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LOW, John (1763-1809). The New-York directory, and register, for the year 1796…To which is added the Names of the Inhabitants of Brooklyn. New York: John Buel and John Bull, 1796.
12° (191 x 111 mm). 2 engraved plates depicting currency exchange rates. (Some browning and staining, lacking two engraved flag plates, small corner torn from 2E2, a few mostly marginal repairs, touching one letter on title-page.) Original wrappers; (stained, rebacked, small repair to upper cover); quarter morocco folding-case (upper cover detached and mended with clear tape). Provenance: Manuscript note p.101 “my mother’s brother J.A. Hackett”.
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST NEW YORK DIRECTORY TO INCLUDE BROOKLYN. Low intended to include a correct map of New York and Long Island to accompany this work, and promised on the title-page that this directory would be “Illustrated with a Plan of the City and Part of Long Island, laid down agreeably to the latest Survey." As he explains on the lower wrapper, however, he ultimately didn’t include the map in this edition owing to issues with accuracy of the map; he promises that the editors will include a map in the 1797 edition. A rare survival of this early American directory RETAINING THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS. Spear locates only three copies: the Long Island Historical Society in Brooklyn, NY; the New York Historical Society; and the New York Public Library. Spear p.235.
12° (191 x 111 mm). 2 engraved plates depicting currency exchange rates. (Some browning and staining, lacking two engraved flag plates, small corner torn from 2E2, a few mostly marginal repairs, touching one letter on title-page.) Original wrappers; (stained, rebacked, small repair to upper cover); quarter morocco folding-case (upper cover detached and mended with clear tape). Provenance: Manuscript note p.101 “my mother’s brother J.A. Hackett”.
FIRST EDITION OF THE FIRST NEW YORK DIRECTORY TO INCLUDE BROOKLYN. Low intended to include a correct map of New York and Long Island to accompany this work, and promised on the title-page that this directory would be “Illustrated with a Plan of the City and Part of Long Island, laid down agreeably to the latest Survey." As he explains on the lower wrapper, however, he ultimately didn’t include the map in this edition owing to issues with accuracy of the map; he promises that the editors will include a map in the 1797 edition. A rare survival of this early American directory RETAINING THE ORIGINAL WRAPPERS. Spear locates only three copies: the Long Island Historical Society in Brooklyn, NY; the New York Historical Society; and the New York Public Library. Spear p.235.