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Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Contact seller4-star sellerVery good condition. Blank on verso. Size 13 x 16 Inches. An elegant example of S. A. Mitchell's detailed 1854 map of Connecticut. Centered on Hartford and Middlesex, this map covers the entire state of Connecticut extending eastward from Fairfield to Windham and New London. Two insets in the lower right detail the vicinities of… Hartford and New Haven. The upper left quadrant a statistical table listing population in various towns, counties and eras. The whole is engraved and colored in Mitchell's distinctive style with green border work and vivid pastels. Political and topographical features are noted and color coded with elevation rendered by hachure. This map was prepared by S. A. Mitchell for publication by the Philadelphia firm of Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. as plate no. 9 in the 1854 edition of Mitchell's New General Atlas . Dated and copyrighted, 'Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1850 by Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. in the Clerk's office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. References: Rumsey 0537.010 (1846 edition). Phillips (Atlases) 814.
