Historic Maps » Michigan showing contour lines. by Winchell, Alexander, 1824-1891; Walling, H. F. from 1873

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Author: Winchell, Alexander, 1824-1891; Walling, H. F.

Date: 1873

Short Title: Michigan showing contour lines.

Publisher: Detroit: R.M. & S.T. Tackabury

Type: Atlas Map

Obj Height cm: 35

Obj Width cm: 30

Scale 1: 1,300,000

Note: "Col. lithographed map. Covers Lower Peninsula only. Contour interval 50 or 100 ft. Unlike entry in Checklist of printed maps of the Middle West to 1900, this issue uses ""lines"" not ""liness"" in title."

Reference: Checklist of Printed Maps of the Middle West to 1900, 5-2122; Karpinski, 479.

State/Province: Michigan

Subject: Physical

Full Title: Michigan showing contour lines by Alexander Winchell, LL.D., Chancellor of the University of Syracuse, late State Geologist of Michigan, etc. (Drawn, compiled, and edited by H.F. Walling, C.E. ... Published by R.M. & S.T. Tackabury, Detroit, Mich. Entered ... 1873, by H.F. Walling ... Washington. The Claremont Manufacturing Company, Claremont, N.H., Book Manufacturers)

List No: 1147.001

Page No: 11

Series No: 6

Engraver or Printer: Claremont Manufacturing Company

Publication Author: Walling, H. F.

Pub Date: 1873

Pub Title: Atlas of the State of Michigan, including statistics and descriptions of its topography, hydrology, climate, natural and civil history, railways, educational institutions, material resources, etc. By Alexander Winchell, LL.D. ... Hon. C.I. Walker, Oramel Hosford, Esq., Henry M. Utley, Esq., and Ray Haddock, Esq. Drawn, compiled, and edited by H.F. Walling, C.E. ... Published by R.M. & S.T. Tackabury, Detroit, Mich. (on verso) Entered ... 1873, by H.F. Walling ... Washington. The Claremont Manufacturing Company, Claremont, N.H., Book Manufacturers.

Pub Reference: Checklist of Printed Maps of the Middle West to 1900, 5-2112; Karpinski, 478; Phillips, 1960; Phillips Maps of America, p. 427; Miles, Michigan atlases and plat books, 2; LeGear, Atlases of the United States, L1754.

Pub Note: "The first Michigan State atlas. Full color. Bound in half leather brown cloth covers with title reading ""Atlas of the State of Michigan"" stamped in gold on the front and blind stamped on the back."

Pub List No: 1147.000

Pub Type: State Atlas

Pub Maps: 84

Pub Height cm: 46

Pub Width cm: 36

Image No: 1147001

Institution: Rumsey Collection

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