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Maps, Travel & Sporting Books Including The Esmond Bradley Martin Collection
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Two survey maps of Doyer's Street, one of Chinatown's most historic locales
Estate / Collection: Collection of a New York Surveyor
[NEW YORK-SURVEY MAP]
SMITH, EDWIN. after CASIMIR TH. GOERK. A Map of a peice of ground in the sixth ward of the City of New York the property of Henry Doyer esqr. Surveyed and laid out into lots New York March 5th, 1797 by Casmar Th Georck City Surveyor. Resurveyed by Charles Loss City Surveyor New York 14 March 1805. Copied by E Doughty City Surveyor January 15th, 1819. New York: "Copied from the copy made by E. Doughty by E. Smith," December 28th, 1825. Manuscript survey map in ink on paper, old linen backing with manuscript annotations, and Edwin Smith's ink stamp. 17 3/4 x 23 inches (45.5 x 59.5 cm). Light toning along the left edge, dust soiling, a few losses and tears at edges, a later pencil annotation; Together with SMITH, GEO. B. after CASIMIR TH. GOERK. A Map of a Piece of Ground in the Sixth Ward of the City of New York the Property of Henry Doyer Esq. Surveyed and laid out into Lots. March 6th 1797 by Casimir Th. Goerck City Surveyor. [New York]: copied March 6th, 1829. Manuscript survey map in ink on paper, modern linen backing. 18 x 22 1/4 inches (45.5 x 57 cm). Dust soiling, old tears, chips, and creases that were closed when the map was rebacked.
Two early nineteenth-century survey maps of the properties on Doyers Street, perhaps the most infamous street in New York City. It was named after Hendrick Doyers, who purchased the land in 1791. He operated a distillery at 6 Doyers Street and had a saloon called the Plough and Harrow near the corner of Bowery. These maps show how Doyer's property was subdivided into various lots in 1797, and they delineate the crooked street that was built to follow the route of an earlier stream. The maps also record one other property owner's lands, Edward Mooney, a wealthy butcher who purchased the corner of Bowery and Pell after it was seized from British loyalist James De Lancey. Mooney built a brick house at the corner of Bowery and Pell between 1785 and 1789. It is the earliest extant federal-style townhouse in the city. Chinese immigrants began to move into the area in the mid-nineteenth century and, by the end of the century, Doyer's street was the center of a booming Chinatown. 5-7 Doyer's Street became the site of the city's first Chinese-language theatre. By the early 1900s, Doyer's street had become known as the most dangerous in the whole country. It was dubbed "The Bloody Angle" or "Murder Alley," where warring Tong gangs would use the street's sharp bend to ambush their rivals with hatchets - the source of the phrase "hatchet men."
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Estate / Collection: Collection of a New York Surveyor
[NEW YORK-SURVEY MAP]
SMITH, EDWIN. after CASIMIR TH. GOERK. A Map of a peice of ground in the sixth ward of the City of New York the property of Henry Doyer esqr. Surveyed and laid out into lots New York March 5th, 1797 by Casmar Th Georck City Surveyor. Resurveyed by Charles Loss City Surveyor New York 14 March 1805. Copied by E Doughty City Surveyor January 15th, 1819. New York: "Copied from the copy made by E. Doughty by E. Smith," December 28th, 1825. Manuscript survey map in ink on paper, old linen backing with manuscript annotations, and Edwin Smith's ink stamp. 17 3/4 x 23 inches (45.5 x 59.5 cm). Light toning along the left edge, dust soiling, a few losses and tears at edges, a later pencil annotation; Together with SMITH, GEO. B. after CASIMIR TH. GOERK. A Map of a Piece of Ground in the Sixth Ward of the City of New York the Property of Henry Doyer Esq. Surveyed and laid out into Lots. March 6th 1797 by Casimir Th. Goerck City Surveyor. [New York]: copied March 6th, 1829. Manuscript survey map in ink on paper, modern linen backing. 18 x 22 1/4 inches (45.5 x 57 cm). Dust soiling, old tears, chips, and creases that were closed when the map was rebacked.
Two early nineteenth-century survey maps of the properties on Doyers Street, perhaps the most infamous street in New York City. It was named after Hendrick Doyers, who purchased the land in 1791. He operated a distillery at 6 Doyers Street and had a saloon called the Plough and Harrow near the corner of Bowery. These maps show how Doyer's property was subdivided into various lots in 1797, and they delineate the crooked street that was built to follow the route of an earlier stream. The maps also record one other property owner's lands, Edward Mooney, a wealthy butcher who purchased the corner of Bowery and Pell after it was seized from British loyalist James De Lancey. Mooney built a brick house at the corner of Bowery and Pell between 1785 and 1789. It is the earliest extant federal-style townhouse in the city. Chinese immigrants began to move into the area in the mid-nineteenth century and, by the end of the century, Doyer's street was the center of a booming Chinatown. 5-7 Doyer's Street became the site of the city's first Chinese-language theatre. By the early 1900s, Doyer's street had become known as the most dangerous in the whole country. It was dubbed "The Bloody Angle" or "Murder Alley," where warring Tong gangs would use the street's sharp bend to ambush their rivals with hatchets - the source of the phrase "hatchet men."
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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