The Western Tourist and Emigrant's Guide : through the states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, and Wisconsin, and the territories of Minnesota, Missouri, and Nebraska ; being an accurate and concise description of each state and territory ; and containing the routes and distances on the great lines of travel ; accompanied with a large and minute map
by COLTON, J.H
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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1854 HUGE MAP Colton's Western Tourist Emigrant's Guide Americana California
J.H. Colton founded an American mapmaking company in the early 1830s which became an international leader in the map publishing industry until 1890. Colton created railroad maps, immigrant guides, elaborate atlases, and more all printed using engraved steel plates, which produced higher quality prints than maps made with less costly wax engravings, which were often separately hand water colored. and were recognized for their decorative borders.
J.H. Colton's 'Western Tourist and Emigrant's Guide'is an important 19th-century geographical book with an enormous folding map of the American 'west' including Ohio, Missouri, Indiana and Wisconsin. According to Howes, this work includes descriptions and material on California, Oregon, and Texas, with overland routes and westward expansion.
Item number: #13174
Price: $750
COLTON, J.H.
The Western Tourist and Emigrant's Guide : through the states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, and Wisconsin, and the territories of Minnesota, Missouri, and Nebraska ; being an accurate and concise description of each state and territory ; and containing the routes and distances on the great lines of travel ; accompanied with a large and minute map ...
New York: J.H. Colton and Company, No. 172 William Street, 1854.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o 89, [1], 23, [5]
o Huge folding color map
26.5in x 21.5in (67cm x 54.5cm)
· References: Howes C 623; Howes S 615; Graff 3852; Sabin 82932;
· Provenance: Handwritten – Clarence J. Shultz
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight & secure
o Cloth
· Size: ~6in X 4in (15cm x 10cm)
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- The Western Tourist and Emigrant's Guide : through the states of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, and Wisconsin, and the territories of Minnesota, Missouri, and Nebraska ; being an accurate and concise description of each state and territory ; and containing the routes and distances on the great lines of travel ; accompanied with a large and minute map
- Author
- COLTON, J.H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover; tight & secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J.H. Colton and Company, No. 172 William Street
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1854
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1854 HUGE MAP Colton’s Western Tourist Emigrant's Guide Americana Californiarare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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