Search Results: Titles starting with L from The Prime Meridian: Antique Maps & Books

House of Representatives, 56th Congress, 2d Session, Document No. 75, 1900. 8vo report with at least 15 maps (complete report) and accompanying text. Front cover and spine missing, but all maps and text pages vg+, several maps as large as 40x60cm. Maps give a very complete picture of topic, and text w/numerous tables. Maps mostly b&w w/some color coding. A very uncommon document with many interesting maps. Elihu Root was Secretary of War and Brig. Gen. John M. Wilson was Army Chief of Engineers at this time..

Philadelphia: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1939. VG copy of this excellent work. Has 5 facsimle maps: A Map of the Indian walking Purchase, A Map of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York..., A Revision of the 1752 Edition of this foregoing Map of 1749, Evans'[ Map of the Middle Atlantic Region..for Peter Kalm..., A Map of the Area in dispute between Pennsylvania and Maryland..., A general Map of the Middle British Colonies.... All the facisimiles are in near fine condition except for an early crease separation on the first map. The edges are a little browned and the cover is a bit bumped and rubbed, but the binding is sound. Gipson was with Lehigh University at the time.. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Adan & Co., London & Newcastle on Tyne (c. 1880). 4vo set of b&w (w/brown shadings) from above text. 55 (includes frontpiece and title page) plates in all, g to vg, but may w/at lest marginal foxing and soiling. Most of images quite clear with legible subtitles. Preface to book and table of content s included. Issued with a companion volume (not present) of a complete history of African discovery. Many details from Livingston Relief Expeditions, Stanley's memoirs, and reports and Journals of the Royal Geographical Society had been used in pre paration of the full text. Plates depict varied aspects of tribal life, the slave trade, hunting expeditions, animal scenes, scenic views. An interesting set..

Hubbard Bros., Philadelphia, 1875. 8vo., HB, 853pp, G+ w/ decorative cloth cover. ront cover a bit loose but bindings generally tight. Some soiling and foxing.Over 100 nice b&w steel-plate engravings> Map towards end of text with nice outline color, clean paper, small tear near left side fold not significantly affecting image: Map of Southern and central Africa, Based on the Astronomical Ovservations Surveys and Sketches of Dr. David Livingstone... (includes Stanley's relief route). 30.5x21.5cm. This is a very nice book..

Edinburgh: A&C Black, 1855. VG, few pencil annotations mostly in margins of certain historical details. Insets of Shetland Isles and Orkney Islands. Original hand color, very detailed with all transportation lines, townships, topographical detail. The large (31x22 inch image) 36 panel dissected, linen backed map folds into the original 6x4.5 inch gilt lettered heavy cloth boards titled "Black's Road & Railway Travelling of Scotland". Most of the original ties are present. The above date is approximate (a neat owners signature penned inside the front covers is dated 1857)..

Amsterdam: Covens & Mortier, 1725. Very good or better, large 20 panel linen-backed map folding into original card case with label (scuffed and chipped but legible). The image itself measures 37.5x45.5 inches (95x116 cm). The large and decorative cartouches (there are two) show more peaceful and warlike allegorical representation; there is slight variation in the texts. These areas, with fortresses marked, represent late 17th and early 18th century European conflicts, obviously with France's pivotal perspective at the time. This particular set was derived from Sanson's work (as the maps of Covens & Mortier were frequently derivative of someone else's). There is early hand coloring of the map, with the cartouches in b&w. The case measures 12x8 inches. .

Chicago (5235 Ravenswood Ave.): Denoyer-Geppert Company , 1931. Near fine 32x44 inch linen backed wall map with original printed color and gromets, folding into the original 12x10 inch cloth boards with label. Denoyer-Geppert was a major producer of maps of history and science from about 1930 to 1950, and the original list of publications is pasted inside the front cloth cover (very good). Albert Bushnell Hart was a Professor of History at Harvard University, and a well respected and published scholar. This color map details the history of land and water resources (routes) from 1829-1860. .

London: Edward Stanford (Stanford's Geographical Establishment), 1900. Folding linen backed map, 18 panel, original color, near fine condition (the 7x5 inch boards are a bit soiled, but sound). Very detailed in this region of northwest Africa, with the Mediterranean coast and Strait of Gibralter, with clear views of the Canary and Madeira Islands. The map image measures 20x25 inches. The above date is approximate..

Chicago (5235 Ravenswood Ave.): Denoyer-Geppert Company , 1948. Near fine 32x44 inch linen backed wall map with original printed color and gromets, folding into the original 12x10 inch cloth boards with label. Denoyer-Geppert was a major producer of maps of history and science from about 1930 to 1950, and the original list of publications is pasted inside the front cloth cover (very good). Albert Bushnell Hart was a Professor of History at Harvard University, and a well respected and published scholar. This color map details the main railroads, other railroads, principal steamer routes, canals and navigable rivers of the time..

Manchester (Royal London Buildings): G.W. Bacon & Co., Ltd., 1905. Above date approximate; "Revised according to the Latest Ordnance Survey". Large 24 panel linen backed folding map near fine, with original printed color. Exceptional detail, with Firth of Clyde at western edge eastward to Firth of Forth and Tay (Fife Ness furthest central eastern point). Cities include Perth, Glasgow, Paisley, Dundee, Edinburgh and much more. Coded for all canals, steam lines, battlefields, with a detailed index-gazetteer printed on the map. Also colored tabular codes for geological details and a table of distances printed on map. The map image measures 34x45 inches and folds into 9x8 inch maroon colored, gilt lettered cloth boards (minimal scuffing rubbing at edges, but in quite good shape generally)..

Chicago (5235 Ravenswood Ave.): Denoyer-Geppert Company , 1950. Near fine 32x44 inch linen backed wall map with original printed color and gromets, folding into the original 12x10 inch cloth boards with label. Denoyer-Geppert was a major producer of maps of history and science from about 1930 to 1950, and the original list of publications is pasted inside the front cloth cover (very good). Albert Bushnell Hart was a Professor of History at Harvard University, and a well respected and published scholar. This color map details the history the phases of abolition and reconstruction, during and after the Civil war, to about 1877. The above date is approximate. Separte plates are coded for abolition, reconstruction, cotton production and per capita wealth..

London: James Wyld (Successor to Mr. Faden; Charing Cross), 1827. VG, with minimal browing and original outline color for this 24 panel folding (label missing) folding linen-backed map with image measuring 36x24 inches. Very detailed, and an early younger Wyld item with his successorship to Faden, whose business Wyld purchased, printed directly on the map. The publication date of Dec. 1, 1827 is also indicated. This is quite an uncommon item, of Greece and environs, with the elaborate detail characteristic of Wyld's work..

Augsbourg: Lotter, 1794. Very good, with some general soiling, in remarkably good condition for something this size (slight fraying to some of linen at edges). This is a huge 24 panel linen backed map with title cartouches (both showing military themes with flags and cannon) in both French and German. This is the area of conflict of the Austrian Empire, during the conflicts between France and Germany. It is enormously detailed, with a few areas of damage to the verso linen, but virtually no image loss. The folding map opens to 45x64 inches (114x163cm). The authors are the sons of Tobias Lotter, and Matthieu was responsible for the business after his father's death. As might be imagined, this is quite an elaborate map, with details centering on the main regional waterways, including the Rhine and Mosel rivers. .

Chicago (5235 Ravenswood Ave.): Denoyer-Geppert Company , 1950. Near fine 32x44 inch linen backed wall map with original printed color and gromets, folding into the original 12x10 inch cloth boards with label. Denoyer-Geppert was a major producer of maps of history and science from about 1930 to 1950, and the original list of publications is pasted inside the front cloth cover (very good). Albert Bushnell Hart was a Professor of History at Harvard University, and a well respected and published scholar. This color map details the history of manifest destiny, with areas including: Mexican cession, Oregon Country, Republic of Texas, Louisiana Purchase, United States 1783, Florida purchase, and original colonies..

Chicago (5235 Ravenswood Ave.): Denoyer-Geppert Company , 1931. Near fine 32x44 inch linen backed wall map with original printed color and gromets, folding into the original 12x10 inch cloth boards with label. Denoyer-Geppert was a major producer of maps of history and science from about 1930 to 1950, and the original list of publications is pasted inside the front cloth cover (very good). Albert Bushnell Hart was a Professor of History at Harvard University, and a well respected and published scholar. This color map details the history of state claims (panel B) to 1802 and constitutional ratification (panel A). There is a large table with a breakdown of ratification, including the first 6 states, states completing the union, belated states and post-constitutional states..

Chicago (5235 Ravenswood Ave.): Denoyer-Geppert Company , 1931. Near fine 32x44 inch linen backed wall map with original printed color and gromets, folding into the original 12x10 inch cloth boards with label. Denoyer-Geppert was a major producer of maps of history and science from about 1930 to 1950, and the original list of publications is pasted inside the front cloth cover (very good). Albert Bushnell Hart was a Professor of History at Harvard University, and a well respected and published scholar. This color map details the history of 5 decades on 4 separate plates, from 1860-1910, with all available transportation routes of the time color coded..

Chicago (5235 Ravenswood Ave.): Denoyer-Geppert Company , 1951. Near fine 32x44 inch linen backed wall map with original printed color and gromets, folding into the original 12x10 inch cloth boards with label. Denoyer-Geppert was a major producer of maps of history and science from about 1930 to 1950, and the original list of publications is pasted inside the front cloth cover (very good). Albert Bushnell Hart was a Professor of Government at Harvard University, and a well respected and published scholar. This color map details the late 18th and early 19th century land acquisitions. Images are spread into periods including 1763-1803, 1803-1829, and the war of 1812. British and American routes are marked..

London (Charing Cross, Septr. 17, 1798): W. Faden, 1798. Twenty panel linen-backed map, the full image measuring 28x21 inches (71x53cm) with early hand colored outlines in very good condition. The original pape case is present, though scuffed and chipped at edges, but with the original cover and spine labels present and legible. This is a very uncommon item, with only one listing via COPAC (British Library). Faden was publisher for Beaufort's "Memoir of a Map of Ireland", for which Faden had produced a large folding map in 1792. Our offering is extremely detailed in terms of towns and travel distances. .

London, 1816. Very good condition, early hand colored 16 panel linen backed map, with image measuring 16.75x22.5 inches. The date is approximate, as the initial issue of this map was in October of 1815, to capitalize commercially on Napoleon's exile to the island. On that first issue, based on Sellers map of the island in 1675 "Atlas Maritimus" (in turn taken from early Dutch mapmakers), the location of Napoleon's residence had been mislabelled (was indicated as the Plantation House). In this later issue, the error has been corrected, and both his earlier residence at The Briars, and subsequent Longwood residence are correctly labelled. This folds into a 6x4.75 inch gray card case (original) with the original title label recto, and small image of Napoleon lounging under a palm tree verso. There are a couple of small marginal verso stains on the verso, but none on the front of the case, and no stains on the map. The map is very attractive with sailing ships, and many interesting… Read More

London: Illustrated London News, 1876. VG+ (minimal dampstain right corners, no where near image). Striking portrait during American centennial. Special news supplement on heavier paper with no text verso. The image measures 16.5x13 inches (double page). . Illus. by W. Biscombe Gardner .