abbot gorham dummer 1807 1874 (1 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo., (9 x 8 4/8 inches). 2 steel-engraved plates of portraits of Benito Juárez and Matías Romero, one fine large folding lithographed map on banknote paper with original hand colour in full, one double-page map with original hand colour in part (one or two pages loose, some spotting and light toning throughout). Original green bevelled cloth, gilt (extremties a bit worn with minor loss, one or two pale stains). Provenance: with the early ownership inscriptions of J.G.M. Oliphant on the title-page, and of Hughes Oliphant dated City of Mexico 1881 on the recto of the first blank and on the title-page; with Dorothy Sloan, Dorothy Sloan, Sale 23, April 4th, 2013, lot 586. "A useful guide to the constitutional history, especially for the period 1824 to 1859" (Larned 3925). First edition, with a pristine example of Colton's map of "Mexico and the United States and Their Mutual Relations" showing Mexico, most of Texas, the Borderlands, Belize, and Guatemala. Between 1831 and 1890, the Colton firm dominated American map publishing, and their atlases were the finest produced in the U.S. during the nineteenth century. The company was founded by Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800-1893), who had no formal training in geography or cartography; he began by purchasing copyrights of maps prepared by other individuals or companies, and his principal role was to manage the production and distribution of the maps. His first maps were drawn by the esteemed cartographer David H. Burr in the 1830s. By the 1850s Colton was also publishing guidebooks, atlases and immigrant and railroad maps. The firm was renamed G.W. & C.B. Colton in the 1860s when Colton was succeeded by his sons, George Woolworth Colton (1827-1901) and Charles B. Colton (c. 1831-1916). It is believed that George Colton compiled the company's 1855 Atlas of the World and served thereafter as the firm's principal map compiler, cartographer and engraver. The Colton firm refused to compromise quality, choosing to compete for sales in the more expensive international market rather than the cheap domestic one. For this reason, all maps were printed with steel plates, rather than as wax engravings, which was the most common method used at the time. Best known for pioneering the education of women, Abbot's book about the troubled relationship between the United States and Mexico "reveals an interest in history and politics, a strong sympathy for Mexican nationalism, especially in the figure of Benito Juárez, and an apparent antipathy toward the Roman Catholic church" (Patrick G. Williams for ANB). Palau 521. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.