Houlton, Maine: F. Bourquin, 1887. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. 15.25 x 12.5 inches. Repairs to margins lower right. Beautiful map showing 9 different rock formations with concise hand coloring by Prof. Hitchcock, Geologist to the State of Maine. Verso shows Coast survey of Boothbay in Lincoln County, S Central Maine. From Colby's Atlas of the State of Maine, nicely engraved by William Bracher. More
Houlton, Maine: Stuart and Colby, 1887. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 15 x 12.25 inches. Detailed 1887 Colby map of York County in Maine. Issued as part of Stuart and Colby's "Atlas of the State of Maine", the map identifies railroads, post offices, lakes, rivers, cities, coastal features, and other topographical details. Vero features a map of the City of Calais. The map is in good condition. George Nehemiah Colby (1846-1890) was an American civil engineer and map..... More
New York: J.H. Colton & Co., 1857. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 11 3/4" x 15" Detailed map of Massachusetts and Rhode Island divided into counties. An inset in the lower right shows Boston and its Vicinity. Cities, towns, railroads, major routes and canals are labeled. In very good condition, with minor wear to margins. Overall toning. The Colton family was one the most prolific and successful publishers of maps and atlases in the United States. J...... More
Philadelphia: A. Finley, 1826. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Measures 17" x 21 1/4". A lovely hand colored map of the New England area with counties delineated by color. An inset map of the northern tip of Maine is included. Original fold lines as issued, minimal foxing. Anthony Finley (c. 1790-1840) was a prominent American cartographic publisher in the early 19th century. He is best known for his "New General Atlas", and "New American Atlas", which were well received and..... More
Brattleboro: G. R. French, 1840. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 10 3/4" x 12 1/2" Classic first edition Greenleaf map of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island divided into counties. Shows many place names, major routes, railroads, waterways and topographical details. Includes the Long Island Sound and part of Long Island. In very good condition with one faint stain below Sakonnet Point, and some wear to lower left margin not affecting the image. Jeremiah Greenleaf (1791-1864) was an..... More
Nuremburg: Homann, Johann Baptist. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 20 x 22 inches. Homann: 1730 This map depicts British territories creatively showing four separate small maps on one page. Details include tribes, forts towns and trails with detailed notes for each map in four columns of text. Maps included are "Newfoundland od Terra Nova S. Laurentii Bay, New Engelland New York New Yersey und Pensilvania, Virginia und Maryland, Carolina nebsteinem Theil von Florida". Text in Latin, English..... More
Nuremburg: Homann, Johann Baptist. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 19 1/8" x 22.5". Early map of New England by Johann Baptist Homann dates to circa 1716. Extends from the Delaware Bay to Quebec and the St. Lawrence River and from Philadelphia east to Nova Scotia. Includes New York, New Jersey, all of New England and parts of Pennsylvania and Canada. The map notes American Indian as well as European settlements. Abound with interesting elements, the map is a...... More
London: Sayer & Bennett, 1776. Map in two sheets. Engraving with original hand color outline and wash. 53" x 20.5" Striking large scale Colonial map of the Eastern New York State watershed with a focus on the Hudson River. Includes New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania with Delaware, Maryland, Vermont, part of the Province of Quebec and part of Lake Ontario. This edition has three great inset maps; "A Chart of the Mouth of the Hudson's River from Sandy Hook..... More
New York: John Low, 1800. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 11.5" x 7.25". Scarce map of Rhode Island printed in the year 1800. It shows county lines, towns, roads and topography and part of Block Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts. The lower right corner includes part of a large compass rose. Published in 'A New and Complete System of Universal Geography'. In very good condition. John Payne was a little-known cartographer based in New York in Philadelphia towards the end of..... More
1755. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Measures 20 1/4" x 26 1/8". Beautiful map of the Saint Lawrence seaway. Newfoundland is colored in green and red suggesting the outdated Colonial dispute between England and France, the southern portion was claimed by France until the Treaty of Utrecht. An inset map depicts the Great Lakes. A cartouche engraved by Catherine Haussard, one of the few female engravers in Paris during this time, features a beaver, a small boat, and hut-like structures..... More
Paris: Maradan, 1801. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 14 1/4" x 19 3/4". Stains and foxing but otherwise in good condition. Important early map of the United States, published in "Voyage dans la Haute Pensylvanie et dans l'etat de New-York" by Michel Guillame de Crevecoeur. One of the most highly detailed and comprehensive maps published post-Revolution, it depicts the northeast US extending from Maine to northern Virginia, and westward to the Ohio River. In the Finger Lakes region, surveyed bounty..... More
1817. Map. Engraving with original hand outline color. Image measures 19.5" x 23.25". Nicely detailed double page map of the northeastern coast of America, from Maine (the District of Main) to parts of Virginia and Maryland. Shows topographical features, forts, towns and waterways. Includes a beautiful view of Niagara Falls. Published in Thomson's "New General Atlas". Minor overall offsetting. John Thomson (1777 - 1837) was a Scottish bookseller and publisher active in the early 19th century, who was one of..... More
Brussels: Vandermaelen, Phillipe Marie, 1827. Map. Large format lithograph with original hand color wash. Image measures 18.25" x 20". Beautiful double page map of New England showing Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and parts of New York, Massachusetts and Canada. Features counties, towns, waterways, topographical and geographical features, population size (indicated in pink circles), mineral deposits and the area of each state (yellow circles). Minor wear to edges, light scattered staining and offsetting. Expert repair to chip to bottom centerfold. From..... More
Oxford: Edward Wells, 1701. Map. Uncolored copper plate engraving. Image measures 14" x 19". This fine antique map by Edward Wells presents the English plantations in North America as they were in 1701. Covers the regions from modern day Maine to North Carolina. Major towns and colonies are identified along the coast and major Rivers, while little inland detail is noted. New Albanie on the Hudson is noted, as are Baltimore on the Delaware peninsula and Green Spring near Jamestown..... More
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