Map of the State of New York Compiled from the Latest Authorities .
Philadelphia: Mitchell, 1834. Hand-colored engraved folding pocket map (17 x 20 ½ inches, 430x520 mm). Five insets. Folds into publisher's morocco gilt covers, stamped in gilt on the upper cover “Traveller's Map of New-York.” Condition: Light browning, a few repaired tears; minor wear and staining to the covers. This is the second pocket map edition of D. H. Vance's map of New York State. Mitchell had purchased the plate from Anthony Finley in 1831, removed Vance's name, added a new border, and included it in his edition of the A New American Atlas (1831). The map was first issued as a pocket map by Mitchell in 1832. With this 1834 edition, a statistical table was replaced by an inset Map of the Hudson River. Numerous new towns are present throughout, and distances in miles along roads between towns have been added. New York's first railroads are also included for the first time. This edition not listed in Rumsey or Phillips.
Map of the State of New York Compiled from the Latest Authorities .
Philadelphia: Mitchell, 1834. Hand-colored engraved folding pocket map (17 x 20 ½ inches, 430x520 mm). Five insets. Folds into publisher's morocco gilt covers, stamped in gilt on the upper cover “Traveller's Map of New-York.” Condition: Light browning, a few repaired tears; minor wear and staining to the covers. This is the second pocket map edition of D. H. Vance's map of New York State. Mitchell had purchased the plate from Anthony Finley in 1831, removed Vance's name, added a new border, and included it in his edition of the A New American Atlas (1831). The map was first issued as a pocket map by Mitchell in 1832. With this 1834 edition, a statistical table was replaced by an inset Map of the Hudson River. Numerous new towns are present throughout, and distances in miles along roads between towns have been added. New York's first railroads are also included for the first time. This edition not listed in Rumsey or Phillips.
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