Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

Selection of Rare and Antique Maps recently added to the Pennsylvania category of Geographicus Antique Map Gallery.

1876 Toudy View of Fairmont Park, Philadelphia

650.00 USD — Tue, 19 May 2015 15:55:00 +0000

This is an impressive 1875 view of Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, as seen from far above the Schuylkill River. This view was prepared by H. J. Toudy for the 1876 Centennial International Exhibition and was issued one year before the actual event. The buildings and park grounds were based upon architectural plans and landscape renderings. Nonetheless, multiple buildings are recognizable as are the wide boulevards, fountains, and bridges. An attractive 1675 miniature variant on John Speeds rare miniature map of New England and New York issued by Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell. This map was included with the popularly termed 'miniature Speed', an octavo version of Speeds great folio atlas. Like its larger cousin, this map was cartographically derived from Jan Jannson's 1651 Belgii Nova but updated with Anglicized nomenclature and toponymy. A fine example of the esteemed 1676 map of New England issued in the Basset and Chiswell edition of John Speed's Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World . Following in the Jansson-Visscher model, this map covers from the coast of Maine in the vicinity of Penobscot to the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays. This, we might add, is marked departure from the model which typically also includes Virginia. A scarce French edition of Louis Evans' highly influential map of the Middle British Colonies, one of the most important maps of the British Colonies to appear in the 18th century. The map covers Louisville on the Ohio River eastward as far as Narragansett Bay and Long Island, northwards as far as Montreal, and south to the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, inclusive of Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and most of the Ohio River Valley. A significant though often overlooked piece, this is J. B. Homann's c. 1716 map of New England, New York, and New Jersey. Though titled 'Nova Anglia', Homann's map actually covers a much broader area from New France (Canada) to the Delaware Bay, and from Philadelphia to Nova Scotia, inclusive of all of New England, New York, and New Jersey, as well as parts of adjacent Canada and Pennsylvania. An uncommon first edition first state example of Robert de Vaugondy's 1755 map of the Ohio River Valley and eastern seaboard from Maine to Carolina. The map coves from Lake Huron to Brunswick North Carolina and from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean. An inset map in the upper right continues the coastline southwards along the Carolina Coast from Cape Fear to Talbot Island. A fine c. 1756 example of one of Tobias Conrad Lotter�s most iconic maps. This is Lotter's important map of the Middle Atlantic and New England regions during the British colonial period. One of the most desirable, interesting and attractive pre-Revolutionary maps of the Middle English Colonies, particularly New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. Lotter's map covers from Lake Ontario in the northwest eastward to the Atlantic and as far south as Maryland, Delaware and the Chesapeake Bay. This is a beautiful example of S. A. Mitchell Jr.'s 1854 map of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Depicts the city of Philadelphia along with parts Camden. Offers wonderful detail at the street level including references to the individual buildings, trains, canals, city wards and roads. Colored coded with pastels according to city wards. Nice detail in the Delaware River notes ferry crossings, sand bars, currents, and the steamboat routes. This carefully defined piece of S. A. Mitchell�s 1854 map of Pennsylvania features the state's cities, towns, roads, canals, and railroads in great detail. This map covers from Lake Erie eastward to Delaware and New Jersey. An elevation profile of the important Pennsylvania Canal system fills the upper right quadrant of the map. In the lower left quadrant steamboat travel distances are rendered in tabular format. This is a lovely 1833 map of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and Virginia issued by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge or S.D.U.K. The map covers the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware in full with parts of modern day Virginia and West Virginia. States are color coded with outline color. Several important topographical features including rivers, mountains, lakes, etc. are noted throughout. This is a fine example of Joseph Meyer's 1852 map of the Mid-Atlantic States. It covers New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, New Jersey, Delaware and Virginia as well as parts of Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Vermont. Six inset maps are also included. These feature New York and vicinity, Philadelphia and vicinity, Niagara Falls and vicinity, Albany and vicinity, Pittsburg and vicinity and Baltimore and Washington DC and vicinity. This rare map of Pennsylvania and New Jersey was printed in 1835 by the important American mapmaker T. G. Bradford. It covers the two states in detail, noting rivers, proposed and completed railways and canals, cities, towns and a host of other topographical features, with elevation rendered by hachure. Offers color coding at the county level. Staten Island is marked as part of New Jersey. This map was published as plate no. 33 in Thomas G. This is a scarce first edition example of S. A. Mitchell and H. N. Burrough's 1846 plan or map of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This hand colored lithographic engraving depicts the city of Philadelphia in superb detail at the street level including references to the individual buildings, trains, canals, and roads. Colored coded with pastels according to city wards, it includes nice details in the Delaware River, noting ferry crossings, sand bars, currents, and steamboat routes. This is a fine 1840 map or plan of the city of Philadelphia by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. It depicts the entire city in stupendous detail, noting individual streets, important buildings, rivers, squares, piers and neighborhoods. A key in the lower left quadrant lists the various locations marked on the map. Two illustrations, one of the United States Bank and another of the Exchange, are included along the right border. A beautiful 1848 map of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and Virginia issued by the S.D.U.K. The map covers the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Delaware in full with parts of modern day Virginia and West Virginia. Color coded according to state, the map also includes the District of Columbia. Counties are noted with outline color. Several important topographical features including rivers, mountains, lakes, etc. are noted throughout. A scarce first edition of John Thomson's 1817 map of the southeastern part of the United States. The map covers from the Mississippi River eastward to the Atlantic, extending north as far as Lake Erie, and south to northern Florida and the Mississippi River Delta. This is a fine example of the 1916 Rand McNally pocket map of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This city plan covers Philadelphia from the Queen Lake Reservoir to St. Mary's Cemetery and from the Pennsylvania hospital for the insane in west Philadelphia to Petty's Island. Part of Camden, New Jersey is also included. The map is highly detailed, showing street grids, parks, cemeteries, buildings, rivers, islands, railroads, and other topographical information. An early 20th century pocket format city plan of Philadelphia issued by Royal Publishing in 1914. The map covers central Philadelphia from Fairmont Park to the Delaware River and from Bridesburg to McKean Street as well as parts of adjacent Camden, New Jersey. Streets, rail lines, parks, bridges, and important buildings are noted. A larger map of the greater Philadelphia environs appears in the lower right quadrant. This map was drawn by A. J. Robb and published by Royal Publishing. An interesting 1851 Edmund Blunt maritime chart or nautical map of the coast of the United States between New York City and the Pamlico Sound. Centered on the Chesapeake Bay, which is rendered in full, this map offers a fine pre-U.S. Coast Survey analysis of the American coast including the Pamlico Sound, the Albemarle Sound, The Chesapeake Bay and its Rivers, the Delaware Bay, and the New Jersey coastline. The map extends inland as far as Washington D.C. A fine example of Thomas Cowperthwait and S. A. Mitchell�s 1850 map of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The whole is engraved in Mitchell�s distinctive style with green border work and vivid pastels. The map identified all major streets, buildings, and city wards. A table to the right of the map proper, in the midst of the Delaware River, assigns Public Buildings, Hotels, Churches, and Banks numerical codes. This map was prepared by S. A.

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Newly Added Antique Map Inventory

1876 Toudy View of Fairmont Park, Philadelphia