Author: HICKS-JUDD COMPANY
Title: The San Francisco Block Book Comprising Fifty Vara Survey, One Hundred Vara Survey, Mission, Western Addition, Richmond District, Sunset District, Flint Tract, and Horner's Addition. Showing Size of Lots and Blocks and Names of Owners, Compiled from Latest Official Records.
Description: San Francisco, CA: Hicks-Judd Company, 1901. 2nd Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized hardback book (small folio sized) The book is in Fair condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The front cover is disbound. The textblock is intact, though a bit loose. The leather spine of the book is lacking. The first several pages the book (excluding the front endpaper) have a horizontal tear to the middle of the page, starting at the foredge. The remainder of the text pages appear to be in clean, bright condition. This block book in a way, is similar to a plat map, in that it shows the shape and size of allotments for buildings / residences, etc. In this case, the measurement used to define the allotments is the Vara: "The vara, a Spanish unit of distance, was used in the Spanish and Mexican surveys and land grants in Texas. One vara equals approximately thirty-three and one-third inches; 5,645.4 square varas equal one acre; 1,900.8 varas equal one mile; and 1,000,000 square varas, which is one labor, equal approximately 177.1 acres. The word vara entered the Spanish language from vulgate Latin and originally meant a long, thin, clean branch of any tree or plant." (from the Texas State Historical Society). This book also contains information about the owners of each allotment. This book, the second Block book issued for San Francisco, shows the complete set-up of housing, etc. Before the 1906 Earthquake. ; Signed by Author. Fair .
Keywords: Californiana Hicks-Judd Company San Francisco, CA Block Books Plat Books Plat Maps Vara Surveys
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Title: The San Francisco Block Book Comprising Fifty Vara Survey, One Hundred Vara Survey, Mission, Western Addition, Richmond District, Sunset District, Flint Tract, and Horner's Addition. Showing Size of Lots and Blocks and Names of Owners, Compiled from Latest Official Records.
Description: San Francisco, CA: Hicks-Judd Company, 1901. 2nd Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized hardback book (small folio sized) The book is in Fair condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The front cover is disbound. The textblock is intact, though a bit loose. The leather spine of the book is lacking. The first several pages the book (excluding the front endpaper) have a horizontal tear to the middle of the page, starting at the foredge. The remainder of the text pages appear to be in clean, bright condition. This block book in a way, is similar to a plat map, in that it shows the shape and size of allotments for buildings / residences, etc. In this case, the measurement used to define the allotments is the Vara: "The vara, a Spanish unit of distance, was used in the Spanish and Mexican surveys and land grants in Texas. One vara equals approximately thirty-three and one-third inches; 5,645.4 square varas equal one acre; 1,900.8 varas equal one mile; and 1,000,000 square varas, which is one labor, equal approximately 177.1 acres. The word vara entered the Spanish language from vulgate Latin and originally meant a long, thin, clean branch of any tree or plant." (from the Texas State Historical Society). This book also contains information about the owners of each allotment. This book, the second Block book issued for San Francisco, shows the complete set-up of housing, etc. Before the 1906 Earthquake. ; Signed by Author. Fair .
Keywords: Californiana Hicks-Judd Company San Francisco, CA Block Books Plat Books Plat Maps Vara Surveys
Price: US$ 500.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 48011
- Book number: 48011
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