Atlas of the City of Toronto and Vicinity
Toronto: 1893. Edition: Second edition., Binding: Half brown morocco over black cloth boards. Upper with ‘Toronto’ lettered in gilt. Plates with numbered leather tabs at fore edges.
, Notes: Oblong elephant folio (480 x 750 mm).
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: Oblong elephant folio , Illustration: Good example of this iconic Toronto atlas, illustrated with 50 maps. Sheets mounted to cloth. , Category: Book Canada; Book Atlas & Cartography;. Binding worn, spine bands exposed. Interior browned, some sheets cracking over cloth mounts, mostly to first leaves. Item #B7214
Price: $11,000.00