Bancroft's / Official Guide Map / Of / City And County Of / San Francisco / Compiled From Official Maps In Surveyor's Office

(Map / Ca / 1877)

Published by A.L. Bancroft & Co; San Francisco; pp.; ; VG; 1877/1877, 1877

About this Item

_____Single sheet, 24.5 x 29.5", printed on one side in partial color and scaled at approximately 8 miles to 1 inch._____ Folded to fit into hardcovers (6.25 x 4.25") titled "Bancroft's / Guide Map / of the City and County of / San Francisco." Originally mounted in, the map is now free and laid in. _____ Across the bottom of the map is the "Reference List / of / Prominent Places." _____These being cemeteries, churches, hospitals, hotels, parks & gardens, public buildings, railroad depots, schools & colleges, theaters & halls and wharves & ferries._____ Each is numbered and cross referenced to map coordinates._____ Number 2 is "Bancroft's Book and Stationery Establishment."._____Water features are printed in blue and parks are in green._____ What may be political ward lines are delineated in red._____Large, unplatted (and therefore blank) areas are labeled "San Miguel Rancho", "Rancho Laguna de la Merced" and "Rancho Canada De Guadalupe Rodeo Viejo y Visitacion.". _____ Includes an inset showing the location of the city in relation to San Francisco and San Mateo bays and adjacent counties. _____ Bancroft published city maps from at least 1865 though 1893. _____ .Phillips=p.777.

Seller Inventory # P-02904

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bancroft's / Official Guide Map / Of / City And County Of / San Francisco / Compiled From Official Maps In Surveyor's Office
• Publisher: A.L. Bancroft & Co; San Francisco; pp.; ; VG; 1877/1877
• Publication Date: 1877
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • .EPHEMERA
  • .Western Americana
  • .Maps