Atlas of the City of Toronto and Suburbs. In Three Volumes. Volume III. No. 219.
Toronto: Merchants Bank Chambers / Chas. E. Goad. 1910. Edition: Third Edition. , Binding: Original half maroon morocco over black cloth boards. Upper lettered in gilt. No spine., Notes: Charles Edward Goad (1848-1910) was a noted cartographer and civil engineers. Goad is recognized for his insurance surveys of cities in Canada, Great Britain, and elsewhere. Fire insurance companies needed to know in detail the nature and size of buildings, width of streets, construction, building materials, and the proximity of fire services and water supplies in order to estimate appropriate premiums; Goad established a company (the Charles E. Goad Company) in 1875 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to produce maps to provide this information. These and like maps are now referred to as Goad maps. Goad returned to England in 1885 and began work in Britain. , Size: Folio (510 x 790mm), Illustration: Very good example of this rare volume of Toronto maps. Volume III only. Illustrated with 33 double-page maps. Depicting the northern part of the city, which is from Eglinton to north of Lawrence, as well as Leaside. Copy no. 219, number penciled by hand on title at lower right. Plates with red morocco gilt-numbered tabs mounted at fore edges. , Pages: (P.) Blank (3). Frontis (General Key). Title. Index (2). Plates 101-133. Blank (2)., Category: Book Canada; Book Atlas & Cartography;. Maps are clean and crisp. Item #B7161
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