Phelps' Strangers and Citizens' Guide to New York City. With Maps and Engravings

1857. PHELPS. Phelps' Strangers and Citizens' Guide to New York City. With Maps and Engravings. 72 pp., including 18 engravings, with a large folding colour lithograph map of Manhattan. 150 x 92 mm., map 420 x 720 mm. unfolded, original gilt stamped cloth. New York: Phelps & Watson, 1857. An immaculate copy of this attractive guidebook to New York, accompanied by an extremely decorative map of Manhattan, including parts of Jersey City, Hoboken, Brooklyn, Long Island City, and Queens. This guide includes descriptions and illustrations of notable buildings and landmarks. Additionally it provides a host of information ranging from transportation, churches, synagogues, hotels, banks, insurance providers, and landlord and tenant agreements, for the use of residents and visitors alike.