PUBLISHER: Published by D.T. Valentine.
MEDIUM: Two-Color Lithograph,
DATE: 1852
EDITION SIZE: Image size 6 1/4 x 9 3/8" (160 x 203 mm).
DESCRIPTION: Further text reads "Copied for D.T. Valentine's Manuel 1852. Lith. by G. Hayward, 120 Water Street, N.Y." From the “Manuel of the Common Council of the City of New York” by D.T Valentine published from 1841 - 1870. Also known as the Valentine’s Manuals they contain hundreds of lithographs, maps and woodcuts of New York City and is the first comprehensive portrait of the city. <br><br> In the 1800s it was common for merchants to register their cargo at coffee houses. Such was the case for the Tontine Coffee House (the second building on the left), which was one of the prominent trading houses in downtown Manhattan. Merchants would gather to buy, sell and trade wares, leaving some researchers to regard the the Tontine Building as one of New York's early stock exchanges.
ADDITIONAL INFO:
CONDITION: Good condition save for significant text offset on 1/3 of image. Has original fold lines from when bound in the book.
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