Ending Mar 7, 2024 10:59 EST
Maps, Travel & Sporting Books Including The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
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Holmes' property map of the eastern part of Lenox Hill, previously the Louvre Farm
Estate / Collection: Collection of a New York Surveyor
[MAP - NEW YORK CITY]
HOLMES, JOHN BUTE. Map of the Louvre Farm showing its original perimeter, its division by partition into six parcels and subsequent division by partition of four of these parcels also the Widow Hardenbrook and the Peter Sawyer farms. New York: J. B. Holmes, 1868. Hand-colored lithographed map, laid down on old linen, pink cloth border, rolled, nailed to a wooden dowel. 32 x 41 inches (82 x 104 cm). Lightly toned throughout with slightly darker toning next to the dowel, creasing, a few small losses and cracks along the edges, one old ink stain.
John Bute Holmes' property map of the eastern portion of Lenox Hill depicts the area from 64th to 75th Streets, from 3rd Avenue to the East River. It superimposes historic property lines, as well as old roads and buildings, over the contemporary city's grid. One of the map's more interesting features is Hamilton Square, a park that was demolished in 1869 only a year after this map's publication. The small park, located from 66th to 69th Streets from 3rd to 5th Avenues, was viewed as redundant after Central Park opened its gates nearby in 1859. While the Western half of Hamilton Square was sold, the Eastern half ended up being put to a variety of beneficial uses, namely the Park Avenue Armory, Hunter College, and Mount Sinai Hospital (which has since moved further uptown). Additionally, the map shows some of the historic structures that were located near the East River, including a mansion, a billiards room, two cemeteries, and two swimming basins.
Sold for $1,216
Estimated at $200 - $300
Includes Buyer's Premium
Estate / Collection: Collection of a New York Surveyor
[MAP - NEW YORK CITY]
HOLMES, JOHN BUTE. Map of the Louvre Farm showing its original perimeter, its division by partition into six parcels and subsequent division by partition of four of these parcels also the Widow Hardenbrook and the Peter Sawyer farms. New York: J. B. Holmes, 1868. Hand-colored lithographed map, laid down on old linen, pink cloth border, rolled, nailed to a wooden dowel. 32 x 41 inches (82 x 104 cm). Lightly toned throughout with slightly darker toning next to the dowel, creasing, a few small losses and cracks along the edges, one old ink stain.
John Bute Holmes' property map of the eastern portion of Lenox Hill depicts the area from 64th to 75th Streets, from 3rd Avenue to the East River. It superimposes historic property lines, as well as old roads and buildings, over the contemporary city's grid. One of the map's more interesting features is Hamilton Square, a park that was demolished in 1869 only a year after this map's publication. The small park, located from 66th to 69th Streets from 3rd to 5th Avenues, was viewed as redundant after Central Park opened its gates nearby in 1859. While the Western half of Hamilton Square was sold, the Eastern half ended up being put to a variety of beneficial uses, namely the Park Avenue Armory, Hunter College, and Mount Sinai Hospital (which has since moved further uptown). Additionally, the map shows some of the historic structures that were located near the East River, including a mansion, a billiards room, two cemeteries, and two swimming basins.
Auction: Maps, Travel & Sporting Books Including The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection, ending Mar 7, 2024
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Timed Auction of Maps, Travel & Sporting Books Including the Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
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Bidding Will Open on February 22 and Close on Thursday, March 7, 2024 beginning at 10am
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Consignments Are Currently Being Accepted for Future Auctions
NEW YORK, NY -- Doyle will hold a timed online auction of Maps, Travel & Sporting Books closing on Thursday, March 7, 2024 beginning at 10am. Explore the world through a fascinating range of offerings featuring maps, Americana, travel, sporting books, literary sets and the Esmond Bradley Martin Collection of Africana.
Esmond Bradley Martin
Esmond Bradley Martin (1941-2018) was educated as a geographer and philosopher. He and his wife Chryssee had an enduring fascination with Africa, and settled in Nairobi, Kenya, in the mid-1970s. He wrote extensively, oftentimes in conjunction with his wife, publishing works including Zanzibar. Tradition and Revolution, Hamish Hamilton, 1978; Cargoes of the east. The ports, trade, and culture of the Arabian Seas and western Indian Ocean, Elm Tree Press, 1978; and many other works on African history and conservation. In the late 1970s, he began extensive research into the illegal trade in elephant ivory and rhino horn, which included substantial stints incognito posing as a buyer of illicit wildlife products. For a while, he served as special envoy for rhino conservation for the United Nations.
For about thirty years, beginning in the mid-1960s, Esmond Bradley Martin assiduously collected books and manuscripts on Africa and its history, acquiring a phenomenal collection of letters by many of the major English explorers of the nineteenth century, as well as numerous rarities from earlier centuries. He was buying at a time when troves of such material surfaced frequently at English auctions. Doyle was privileged to offer the first selection from his collection in the November 7, 2023 auction. We are pleased to present this second offering of property from The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection.
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