Search Results: Authors starting with B from Original Antique Maps

Map Details and Condition:
color lithograph by Litho in U.S.A.
dimensions: 24" x 28.5 " print, 26 1/4" x 30" sheet size
condition: professionally removed from wood backing and restored, deeply toned paper, some surface damage to paper, repaired vertical tear through sheet, backed with Japanese Mulberry tissue, some chipping at edges Map Description:
This scarce Wisconsin pictorial map was created by the artist Nina S. Bahlman (b1886-___) whose art work other than this map may exist in collections but is not readily identified. The copyright is held by Erwin F. Bahlmann (b.1886-__) a family member or spouse. The Library of Congress cites its copy of this map as Historical Map of Wisconsin and cites a 1995 copyright registration. WorldCat confirms that there is a 1995 reprint of this map. A further note corrects the spelling of the artist's name to read "Bahlmann". The example of the map on offer gives every appearance of being the 1932 edition.
The map was published… Read More

Details:S[ylvanus]. Bourne, Surveyormanuscript survey map, hand inked, with partial water color, a working map with some ink overwriting in a different handdimensions: 36 ¾" x 23 1/8"condition: original inks and water colors, cleaned, professionally conserved, original fabric backing removed, area of loss due to a hungry mouse filled, other paper loss filled, unbacked. Description:
This undated manuscript
Plan of the Lands & Water of the Parker Mills Co. in Wareham, Mass. c. 1834? is a rare, new discovery that offers a detailed view of Wareham in its early industrial period. The scope of the Plan of the Lands and Water of the Parker Mills Co. (the "Plan")
is defined by the geographic scope of the property of one of Wareham's major iron and nail manufacturers, the Parker Mills Co., whose business history begins in the 1830's, and predate its 1845 legal incorporation by Act of the Massachusetts Legislature. The predecessor to the Parker Mills Co. was the Wareham Iron Co. (Tihonet Pond Upper Works… Read More

details:mid-19th century singing and song book with seller's and owner's book platesdimensions: 7 3/4" x 5 1/4" x 5/8"
condition: good original condition, front cover professionally reinforced at hinge Description:This volume of The Singing Bird or Progressive Music Reader, 1853 is inscribed in faint pencil that appears to be "Mary Whitneys" "Boston, Mass. 1855" on the top right corner of the inside free end paper. The book's yellow decorated paper board cover is printed with the music for the song "The Wild Bird's Song" in keeping with the educator's philosophy that vocal music is the student's goal. The rear cover of the book is printed with a publisher's advertisement of titles.
There is the music bookseller's yellow paper bookplate inside the front cover. Please see photograph. The music book was sold from Andrew Whitney's Piano Forte Carhart's Patent Seraphine, Aeolian and Melodian Ware-Room on Main Street in Fitchburg, Worcester County, Massachusetts. The book owner and the book seller may… Read More

Map Details and Condition:
color lithograph
dimensions: 26 3/4" x 19"
Brown Paper pocket covers with red bookstore label of Neal Stratford & Kerr, San Francisco
condition: professionally flattened and otherwise in as found, very good conditionDescription:
This 1914 map of now popular wine country Napa County, California shows the county in 1914, with early roads, largely undeveloped, vast open land areas, and natural features. The numbered grid system on this map reflects the Public Land Survey System. Large open tracts of land are identified as ranches, such as Rancho Catacoula, or Rancho Las Putas, Rancho LaJota all of which are large swaths of undivided land. Urban grids are shown in the southernmost part of Napa County, and sections of the southernmost sections of Sonoma County and Solano County. The cities of Petaluma, Sonoma, Vallejo and Napa and Benicia show populated urban areas. A corner of Marin County is shown.
C.F. Weber & Co. and the Punnett Brothers published… Read More

Details:hand colored engravingcondition: professionally cleaned, very good condition, some toning to paper, good color throughoutDescription:This 1835 hand colored engraving, is Pl. VIII. from Elija H. Burritt's Atlas, Designed To Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens. Elijah H. Burritt, A.M. was a Connecticut school teacher who decided that the then available school astronomy books were not adequate. He trained himself further in astronomy by traveling to Cambridge, Massachusetts to use the Harvard Telescope. His illustrated celestial Atlas, Designed to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens of 1835 and accompanied in the classroom by a published text book, the Class Book of Astronomy
is in fact the second edition of his seminal 1833 work of the same title, and became the standard astronomy atlas and text book for students in the United States. The recommendations published on the back cover of the 1835 edition of Burritt's Atlas explain "This book is now used in the principal Seminaries of the… Read More

Map Details:hand colored engravingdimensions: 14 1/8" x 16"condition: professionally conserved, cleaned, good condition, some toning to paper, good color throughout Map Descriptions: Lot of Two [May be purchased individually priced at $225.00 each]
This 1835 hand colored engraving, is Plate. VI. from Elija H. Burritt's Atlas, Designed To Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens. Elijah H. Burritt, A.M. was a Connecticut school teacher who decided that the then available school astronomy books were not adequate. He trained himself further in astronomy by traveling to Cambridge, Massachusetts to use the Harvard Telescope. His illustrated celestial Atlas, Designed to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens of 1835 and accompanied in the classroom by a published text book, the Class Book of Astronomy is in fact the second edition of his seminal 1833 work of the same title, and became the standard astronomy atlas and text book for students in the United States. The recommendations published on the back… Read More

Details:hand colored engravingcondition: professionally cleaned, toning to paper, good original colorDescription:This 1835 hand colored engraving, is Pl.V. from Elija H. Burritt's Atlas, Designed To Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens. Elijah H. Burritt, A.M. was a Connecticut school teacher who decided that the then available school astronomy books were not adequate. He trained himself further in astronomy by traveling to Cambridge, Massachusetts to use the Harvard Telescope. His illustrated celestial Atlas, Designed to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens of 1835 and accompanied in the classroom by a published text book, the Class Book of Astronomy
is in fact the second edition of his seminal 1833 work of the same title, and became the standard astronomy atlas and text book for students in the United States. The recommendations published on the back cover of the 1835 edition of Burritt's Atlas explain "This book is now used in the principal Seminaries of the United States" and is recommended… Read More

Map Details:hand colored engraving on folded sheetdimensions: 14 1/8" x 28"condition: professionally conserved, very good condition, some toning to paper, good color throughout
Description:This 1835 hand colored engraving, is Pl. VIII. from Elija H. Burritt's Atlas, Designed To Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens. Elijah H. Burritt, A.M. was a Connecticut school teacher who decided that the then available school astronomy books were not adequate. He trained himself further in astronomy by traveling to Cambridge, Massachusetts to use the Harvard Telescope. This research was preparation for writing his book and celestial atlas. His illustrated celestial Atlas, Designed to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens of 1835 that was accompanied in the classroom by a published text book, the Class Book of Astronomy is in fact the second edition of his seminal 1833 work of the same title, and became the standard astronomy atlas and text book for students in the United States. The contemporary praise and… Read More

Details:black and white engraving
condition: professionally cleaned, good condition, some toning to paperDescription:This 1835 black and white engraving, is Plate I. from Elija H. Burritt's Atlas, Designed To Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens. Elijah H. Burritt, A.M. was a Connecticut school teacher who decided that the then available school astronomy books were not adequate. He trained himself further in astronomy by traveling to Cambridge, Massachusetts to use the Harvard Telescope. His illustrated celestial Atlas, Designed to Illustrate the Geography of the Heavens of 1835 and accompanied in the classroom by a published text book, the Class Book of Astronomy
is in fact the second edition of his seminal 1833 work of the same title, and became the standard astronomy atlas and text book for students in the United States. The recommendations published on the back cover of the 1835 edition of Burritt's Atlas explain "This book is now used in the principal Seminaries of the United States" and is… Read More