MCBRIDE, James (Mapmaker)/ KLAUPRECH & MENZEL (Lithographers)/ CAMERON, James B. (Publisher) [Cincinnati: c. 1839-1844] Map Of The Towns Of Hamilton And Rossville… 26 x 33 ¾ inches. Lithograph. Expertly conserved involving some loss of image reinstated in facsimile, particularly at top; margins almost entirely reinstated. Lingering toning and staining, again.....
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The Cerographic Missionary Atlas… [Imprint inside front cover:] Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848, By Se. E. Morse & Co.,….
An unusually well-preserved, scarce, and quite early American atlas of areas where missionary activity was being, or could be conducted. Includes an excellent map exclusively of the Hawaiian Islands. A map entitled “Indian Territory” encompasses Texas and east from Lake Superior and the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains in.....
A New Map For Travelers Through The United States Of America Showing The Railroads, Canals & Stage Roads.
A delicately beautiful map of mid-19th century United States with extensive transportation-related content. Four of the work’s five inset maps focus on rail lines and canals in specific parts of the country. The large inset of the western United States at bottom right completes the picture of the country that.....
Map of the Towns of Saybrook and Old Saybrook Middlesex County Connecticut.
A beautifully preserved wall map, in very attractive, period wash coloring, of the lower Connecticut towns of Old Saybrook, Essex, Deep River, Centerbrook and Ivoryton, located at or near the mouth of the Connecticut River on the eastern side. The overall map is complemented with plans of the central areas.....
Nautical Chart: Block Island to Cuba. BLUNT, E. & G. W./ COPLEY, Charles [New York, 1853] Coast Of North America from Point Judith to Cape St. Antonio. (Island Of Cuba) Including The Bhama Banks… Every Authentic Survey, American, English & Spanish, Has Been Used In The Construction Of This Chart… 29.....
NIC. MULLER (Printer)/ NICHOLS, David (Engraver) [New York: dated October 1854] BUSSINES (sic) DIRECTORY OF WESTPORT. 20 ½ X 25 ½ inches. Two-stone lithograph (red and blue) mounted on heavy card stock. Two mended 4-inch splits at right and left, a few other mended splits entering printed surface, some edge.....
GREELEY, Horace/ FARWELL, Leonard J. [Madison?: n.d. but 1856] Map of Madison and the Four Lake Country, Dane Co. Wis. 16 ¾ x 26 ¼ inches. Ceragraphic (wax-engraved) map on thin paper. Lightly toned, some fold reinforcements, restored losses at two fold intersections and to outer margins; still good condition for.....
Northeast/ Canada/ Transportation History. SMITH, J. Calvin [New York: 1855/ 1858] Smith’s Rail Road, Steam Boat & Stage Route Map Of New England, New-York And Canada. By J. Calvin Smith. Published by J. Calvin Smith71 Nassau St. N.Y. MDCCCLVIII. 22 X 26 ¾ inches. Folding map, here flattened & mounted.....
N. America West Coast San Francisco HarbourSurveyed by Lieut. James Alden U. S Navy 1856.
A superb, scarce, very well-preserved, mid-19th century chart of San Francisco Bay and Harbor. Although a semi-official British chart, it was based on the survey of an American Naval officer, Lt. James Alden. Under the superintendence of Capt. Washington, the Admiralty office greatly increased its output and obtained surveys sources.....
Large, Untitled Chart of Long Island Sound, the Connecticut Shoreline, New York City & Vicinity, All of Long Island. [With three large, titled inset charts:] Chart Of Massachusetts Bay…/ Chart Of The East River Entrance To New York … / Hell Gate, And Its Approaches….
Rare. This was as authoritative a chart of these waters as was available at the time. Despite its density of detail, the chart was engraved with uncommon clarity. Its delineation of the Connecticut shoreline includes the many, small harbor islands, especially along the western shore. Also, all inlets, rivers and.....
Battle of Gettysburg. DITTERLINE, T. [New York, 1864] Sketch of the Battles of Gettysburg…Compiled From The Personal Observation Of Eye-Witnesses Of The Several Battles… [Map:] Field Of Gettysburg …Prepared By T. Ditterline. Octavo in original, blue, whorled, silked paper wrappers, 24pp; now separate; chromolithographed, folding map with troop position in.....
Florida. GENERAL LAND OFFICE [Washington, DC: Oct. 2, 1866] Map Of The State Of Florida Showing the Progress of the Surveys… 23 x 24 ¼ inches. Lithograph with outline hand color; slight losses at fold intersections, back with rice paper for stability, overall an excellent, bright example. Large, attractive.....
Field Of Gettysburg …Prepared By T. Ditterline.
This striking, oval-shaped plan provided the American public with its first detailed and accurate visual account of one of the most significant battles in American history. It is accompanied by a pamphlet that provides an in-depth, chronological account of the complex battle. Offered here is the very rare second edition.....
Burritt's Sectional and Township Map of Minnesota Compiled from the latest authentic sources by J.B. Power, Chief Draughtsman Sur. Genl. Office, St. Paul, Minn. 1870. .
Scarce. A large, richly detailed map of the state of Minnesota, revealing the dramatic expansion of railway connections from the Great Lakes into the West. First printed in 1870, the map was quickly updated with this 1871 edition in order to keep up with the rapid changes taking place in.....
Minneapolis, MINN.
Rare and in superb condition. The second printed view of the Minneapolis, which was preceded only by Hageboeck view of 1873 and a view of both St. Anthony and Minneapolis in 1867, the year of the latter city obtained its charter. This is the larger, separately-published version of the view.....
Nantucket/ Martha’s Vineyard/ Cape Cod. ELDRIDGE, G. [Boston, 1857/ 1874] Chart of the Vineyard Sound and Nantucket Shoals… 40 ½ x 62 ½ inches. Lighthouses and other navigational aid highlighted in color; expertly conserved & re-mounted on new linen, margins extended, some relatively light staining, early notations in pencil, still.....
Camp Apache, Arizona.
An important, wonderfully detailed, signed and dated watercolor view of arguably the most storied western American fort, here called Camp Apache, later becoming Fort Apache. The fort was located near present-day Whiteriver in the central eastern part of Arizona. It was at the flashpoint of the decades-long Apache Wars and.....
California & Western States/ Pacific Northwest/ Railroad History. WATSON, Gaylord [New York, 1876] Watson’s New County and Railroad Map of the Pacific States… 38 x 25 inches. Lithographed folding map with period hand color; extracted from original covers, retained, flattened & expertly mounted on rice paper; few splits & some.....
State of California. Published by the Department of the Interior, General Land Office. J. A. Williamson, Commissioner.
Attractive, richly detailed map, important for the extent of railroad information that includes even small spur lines and stations. Also significant is the table listing 545 private land grants that are keyed to the map. Using the best available sources, the map was compiled from the official records of the.....
State of Nevada. Published by the Department of the Interior, General Land Office. J. A. Williamson, Commissioner.
An excellent map of the state compiled from the official records of the General Land Office and other sources by C. Roeser, Principal Draughtsman of the G.L.O. Mining operations and mountain ranges are shown in considerable details. It also shows rail lines, range and township lines, cities and towns, county.....