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Jay T. Snider Collection
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6 West 48th Street
New York, NY 10036-1902 
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LOWBER, John C. Ordinances of the Corporation of the City of Philadelphia; to which are prefixed, the original charter, the act of incorporation, and other Acts of Assembly relating to the City; With an Appendix, Containing the Regulation of the Bank of the River Delaware, the Portraiture of the City, as Originally Laid out by the Proprietor, &c. &c. Philadelphia: Moses Thomas, 1812. [4], 312 pp., 8vo (215 x 135 mm). Engraved folding plan of Philadelphia by Thomas Holme, struck from the original plate. Contemporary sheep, morocco gilt label on the upper cover. Condition: front free endpaper and title tissue-backed; covers worn, rebacked and recased. Provenance: Henry Paul Beck (signature on title, bookplate, manuscript annotations throughout and on the map). early 19th century printing of the laws of the city, with a restrike of thomas holme's original portraiture plan. The advertisement leaf following the title explains: "For the Portraiture of the City, in the Appendix, the editor is indebted to Dr. George Logan, of Stenton, who is in possession of the original plate, from which the impression was taken." The plate is now located at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. See Snyder, COI p. 17. [Bound with:] A Proposal for Altering the Eastern Front of the City of Philadelphia, with a View to Prevent the Recurrence of Malignant Disorders. Philadelphia: William Fry, 1820. Folding plan. [And with:] The Will of the Late Stephen Girard, Esq. Philadelphia: Robert Desilver, 1832.ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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