Wall Map Connecticut (3 results)
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Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Contact seller4-star sellerGood. Professionally restored and backed with fresh linen. Original rollers. Part of top border missing - see image. Measurement includes rollers. Size 57 x 73 Inches. A 1859 first-edition example of Richard Clark and Robert and George Tackabury's important wall map of Connecticut. When published, it was by far the best and larg…est map of the state obtainable. A Closer Look The map covers the entire state of Connecticut with impressive detail, including topography, color coding by county and township, notes on railroad lines, rivers, and roads, and countless depth soundings along the Long Island Sound. There are multiple insets of Connecticut cities. Drawn on a scale of 1.5 miles to the inch, Clark and Tackabury's map purports to be the most complete map of Connecticut ever published, identifying 'the location of all public buildings, churches, school-houses, manufacturing establishments, and private residences'. Nine insets focus on the cities of Norwalk, New London, Bridgeport, Hartford, Norwich, Middleton, Waterbury, Norwich, Waterbury, Stamford, and New Haven, where Yale College is identified. To the left of the map proper are 1850 census population statistics for both counties and cities arrayed in a table. Publication History and Census The cartography is an amalgam of older maps and new private survey work produced by G. M. Hopkins and Company of Philadelphia. The countless depth soundings along the Long Island Sound are drawn from the U.S. Coast Survey. This is one of the last great wall maps of Connecticut in the 19th-century. It was printed in Philadelphia and sold by subscription in both wall and case format from March 2, 1859. References: Thompson, E., Maps of Connecticut for the Years of the Industrial Revolution, #181.
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Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Contact seller4-star seller1st Edition. Good. Original linen backing stable. Overall toning. Some surface abrasion and edge wear. Some dampstaining. Custom clamshell box. Size 57 x 72 Inches. An attractive 1859 first edition example of Richard Clark and Robert and George Tackabury's important wall map of Connecticut. Drawn on a scale of 1.5 miles to the i…nch, this is the largest and most complete map of Connecticut to appear in the 19th century. A Closer Look The map covers Connecticut with detail including topography by hachure, color coding by county and township, notes on railroad lines, rivers, and roads, and countless depth soundings. It identifies 'the location of all public buildings, churches, school-houses, manufacturing establishments, and private residences'. Nine insets focus on the cities of Norwalk, New London, Bridgeport, Hartford, Norwich, Middleton, Waterbury, Norwich, Waterbury, Stamford and New Haven, where Yale College is identified. To the left of the map proper are 1850 census population statistics for both counties and cities arrayed in a table. Sources Cartographically this map is an amalgam of older maps and new private survey work ordered by G. M Hopkins and Company of Philadelphia. The countless depth soundings along the Long Island Sound are drawn from the U.S. Coast Survey. Publication History and Census This map was prepared by Robert M. and George N. Tackabury based upon surveys performed by G. M. Hopkins. It was published by Clark and Tackabury, and printed in Philadelphia by Thomas S. Wagner Lithography. It was sold by subscription in both wall and case format from March 2, 1859. The first edition of this map is scarce - especially as here in dissected format. We note examples of this edition at 4 institutions: Yale University Library, the Connecticut Historical Society, the University of Connecticut, and the Boston Athenaeum. Scarce to the market. References: OCLC 806491344. Thompson, E., Maps of Connecticut for the Years of the Industrial Revolution, #181.
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Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Contact seller4-star sellerGood. Minimal toning. Varnished over by publisher. Original linen backing stable; some visible wear in upper border images with minor loss. Original rollers. Size 69.6 x 47 Inches. This is a rare 1855 wall map of Hartford County, Connecticut, by Edgar M. Woodford, a native of the county, based in West Avon. A Closer Look Centere…d on the city of Hartford and the Connecticut River, this map covers the county and is color coded by township. Important landmarks, businesses, and the mansions of prominent citizens are depicted in views framing the map. These include the State House in Hartford, State Normal School in New Britain, Connecticut Literary Institution in Suffield, the home of Col. A. G. Hazard in Enfield, the elegant Residence of Wm. H. Jones with View of Silk Factory, the Charter Oak, wildlife, and an Indian Warrior. Property holders and homes are identified throughout. Twenty inset maps surround the central map, including large and detailed town plans of Hartford, Farmington, Rockyhill, New Britain, Wethersfield, Glastonbury (Glastenbury), South Glastonbury (Glastenbury), Windsor Locks, Thompsonville, Broad Brook, Warehouse Point, Plainville, Cheneyville, Southington, Unionville, Collinsville, Hazardville, Plantsville, and Berlin Publication History and Census This map was drawn based upon surveys completed by Edgar M. Woodford in 1855. It was engraved and printed by Wagner and McGuigan, and published by H. and C.T. Smith, both Philadelphia firms. OCLC lists ten examples in institutional collections. Scarce on the market. References: OCLC 793203850. Stephenson, Land Ownership Maps: A Checklist of Nineteenth Century County Maps in the Library of Congresss, #60. Thompson, E., Maps of Connecticut for the Years of the Industrial Revolution, #164. Library of Congress, Map Division, G3783.H3G46 1855 .W6 TIL. Ristow, W., American Maps and Mapmakers: Commercial Cartography in the Nineteenth Century, p. 388.
