Pocket Map Smith Calvin (1 results)
[Township map of the Western States]: Guide through Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin & Iowa showing the township lines of the United States Survey. . . .
[GREAT NORTHWEST & MIDWEST - POCKET MAP].SMITH, J. Calvin (Surveyor); COLTON, [Joseph Hutchins].
Published by J.H. Colton, 86 Cedar Street,, New York:, 1854
- Hardcover
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.Zephyr Used & Rare Books
Contact seller5-star seller16mo. 3.5 x 5.75 in. With hand-coloured 3 colour map which folds out into 26.5 x 21.5 in. map printed on thin onionskin paper, engraved ornamental border, tipped-in to original embossed red publisher's portfolio pocket binding, peach-coloured printed front pastedown (minor toning, creasing to fore-edges, a few small short closed… tear separations at folds, one closed tear at gutter margin, spine plit), still VG- fresh copy, w/ Gray, Sprague & Co. Booksellers, Albany, NY label on front pastedown corner. Early edition of this wonderful pocket map from J.H. Colton depicting cities, towns, villages, post hamlets, canals, stage and railroads. Including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, & Ohio, this map details not only the settled regions, but also the largely unsettled Indian Territory in Minnesota Territory. A small engraved vignette depicts Maiden Rock on Lake Pepin and the Mississippi. Colton (1800-1893) produced his first maps in 1833 based on earlier maps by Burr, and then through 1855 produced a large number of pocket railroad maps, guidebooks, and popular travel guides.