Title: Topographical Map Showing the Locations of the Sutro Tunnel and the Comstock Lode State of Nevada. United States of America. Drawn by Chas. F. Hoffmann, San Francisco, Cal. March 1866 Author: Hoffmann, Charles F. Place: New York Publisher: Ferd. Mayer & Co. Lithographers Date: 1866 Description: Lithographed map, hand-colored. 31.5x32.5 cm (12¼x12¾"), backed with rice paper. Attractive little map from the pamphlet, The Sutro Tunnel to the Comstock Lode..., New York, 1866. Shows Virginia City, American City, Gold Hill, Silver City, the Line of the Sutro Tunnel, the mouth of the tunnel, and more. The mapmaker, Charles F. Hoffman was a distinguished topographer. He was a member of the California Geological Survey and later with the King Survey along the 40th meridian. Provenance: Old Print Gallery, 12/80 References: Nevada, Library of Congress, 1964 (Paher 2040). Paher, #1927 for pamphlet, but does not call for map, which may not have been issued with all copies. Lot Amendments Condition: Evidence of earlier folds; small piece missing from left margin probably from removal; very good. Item number: 265170
Title: Topographical Map Showing the Locations of the Sutro Tunnel and the Comstock Lode State of Nevada. United States of America. Drawn by Chas. F. Hoffmann, San Francisco, Cal. March 1866 Author: Hoffmann, Charles F. Place: New York Publisher: Ferd. Mayer & Co. Lithographers Date: 1866 Description: Lithographed map, hand-colored. 31.5x32.5 cm (12¼x12¾"), backed with rice paper. Attractive little map from the pamphlet, The Sutro Tunnel to the Comstock Lode..., New York, 1866. Shows Virginia City, American City, Gold Hill, Silver City, the Line of the Sutro Tunnel, the mouth of the tunnel, and more. The mapmaker, Charles F. Hoffman was a distinguished topographer. He was a member of the California Geological Survey and later with the King Survey along the 40th meridian. Provenance: Old Print Gallery, 12/80 References: Nevada, Library of Congress, 1964 (Paher 2040). Paher, #1927 for pamphlet, but does not call for map, which may not have been issued with all copies. Lot Amendments Condition: Evidence of earlier folds; small piece missing from left margin probably from removal; very good. Item number: 265170
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