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Melish, John
View of the Country round Pi
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1812
Exploration Book
| Authors |
Melish, John |
| Full Title |
View of the Country round Pittsburg. Drawn by J. Melish. J. Vallance F.S.A. sculpt. |
| List No |
2341.003 |
| Note |
Uncolored map showing the convergence of the Allegany and Monongahela Rivers, creating the Ohio River. |
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Melish, John
Kentucky.
1812
Exploration Book
| Authors |
Melish, John |
| Full Title |
Kentucky. Drawn by J. Melish. J. Vallance sc. |
| List No |
2341.005 |
| Note |
Uncolored map of the state with roads, towns, and the mountains in the east. |
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Melish, John
Ohio.
1812
Exploration Book
| Authors |
Melish, John |
| Full Title |
Ohio. Drawn by J. Melish. J. Vallance sc. |
| List No |
2341.006 |
| Note |
Map without color showing the townships drawn throughout much of the state. |
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Melish, John
View of the Country round Za
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1812
Exploration Book
| Authors |
Melish, John |
| Full Title |
View of the Country round Zanesville. Drawn by J. Melish. J. Vallance F.S.A. sculpt. |
| List No |
2341.007 |
| Note |
Uncolored map of the Muskingum River as it passes Zanesville, Ohio. |
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Melish, John
View of the Country round th
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1812
Exploration Book
| Authors |
Melish, John |
| Full Title |
View of the Country round the Falls of Niagara. Drawn by J. Melish. J. Vallance F.S.A. Sculpt. |
| List No |
2341.008 |
| Note |
Uncolored map shows the area from Lake Ontario to Lake Erie along the Niagara River. |
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Melish, John
View of the Country round th
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1815
National Atlas
| Authors |
Melish, John |
| Full Title |
View of the Country round the Falls of Niagara. |
| List No |
2788.002 |
| Note |
Uncolored page-sized map with surrounding roads and ferry route noted. |
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Melish, John
United States with the conti
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1823
Case Map
| Authors |
Melish, John |
| Full Title |
Map of the United States with the contiguous British & Spanish Possessions Compiled from the latest & best Authorities By John Melish. Engraved by J. Vallance & H.S. Tanner. Entered ... 16th day of June 1820. Published by James Finlayson Agent Philada. Successor to John Melish, Improved to 1823. (inset) West Indies. |
| List No |
3948.000 |
| Note |
The last edition of Melish's map of the United States, first published in 1816, and the 25th state identified by Martin/Ristow. This edition has the three additional sheets at the bottom of the map (added in the second state of the 1822 edition) that expand the coverage of Mexico and the West Indies. Compared to the first 1816 edition, there are many changes in the Great Plains area of the U.S. (that first appeared in the 1822 edition) based on Long's Map of 1822 (although Melish does not mention Long in his preface to the Geographical Description edition of 1822). Ristow (A la Carte) says there are no changes between between the 1823 edition and the second state of the 1822 edition, other than the change in publisher and date. Outline color by state or territory. The map is dissected into 50 sections, backed with linen, and edged in white silk. It folds into a new dark blue cloth folding case 25x17 with black ties, the spine is embossed with "Map Of The United States. John Melish. 1823" in gold. |
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Melish, John
Europe.
1820
School Atlas
| Authors |
Melish, John |
| Full Title |
Europe. No. V. Published 1st June 1816 by J. Melish. Philadelphia. Improved to 1820. J. Vallance sculp. |
| List No |
4519.005 |
| Note |
In outline color. |
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Melish, John
Africa.
1820
School Atlas
| Authors |
Melish, John |
| Full Title |
Africa. No. VI. (Published 1st June 1816 by J. Melish. Philadelphia. Improved to 1820.) J. Vallance sculp. |
| List No |
4519.007 |
| Note |
In outline color by region or country. |
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Melish, John
Map of the United States wit
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1816
Case Map
| Authors |
Melish, John |
| Full Title |
Map of the United States with the contiguous British & Spanish Possessions Compiled from the latest & best Authorities By John Melish. Engraved by J. Vallance & H.S. Tanner. Entered ... 6th day of June 1816. Published by John Melish Philadelphia. (inset) West Indies. |
| List No |
5168.001 |
| Note |
With insets of the West Indies and a Statistical Table. This map has the distinction of being the first large scale detailed map made in the U.S. that showed the entire country from the Atlantic to the Pacific. This copy is an early state of the first edition -this is Martin's third state of the first edition and Ristow's fourth state (Ristow discovered a town and trail added in Ohio - Adelphi - making for a sub state of Martin's third state). The first state was an incomplete proof copy, making this the second/third state of the completed copy. The differences between this and the first complete state are small: Mansfield, Wooster, and Adelphi (and a trail from Adelphi to Athens and Chillicothe) added in Ohio, and "Vevay or" added before "Swiss Vineyards" in southeastern Indiana. Martin and Ristow identify seven states of the 1816 edition. Melish published new editions in 1818 (five states), 1819 (two states), 1820 (eight states), 1822 (two states), and 1823 (one state) for a total of twenty five different issues. Notwithstanding the many issues, the map has become extremely rare. A book accompanied the map (though issued separately) titled "A Geographical Description of the United States..." (see our #2424). Outline color by state or territory. This copy is dissected into 40 sections, backed with linen, and edged in brown cloth. It folds with marbled end sheets into new blue cloth folding boards and slip case 24.5x16.5 with leather label on spine reading "Melish. Map Of The United States. 1816" in gold. |
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Melish, John
(NW Part only) United States
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1823
Case Map
| Authors |
Melish, John |
| Full Title |
(Northwestern Part only of) Map of the United States with the contiguous British & Spanish Possessions Compiled from the latest & best Authorities by John Melish. Engraved by J. Vallance & H.S. Tanner. Entered ... 16th day of June 1820. Published by James Finlayson Agent Philada. Successor to John Melish, Improved to 1823. |
| List No |
5188.000 |
| Note |
This is an unusual survivor - in about 1854 someone cut out the Northwestern one third of John Melish's large Map of the United States (1823 edition) and updated it to show the states, territories and proposed territories of that period, notably Kansas and Nebraska but no Gadsden Purchase, and Shoshone and Dakota (which are usually seen on circa 1858-59 maps). The new boundaries are hand colored with white past down labels for names of states and territories. It might have been used as a school map in the west - we found it in a small town in the California gold country. This portion is dissected into 15 sections mounted on linen with silk edging, and folds down to 23x15. |
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