City of Houston and Environs: Whitty & Stott 1895

Title: City of Houston and Environs Author: Whitty & Stott Date: 1895 Medium: Hand-colored engraving Condition: Very Good Plus - age toning, light wear and a few repaired separations along original folds (issued folding), repaired tear top left corner, lines of discoloration in margins from old matting, faded original color.  Archival tissue backed. Inches: 32 x 29 ¼ [Paper] Centimeters: 81.28 x 74.3 [Paper] Product ID: 316064 Rare map of the city of Houston, Texas divided into wards and labeled based on property ownership. Due to the infrequency with which it has come to market in the past, as well as the fact that the only other known examples currently reside at the Houston Public Library and the Library of Congress, respectively, this piece is referred to as an “unobtainable” historical artifact. Published by Philadelphia firm E. P. Noll & Co., which was active around the turn of the nineteenth century (c. 1890-1910), the map includes the newly formed Houston Hei