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~ Pennsylvania Maps ~
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Lewis, Samuel, The
State of Pennsylvania reduced with permission from Reading Howell’s Map
by Samuel Lewis. First edition of Matthew Carey’s reduction of Howell’s important map, here engraved by [James] Smithers of Philadelphia for Carey’s "General Atlas to accompany Guthrie’s Geography. This map includes the Erie triangle north of the 42nd parallel though evidence of an earlier erasure along the 42nd parallel suggests that the map was originally engraved by J.T. Scott (see Wheat & Brun 438). Very good geographical detail despite the small size. Ref: Wheat & Brun 442; Phillips(A) 1172, 1213, 1362; Walsh E-28390.
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A Draught of that part of the State road which lies between West-Chester and the Lancaster County line as surveyed and marked by a jury appointed for the purpose. In pursuance of an Act of General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania….. Phila., Joshua Weaver, September 5th, 1805/1811. Manuscript, pen and ink on paper, several sheets joined, 8.5" x 80". Nearly fine despite paper loss at either end not affecting image. $750.00 In 1785 the Pennsylvania legislature passed an act for laying out the first State road, to be constructed at general expense, from Cumberland County to Pittsburgh. In subsequent years several other State roads were constructed and all were instrumental in promoting rapid growth and development. This fine manuscript map illustrates one such effort to link Philadelphia by a more direct route to the borough of York and the expansive lands further west. This route played an important role as a transportation route to Pittsburgh and beyond and is clearly shown on Reading Howell’s 1792 map of the state. Finely executed by the surveyor, Joshua Weaver who has included the West Bradford Centre-House [Inn] and Jacob Humphrey’s Inn, among others, as landmarks. Drawn on period paper, with watermarks, from the Philadelphia mill of Thomas and John Longstreth. According to Gravell the Longstreth mill puchased new moulds in 1811 bearing the initials "J G L" which are here partially visible, suggesting that Weaver may have penned the map in 1811 or later.
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Fine Manuscript Wall Map
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Anon, Partition of the estate of Mary Caton in Ulster, Smithfield and Burlington twps Brad. Co. Pa. Manuscript, c.1835. Pen, ink and water color, 12" x 16", on paper bearing 1833 Whatman watermark, original linen backing. Some light wear and soiling, overall very good or better. $375.00 A fascinating Bradford County document recording the division of 10,000 plus acres of land from the extensive holdings of Richard and Mary Caton of Maryland. Mary Caton, daughter of Charles Carroll of Carrollton, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and husband Richard acquired massive tracts in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia with funding from Charles Carroll. The majority of plats shown are allotted to daughters, Lady Stafford (Elizabeth Caton) and the Duchess of Leeds (Louise Caton). A fine view of the early development of Bradford County, professionally drawn and colored.
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Unrecorded Melish Variant
Ely & Hammond, Map of Pennsylvania. Phila., Spencer & Co., 1836/38. Linen backed wall map, fully colored engraving, 21.5" x 23". Ex-libris, Lacking top and bottom rods, numerous short creases, some marginal loss, minor dampstain, very good or better overall. Not in Phillips or Simonetti. OCLC locates no copies. $2,500.00 Decorative wall map of the state derived from John Melish’s monumental Pennsylvania map with supplemental geography from Tanner and Mitchell. A superb geographic, civil and commercial rendering locating the prime meridian at Washington with inset plans showing Harrisburg & Vicinity, Lehigh and Schuykill Coal Region, Pittsburgh & Harrisburg (engraved by William Hooker), Philadelphia, South Easton, Profile of the Pennsylvania Canal and pictorial Scale of Mountains. In addition to boundaries and transportation routes, an extensive reference key denotes county seats, large and small towns, churches, mills, manufactories [sic], furnaces and forges, minerals and post offices. All of the aforementioned features appear in excruciating detail. Decorated with a wide floral border, vignette of Penn’s Treaty with the Indians in 1681 and script title with the state coat of arms. Drawn and engraved by Ely & Hammond, NY with copyright notice of H. Phelps and B.S. Squire dated 1836. Murphy Smith (Realms of Gold) notes a copy dated 1839 lacking the Phelps and Squire copyright, otherwise OCLC locates no copies of any edition. Very scarce and still quite attractive despite the faults. Provenance: Unidentified collector’s mark in lower right designed with initials " J A SS".
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A
New Map of Pennsylvania with its Canals, Rail-Roads &c.
Phila.,
Thos. Cowperthwait & Co., 1850/52. 16mo gilt embossed leather, full
color, 11.5" x 14". Some light wear and soiling, very good or
better overall. $325.00 Ref: Phillips(A) 807.
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Young, J.H., The Tourist’s Pocket Map of Pennsylvania Exhibiting Its Internal Improvements Roads Distances &c. By J.H. Young. Phila., S.A. Mitchell, 1831/52. Engraving, wash and outline color, 13" x 15.7", later linen backing. Clean and bright, fine overall. Phillips Maps notes only the 1848 edition. $375.00 Mitchell’s long running Tourist’s Pocket Map slightly enlarged from the first edition of 1832 though retaining the inset maps and canal profile. Superior with respect to detail than the atlas map from this year and the pocket map described above. This copy lacking covers and backed with linen at a later date. Published by Mitchell with Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. noted as agent. Provenance: National Industrial Museum, Guilford, CT.
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Reed, John, To the Honourable House of Representatives of the Freemen of Pennsylvania this Map of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia With the Catalogue of Purchasers is Humbly Dedicated by their most Obedient and Humble Servant John Reed. Phila., Charles L. Warner, 1870. Lithograph, wash and outline color, 29.5" x 58.5". 9 segments on linen in original folio slipcase, no.216 of ? copies [with] An Explanation of the Map of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia by John Reed. Phila., Charles L. Warner, 1870. Quarto, wraps, 24 [10] 25 [9] pp., no. 71 of ? copies. Text volume showing light wear, text block loose, slipcase split along right side, map very clean and bright. $950.00 John Reed, in 1774, certain that "bonus" lands allotted beyond Philadelphia proper, known as the Liberties, were intentionally deprived the original purchaser’s by William Penn, constructed and published this outstanding map of Philadelphia and vicinity. Reed’s resultant map was the best contemporary view of Philadelphia’s modern suburbs and included a large inset of Holmes original plan, vignettes of Philadelphia Hospital, State House, Alms House and exhaustive comparative tables noting "first purchaser’s" and "those who took up the lands". To accompany his map Reed also published the Explanation of the Map as a catalog of purchaser’s and lands involved. Lloyd P. Smith reproduced 200 copies the map, with errors and without text, by the anastatic process in 1846. Warner followed in 1870 with this fine example, including the original text volume, in unknown limitation. Both are today rather scarce though Warner’s is clearly superior in construction and visual appeal. Reed’s original map is today virtually unobtainable. Ref: Wheat & Brun 457; Snyder(Phila) 41b & fig.39 |
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Fowler,
T.M., Hamburg Berks Co. Penna.
Morrisville, T.M. Fowler & F.P. Henry, 1889.
First state, broadsheet, tinted lithograph, 17” x 27”, wide
margins. Soft vertical crease
otherwise fine. $400.00 |
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Weller, J. P. Map of Plymouth and Jackson Townships. NY, J.P. Weller, n.d but 1874. 18mo gilt stamped cloth, folding map, lithograph, outline color, 26.2" x 22.5". Very clean and bright, fine overall. Not in Phillips or Simonetti. $300.00 An unusual pocket map of this anthracite mining region located along the Susquehanna River. Weller issued in 1874 his "Warrantee Atlas of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania", lithographed in New York by C.M. Cornwell, which contained this sheet along with thirty-four others recording original land purchases from the Commonwealth from 1755 to 1874. The individual maps were also issued separately on thin paper with plate numbers intact. Weller’s maps were likely used extensively in settling legal disputes over the vast tracts of anthracite rich land acquired by the mining companies at this time. Ref: LeGear(US) L6177. |
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Opperman, J., Opperman’s Latest Map
Showing That Portion of McKean Co,
Pa. In Front of Present Oil Developments.
Bradford, J. Opperman, 1879. 12mo, gilt embossed cloth, uncolored
photo-lithograph on bank paper, 30” x 39”, manuscript additions in red.
Covers faded and a bit worn, few folds lightly toned, very good or
better. Not in Simonetti. $825.00 |
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Anon, Map of
Potter County Pennsylvania.
No publisher’s imprint or date, c.1886. Small 4to, embossed leather
titled in gilt, two linen backed and edge bound map sheets, lithographs
with wash and outline color, western sheet 30.2” x 24.5”, eastern sheet
31.5” x 25.5”. Covers worn and chipped but holding, map sheets with
a few small areas of loss at fold intersections, small section of edge
binding lacking from eastern sheet, overall covers good, maps very good.
Not in Phillips or Simonetti. $225.00
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