Published by Evans, printer, Fourth below Chestnut, Philadelphia, 1846
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Folio broadside approx. 17½" x 13¾", printed in red and blue with wood and metal type, and within an ornate typographic border printed in blue. Left-hand margin slightly ragged (but not touching the border); the whole slightly toned, but on the whole, very good. Purchased as a broadside, in fact this is likely the upper wrapper of Mitchell's Maps of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland & Delaware, Philadelphia City and Washington City, five color maps issued together in 1846. Whether this colorful setting of type was used as a commercial advertisement beyond the obvious display on the wrapper is uncertain. Phillips, List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress, 3692.