[Rarebooks] FS: Thursty McQuill's HUDSON RIVER GUIDE, 1835, with a large hand-colored folding map by David Burr

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McQUILL, Thursty. THE HUDSON RIVER GUIDE; CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF 
ALL THE LANDINGS AND PRINCIPAL PLACES ON THE HUDSON RIVER, AS FAR AS 
NAVIGABLE; STAGE, CANAL, AND RAILROAD ROUTES, ACCOMPANIED BY A CORRECT 
MAP. New York: J. Disturnell, 1835. First Edition. Original very dark 
green leather with gilt lettering on the front cover, later rebacking 
with new endpapers (3-1/4" x 5"). The guide consists of 16 pages of text 
with a frontispiece engraved view of the Battery and Castle Garden and a 
large (4-3/4" x 25") attractively hand-colored folding map drawn by 
David H. Burr and engraved by S. Stiles & Co. depicting the area from 
Sandy Hook to Glens Falls and Luzerne, including Brooklyn and western 
Long Island, Staten Island, and part of New Jersey. Front cover 
dampstained, most noticeable on the inside. Text with slight dampstain; 
the engraving, now mounted on a fabric stub, and the map, which has been 
expertly repaired and backed with transparent silk, are not affected by 
the dampstain. Overall Very Good and quite scarce. (#016938) $600.00

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