Rey, Jacques Joseph
Jacques Joseph Rey (1820 - 1892) was born in Bouxwiller, Alsace, France, and apparently was trained in art and lithography. Around 1850, he immigrated to California. Rey, a lithographer by training, entered into a partnership with Joseph Britton (1825 - 1901) by late 1852. Rey married Britton’s sister in 1855, but Britton, who remained a life-long bachelor, lived with the newlyweds. Rey and Britton were well integrated into San Francisco. They owned a plumbing and gas-fitting firm, which apparently Rey managed. They also worked with several different lithographers off and on, but their partnership solidified by 1867. Following Rey’s death and Britton’s retirement, Rey’s son, Valentine J. A. Rey, took over the business and ran it at least until the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. The firm continued to produce works until 1915, after which it was acquired by A. Carlisle and Company.
The Best Laid Plans...
System Of Sewerage for the City and County of San Francisco.
$900.00
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This is a scarce 1899 map of a planned but never-realized sewer system for the city (and county) of San Francisco, printed by Britton and Rey. Aside from its representation of the planned sewer system, the map is also significant for representing similar planned but only partly realized street layouts in newly-developing areas in the western and southern parts of the city. (more details)