Cover: City of St. Louis. / Paul, Rene / 1844

Cover: City of St. Louis. Paul, Rene, 1844

Cover: City of St. Louis. / Paul, Rene / 1844

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Full Title: (Covers to) Map Of The City Of St. Louis Compiled from information in the possession of Rene Paul Esqr. 1844. Published By Twichel & Cook N.W. Cor. Main & Pine Sts. St. Louis Mo. Engraved at the Office of J.T. Hammond, By T. Twichel. N.W. Cor. Main & Pine Streets. St. Louis Mo.

Author: Paul, Rene

Date: 1844

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Author: Paul, Rene

Date: 1844

Short Title: Cover: City of St. Louis.

Publisher: St. Louis: Twichel & Cook; Engraved at the office of J.T. Hammond, by T. Twichel.

Type: Covers

Object Height cm: 13

Object Width cm: 8

State / Province: Missouri

City: Saint Louis (Mo.)

List No: 4197A

Series No: 1

Published In: Map Of The City Of St. Louis Compiled from information in the possession of Rene Paul Esqr. 1844. Published By Twichel & Cook N.W. Cor. Main & Pine Sts. St. Louis Mo. Engraved at the Office of J.T. Hammond, By T. Twichel. N.W. Cor. Main & Pine Streets. St. Louis Mo.

Publication Author: Paul, Rene

Publication Date: 1844

Publication Reference: Karrow 9-1560 (1842 edition); Ristow p. 295-6 (1835 map).

Publication Note: Second edition. In covers with printed paper label "Map of the City of St. Louis, 1844." Engraved map, with three vignettes, two of buildings and one of a steamboat on the Mississippi River. Table of population statistics and a key to the important buildings located on the map. Color coded by ward. A beautiful map, exquisitely colored, and scarce. Rene Paul, the city surveyor, first issued this map in 1842. In 1835 Paul did a larger map of St. Louis separately and for Eugene Charles Dupre's Atlas of the City and County of St. Louis (illustrated in Ristow p.296, Karrow 9-1553-4). This earlier map was lithographed by Lehman & Duval. Folded into dark brown cloth covers 13x8 with "Map Of The City Of St. Louis, 1844" printed in black on yellow paste down label.

Publication List No: 4197.000

Publication Type: Pocket Map

Publication Maps: 1

Publication Height cm: 13

Publication Width cm: 8

Image No: 4197A

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