Chapman's Sectional Map of Illinois by Chapman, Silas - 1856

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Milwaukee: Dyer & Pasmore. VG+. 1857. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good+ condition without dust jacket. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .

Milwaukee: Dyer & Pasmore. VG. N.D.. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good condition without dust jacket. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A couple tears to the map at the folds but it is still intact. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .

Lithographed folding pocket map, hand colored in outline, 55 x 77 cm (21" x 30 1/4"), cloth covers (5 1/2" x 3 1/2"), paper cover label. Cloth covers and paper label worn, with some stains, some splits at folds, including a long split extending in from right margin, some minor margin chips, normal aging; otherwise about very good. Silas Chapman (1813-1899) was born in Massachusetts, and would become a prominent midwestern map publisher. His firm was very active during the 1850-1870 period publishing many wall and pocket maps of midwestern locations. This map is a colorful sample of an early map of Wisconsin, which was originally published in 1853. The map was published about seven years after Wisconsin became a state, and it essentially features about two thirds of what is currently Wisconsin. On this map the most northern county is Polk. The Northern part of the sate is not shown. geographicus website.

Milwaukee, WI: Dyer and Pasmore. Very Good. 1856. Hardcover. An early sectional map of Illinois in uncommonly good condition. Green blind embossed boards with gilt imprint have very light wear. Clean hand-colored map measures 40 1/2" x 25 1/4". Silas Chapman published many of the early detailed maps of the Midwest and also published newspapers in Milwaukee. ; 5 3/4" x 3 3/4" .

Milwaukee: Dyer & Pasmore, 1857. Folding pocket map, full period hand-colouring. Folds into publisher's blindstamped green cloth covers, title stamped in gilt on upper cover, publisher's ad on the front pastedown. Lovely copy of Chapman's Iowa. This large, early map of Iowa shows each county divided into ranges, with the state's principal towns and numerous rivers identified, as well as both completed and proposed railroad routes illustrated. A printed note in the lower right corner, signed in print by Surveyor General Warner Lewis, states that "this Map of the State of Iowa was projected by Major Jas. A. Reid from the original plats on file in this office, and that it has been carefully compared and is correct." Chapman's map was first published in 1856, with this second issue, published by Dyer & Pasmore, published the year following. Later editions were published in the 1860s. Phillips, A List of Maps of America, p.337 (1856 edition).

Milwaukee, Wis.:: Silas Chapman,, 1856.. folded into 12mo gilt-lettered cloth portfolio as issued.. Tiny neat tissue repairs at corners; very attractive.. Approx. 29 x 23-1/2 inches,. Counties delineated in color.. Lith. Ferd. Mayer & Co (NY).