[Revised Facsimile, Washington, DC]: Plan of the City Intended for the Permanent Seat of the Government of the United States
by L'Enfant, Pierre Charles
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Crozet, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Washington (DC): U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1976. L'Enfant's original landmark plan of August 1791 was copied and reproduced in 1887 by the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey. According to F.M. Thorn's (Superintendent) note on the map, this reproduction "...is as nearly complete and exact as trained skill, care, and the use of the best appliances can make it; that it contains no lines, letters, or figures which are not legibly indicated on the original; and that nothing has been inserted or supplied from inference." Copies of the plan were made between 1893 and 1991, and color was added in 1958. (The original plan was transferred to the Library of Congress in 1918). This particular copy was issued in 1976, for the US bicentennial celebrations. The image measures 30 x 46.5 inches (76 x 118 cm) and has been stored rolled, in very good (or better) condition. The map also displays a report of B.A. Colonna, Assistant, US Coast and Geodetic Survey, in charge of the office and topography. (Reference: Scott Berg, "Grand Avenues: The Story of the French Visionary who Designed Washington, D.C.," Pantheon, 2001.)
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- Bookseller
- The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3646
- Title
- [Revised Facsimile, Washington, DC]: Plan of the City Intended for the Permanent Seat of the Government of the United States
- Author
- L'Enfant, Pierre Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
- Place of Publication
- Washington (DC)
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Andrew Ellicott, Thomas Jefferson, Urban Planning, City Planning, Maps, Mapping, History of Cartography
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- B. Maps--US & N. America;
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