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Cover/Title Page: United States of America. Tanner, Henry S. 1839

Cover/Title Page: United States of America. / Tanner, Henry S. / 1839
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Full Title: (Covers and Title Page to) United States of America: by H.S. Tanner, 1839. Philadelphia, Published by Henry S. Tanner. Entered ... 1838, by H.S. Tanner ... Pennsylvania. Engraved by H.S. Tanner, assisted by E.B. Dawson, W. Allen & J. Knight. (title by) J.W. Steel Sc. (with 17 inset maps and 1 profile). (with index) An alphabetical index to the four sheet map of the United States by H. S. Tanner. Philadelphia: Rackliff and Jones, Printers, South-West Corner of George and Swanwick streets.

Author: Tanner, Henry S.

Date: 1839

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Author: Tanner, Henry S.

Date: 1839

Short Title: Cover/Title Page: United States of America.

Publisher: Philadelphia: H.S. Tanner

Type: Covers ; Title Page

Object Height cm: 21

Object Width cm: 17

Note: Covers to map, and cover and title page of index. The seventh edition. Michigan peninsula has been substantially redrawn, the profiles in the lower left corner of the map have been eliminated to reveal a good bit of Republican Texas, Wisconsin and Iowa are shown, Missouri is enlarged in the northwestern corner, and new counties are added in most of the settling states. This is a major revision of the map. There is added a new key index system of numbers (and letters for Texas) to go with an attached "Alphabetical Index to the Four Sheet Map of The United States" (see our #4846). The index is bound in patterned tan cloth covered boards 18.5x11 with a label reading "Index Of Places, Contained On Tanner's Map Of The United States." Most copies of this map are either colored in outline or in full color by state; this copy is in full color by county - the only such example we have seen. Streeter Texas 1232 is the 1836 edition of this map, which apparently shows Texas in much the same form and includes the separate index volume. Map is edged in green cloth, dissected into 60 sections and mounted on linen. Folds with marbled end sheets into the original half leather red cloth covers 22x17 with ties; title on the spine is stamped in gold and reads "Map Of The United States With Index 1839."

Reference: Phillips Maps of America, p. 885 (dimensions are incorrect); Howes, T28; Ristow, p.198; cf Streeter Texas, 1232 (1836 edition).

Country: United States

Full Title: (Covers and Title Page to) United States of America: by H.S. Tanner, 1839. Philadelphia, Published by Henry S. Tanner. Entered ... 1838, by H.S. Tanner ... Pennsylvania. Engraved by H.S. Tanner, assisted by E.B. Dawson, W. Allen & J. Knight. (title by) J.W. Steel Sc. (with 17 inset maps and 1 profile). (with index) An alphabetical index to the four sheet map of the United States by H. S. Tanner. Philadelphia: Rackliff and Jones, Printers, South-West Corner of George and Swanwick streets.

List No: 4845A

Series No: 1

Engraver or Printer: Dawson, E. B. ; Allen, W. ; Knight, J. ; Steel, J. W. ; Rackliff and Jones.

Published In: (Covers and Title Page to) United States of America: by H.S. Tanner, 1839. Philadelphia, Published by Henry S. Tanner. Entered ... 1838, by H.S. Tanner ... Pennsylvania. Engraved by H.S. Tanner, assisted by E.B. Dawson, W. Allen & J. Knight. (title by) J.W. Steel Sc. (with 17 inset maps and 1 profile). (with index) An alphabetical index to the four sheet map of the United States by H. S. Tanner. Philadelphia: Rackliff and Jones, Printers, South-West Corner of George and Swanwick streets.

Publication Author: Tanner, Henry S.

Publication Date: 1839

Publication Reference: Phillips Maps of America, p. 885 (dimensions are incorrect); Howes, T28; Ristow, p.198; cf Streeter Texas, 1232 (1836 edition).

Publication Note: See note field above

Publication List No: 4845.000

Publication Type: Case Map

Publication Maps: 1

Publication Height cm: 117

Publication Width cm: 155

Image No: 4845A

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