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Mitchell's Travellers Guide Through the United States. A Map of the Roads, Distances, Steam Boat & Canal Routes &c.
- Author: MITCHELL, Samuel Augustus
- Publication place: Philadelphia,
- Publisher: S. Augustus Mitchell,
- Publication date: 1832.
- Physical description: First edition. Folding engraved pocket map, with contemporary hand-colour in outline in outline; folding index leaf (453 x 572mm); folding into original blue roan, gilt, covers.
- Dimensions: 449 by 563mm (17.75 by 22.25 inches).
- Inventory reference: 20911
Notes
First edition. The insets show the environs of Niagara, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Albany, New York, Baltimore and Washington, Philadelphia, Charleston, and Boston. The printed leaf tipped to the inner front cover includes information about steam boat and canal routes, lengths of the principal railroads and canals, a statistical table, and a distance table between Washington, D.C. and the largest town or capital in each state.
Provenance
Provenance:
1. With the early ownership inscription of A.P. Dearborn, Concord N.H.;
2. With the ownership inscription of J. E. P., dated 1909;
3. With the ink library stamp of Henry B. Phillips;
4. With the bookplate of Everett D. Graff (1885-1964), distinguished collector of western Americana, whose collection is housed at the Newberry Library, Chicago;
5. The 'Fine Cartographic and Printed Americana Collection of Evelyn and Eric Newman', Leslie Hindman, Chicago, 12th November, 2018, Lot 88.
1. With the early ownership inscription of A.P. Dearborn, Concord N.H.;
2. With the ownership inscription of J. E. P., dated 1909;
3. With the ink library stamp of Henry B. Phillips;
4. With the bookplate of Everett D. Graff (1885-1964), distinguished collector of western Americana, whose collection is housed at the Newberry Library, Chicago;
5. The 'Fine Cartographic and Printed Americana Collection of Evelyn and Eric Newman', Leslie Hindman, Chicago, 12th November, 2018, Lot 88.
Bibliography
- Literature: Graff, 4790 (this copy).
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