New Map of the United States. (Proposal to publish.) / Vance, David H. ; Finley, Anthony / 1824

New Map of the United States. (Proposal to publish.) Vance, David H. ; Finley, Anthony, 1824

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Full Title: New Map of the United States. Anthony Finley ... Proposes to publish, by subscription, A New and Elegant Map of the United States. Philadelphia, March 27th, 1824.

Author: Vance, David H. ; Finley, Anthony

Date: 1824

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Author: Vance, David H. ; Finley, Anthony

Date: 1824

Short Title: New Map of the United States. (Proposal to publish.)

Publisher: Phila: Anthony Finley

Type: Ephemera

Object Height cm: 35

Object Width cm: 26

Note: Proposal for subscribers. The map was published in 1825 (see our copy, #3961001). This proposal also was published in the back of the 1824 General Atlas, first issue (see our copy, #2680). Pub. Note gives details about the map itself.

Reference: Streeter 3820 (the map).

Country: United States

Full Title: New Map of the United States. Anthony Finley ... Proposes to publish, by subscription, A New and Elegant Map of the United States. Philadelphia, March 27th, 1824.

List No: 3961B

Series No: 2

Published In: New Map of the United States. Anthony Finley ... Proposes to publish, by subscription, A New and Elegant Map of the United States. Philadelphia, March 27th, 1824.

Publication Author: Vance, David H. ; Finley, Anthony

Publication Date: 1824

Publication Reference: Streeter 3820 (the map).

Publication Note: Scarce map of the United States west to 27 degrees from Washington. Predates Tanner's 1829 Map of the United States. Contemporary with Lay, but a much more ambitious production. With a large inset Map of North America (the same map that appeared in the 1826 Finley American Atlas), a list of the Principal Steamboat Routes, a Statistical Table of the United States, and an illustration showing the Comparative Elevation of the Principal Mountains and Hills in the United States. This map was advertised in the 1824 General Atlas by Anthony Finley. The country west of the Mississippi is clearly derived from Long's map of 1822. There are curious and indecipherable lines and small white squares (contemporary?) on the upper part of the map. Full color by county, with dark orange silk edging. Map is dissected into 40 sections, folds into marbled end sheets and lies in half leather marbled covers 29.5x22 with "Map Of The U. States. Philadelphia 1825."; the original map and covers lie in maroon cloth folding covers which slip in a slip case 31x23 with a leather label reading "Vance. Map Of U.S. 1825" on the spine.

Publication List No: 3961.000

Publication Type: Ephemera

Publication Maps: 1

Publication Height cm: 35

Publication Width cm: 26

Image No: 3961B

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