mitchell map pennsylvania (2 Ergebnisse)

Very good condition. Blank on verso. Size 11 x 13.5 Inches. A beautiful example of S. A. Mitchell Jr.'s 1864 map of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. Detailed to the county level with special attention both political and geographic elements. Notes important river systems, railways, canals, and cities. An inset in the lower left features the city of Philadelphia. An inset in the lower right quadrant features Baltimore, Maryland. One of the most attractive American atlas maps of this region to appear in the mid 19th century. Features the floral border typical of Mitchell maps from the 1860-65 period. Prepared by W. H. Gamble for inclusion as plate no. 21 in the 1864 issue of Mitchell's New General Atlas . Dated and copyrighted, 'Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1860 by S. Augustus Mitchell in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the U.S. for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. References: Rumsey 0565.012 (1860 edition). Phillips (Atlases) 831. New York Public Library, Map Division, 1510803.

Fine or perfect condition. Wide margins. Blank on verso. Size 12 x 14 Inches. This hand colored map is a copper plate engraving, dating to 1850 by the legendary American Mapmaker S.A. Mitchell, the elder. It represents Pennsylvania. Contains notes on steamboat stops and routes between Pittsburg and Louisville, Philadelphia and New York both via Trenton and via Bordentown, and from Philadelphia to Baltimore via New Castle. Upper portion of the map is dedicated to a profile of the Pennsylvania Canal and the Columbia Railroad. This historically important map is extremely rare as it existed only in the 1850 edition of the Mitchell's Universal Atlas.