Insurance Plan of the City of Toronto. Vol II-III [With Addendums from 1941-1960]

Editore: Underwriters Survey Bureau Limited. (1941-1960), Toronto / Montreal, 1941

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loose sheets mounted to cloth. , [Volume II] Addenda to Index (1941); Index to Specials [verso]; Index to Streets. Map sheets: 80 [verso of street index], 86-177.[Volume III] Addenda to Index (1941); Index to streets; Index to Specials [verso]. Map sheets: [178], 178A, 178B, 178C, 179-204, 207-210, 212, 214-238, 240-258.Very good example of this rare and exquisite collection of insurance maps of Toronto. This appears to be a loan copy from the publisher, with physically applied revisions and addendums dating from 1941-1960; plans originally dated October 1930 (vol II), January 1931 (vol III). Copyright handwritten, non-intrusively, on the diagonal on most sheets; later additions and addendums at times cover the original copyright. Vol III Index Addenda sheet unmounted, verso of sheet has sheet #36 showing Montreal (St. Gabriel Locks, Old Lachine Canal, Notre Dame West, etc.). Vol III first map sheet [#178] preceding 178A unnumbered. Vol III lacking map sheets 205/206, 211, 213, 239. Some tears at edges, else generally clean and bright. 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. Vol II- 80- (lacking 81-85)- 86-177VOL III- 178a, 178b, 178c, 179-210- (no 205/206), (no 211)- 212- (no 213), 214-238, (no 239), 240-258., Size : Elephant folio, Most with gilt-numbered leather tabs at fore edges, some tabs lacking. Volume II with 49 sheets; volume III with 42. Some tears at edges, else generally clean and bright. …

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Titolo
Insurance Plan of the City of Toronto. Vol II-III [With Addendums from 1941-1960]
Autore
Charles E. Goad
Editore
Underwriters Survey Bureau Limited. (1941-1960), Toronto / Montreal
Anno di pubblicazione
1941
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