge." "Engraved by B.R. Davies." Visual scale [49 mm=880 yards]. Map shows roads, railways, parks, cemeteries, points of interest and more. Described in Melville C. Branch, Comparative Urban Design: Rare Engravings, 1830-1843 (New York: Arno Press Inc., 1978) p. 98-99; and, reprinted in Melville C. Branch, An Atlas of Rare City Maps: Comparative Urban Design, 1830-1842 (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1997) p. 98-99. Acquired as part of the Hodsoll Collection.