Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Cover: City of St. Louis.

Author: 
Paul, Rene
Date: 
1844
Short Title: 
Cover: City of St. Louis.
Publisher: 
Engraved at the office of J.T. Hammond, by T. Twichel.
Publisher: 
Twichel & Cook
Publisher Location: 
St. Louis
Type: 
Covers
Obj Height cm: 
13
Obj Width cm: 
8
State/Province: 
Missouri
City: 
Saint Louis (Mo.)
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.
List No: 
4197A
Series No: 
1
Publication Author: 
Paul, Rene
Pub Date: 
1844
Pub Title: 
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.
Pub Reference: 
Karrow 9-1560 (1842 edition); Ristow p. 295-6 (1835 map).
Pub 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.
Pub List No: 
4197.000
Pub Type: 
Pocket Map
Pub Maps: 
1
Pub Height cm: 
13
Pub Width cm: 
8
Image No: 
4197A
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Authors: 
Paul, Rene
Collection: 
Rumsey Collection