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Melish, John
Cover: Map, United States wi
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1816
Case Map
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Melish, John |
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(Covers to) 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 |
5168A |
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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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Carey, Mathew
Cover: Carey's School atlas.
1820
School Atlas
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Carey, Mathew |
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(Covers to) Carey's school atlas, containing the following maps: ... Philadelphia: M. Carey & Son--Chestnut Street. 1820. Price one dollar plain, and 125 cents coloured. |
| List No |
2682A |
| Note |
Very rare. This little school atlas is the beginning of a long run: next comes the Carey and Lea "Juvenile atlas or a series of maps to illustrate the Old and New Worlds", 1822 (Bill Mayer has only copy we have seen), then Carey & Lea's 1825 edition of this atlas, then the Key edition and the Hunt edition of the "Cabinet atlas" of 1830 with 28 maps added, then C.S. Williams "A new general atlas" of 1832 and finally the Andrus and Judd 1833 "New general atlas." All have the U.S. map engraved by J.G. Melish, son of John Melish (see Ristow, Am. Maps and Mapmakers) and the other thirteen maps that appear first in this 1820 School Atlas. Maps in outline color. Cover title. Publisher's advertisement on back cover. |
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Melish, John
Map Of Illinois.
1820
Separate Map
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Melish, John |
| Full Title |
Map of Illinois Constructed from the Surveys in the General Land Office and other Documents By John Melish. Saml. Harrison, sct. Entered according to Act of Congress the 16th day of April 1818. Philadelphia. Published by John Melish. Improved to 1820. |
| List No |
5537.000 |
| Note |
Melish, in his first edition of "A Geographical Description of the United States," (1816) wrote of his plans to publish a series of sheet maps on a uniform scale that would form an atlas of the United States. He reiterated this plan in the 2nd and 3rd editions of the "Geographical Description" and expanded upon it in "A Geographical Description of the World" in 1818. According to Ristow, this plan to publish the maps at the same scale was "a new and revolutionary idea that facilitated size comparisons." Indiana was the first to be published in 1817. Tennessee was published in 1817. The Illinois map followed in 1818, with an "improved" edition in 1819. No mention is made in any sources of this map, "improved to 1820." Alabama was completed in 1818, Mississippi in 1819, and Louisiana in 1820. Only these six maps were completed before Melish died in 1822. A copy of the 1818 Illinois map is held at the Library of Congress. The 1819 map is held at the Newberry Library and the National Archives. No copy of the 1820 edition has been mentioned in the references. The map is in outline color by county with township and survey lines shown. |
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Melish, John
Cover: United States travell
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1822
Guide Book
| Authors |
Melish, John |
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(Covers to) The traveller's directory through the United States, containing, a description of all the principal roads through the United States ... The whole illustrated by appropriate maps. By John Melish. Philadelphia: Published by the Author. 1822. (on verso) ...on the eighteenth day of September ... 1821, John Melish ... has deposited ... a book ... Pennsylvania. |
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0501A |
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Late edition, first edition 1814. Has unusual extra uncolored map not found in earlier editions: "A Diagram of the United States Shewing the Bearings and Distances of the Principal Places from Washington, and from each other, with a Scale of Time." The outline color U.S. map is changed to a version of the U.S. map used in Carey and Lea's American Atlas. Bound in a wallet style holder with original (?) pencil in holder. |
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Melish, John
Title Page: Traveller's dire
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1822
Guide Book
| Authors |
Melish, John |
| Full Title |
(Title Page to) The traveller's directory through the United States, containing, a description of all the principal roads through the United States ... The whole illustrated by appropriate maps. By John Melish. Philadelphia: Published by the Author. 1822. (on verso) ...on the eighteenth day of September ... 1821, John Melish ... has deposited ... a book ... Pennsylvania. |
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0501B |
| Note |
Late edition, first edition 1814. Has unusual extra uncolored map not found in earlier editions: "A Diagram of the United States Shewing the Bearings and Distances of the Principal Places from Washington, and from each other, with a Scale of Time." The outline color U.S. map is changed to a version of the U.S. map used in Carey and Lea's American Atlas. Bound in a wallet style holder with original (?) pencil in holder. |
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Melish, John
United States of America.
1822
Guide Book
| Authors |
Melish, John |
| Full Title |
United States of America. Compiled from the latest & best authorities by John Melish, 1820. Engraved by Saml. Harrison. Entered ... 10th July 1818, and published by John Melish, Philadelphia, improved to 1822. |
| List No |
0501.001 |
| Note |
Hand col. States, territories and provinces in outline color. Prime meridians: Washington and London. Includes eagle with shield above title by "G. Murray Sc." |
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Melish, John
A diagram of the United Stat
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1822
Guide Book
| Authors |
Melish, John |
| Full Title |
A diagram of the United States shewing the bearings and distances of the principal places from Washington, and from each other, with a scale of time. Prepared for the Travellers directory by John Melish. (Philadelphia: Published by the Author. 1822) |
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0501.002 |
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Distances in geographical miles. "The scale at bottom below the Scale of Longitude shows the time." |
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Melish, John
Map Of Pennsylvania.
1822
Wall Map
| Authors |
Melish, John |
| Full Title |
Map of Pennsylvania. Constructed from the County Surveys authorized by the State and other original Documents by John Melish. Engraved by B. Tanner. Entered ... 7th day of June 1822, by John Melish ... Pennsylvania. (title engravng) Drawn by F. Kearny. Engraved by B. Tanner. |
| List No |
4307.000 |
| Note |
First edition. Compared with the 1826 edition, there are many changes. The 1826 edition adds the delineation of topography adjoining the river systems, roads in almost every county, numerous changes in the emerging coal regions in the east central part of the state, more mountains and plateaus drawn in, and B. Tanner's name as publisher below the neat line in the lower right. With black top and bottom rollers. Outline color by county. |
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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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Lucas, Fielding Jr.
Antigua.
1823
World Atlas
| Authors |
Lucas, Fielding Jr. |
| Full Title |
Antigua. B.T. Welch & Co. Sc. Drawn & Published by F. Lucas Jr. Baltimore. |
| List No |
4584.084 |
| Note |
Full color with St John city layout shown. |
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Melish, John
Cover: Pennsylvania.
1826
Case Map
| Authors |
Melish, John |
| Full Title |
(Covers to) Map of Pennsylvania, constructed from the county surveys authorized by the State, and other original documents by John Melish. Engraved by B. Tanner. Corrected and improved to 1826. Entered ... 7th day of June 1822, by John Melish ... Pennsylvania. Published by B. Tanner, Engraver, No. 74 South Eighth Street Philadelphia ... (illustration) Drawn by F. Kearny. Engraved by B. Tanner. |
| List No |
2279A |
| Note |
This is called Melish's greatest work (Ristow). 1st ed. 1822. Melish died in 1822, eds. were published in 1824, 1826, and 1832 by the state (which explains B. Tanner listing as publisher instead of Melish). Morris did a revised ed. in 1849 (see our copy). Melish spent more than six years on this monumental project, which he hoped would serve as a model for other state map. The map was sponsored by the state and based on individual county surveys. Map has outline color by county, blue cloth edging, and is dissected into 40 sections. Folds into marbled end sheets which slips into a half leather marbled cover 35x21 with "Pennsylvania" stamped in gilt on the spine. |
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Melish, John
Map Of Pennsylvania.
1826
Case Map
| Authors |
Melish, John |
| Full Title |
Map of Pennsylvania, constructed from the county surveys authorized by the State, and other original documents by John Melish. Engraved by B. Tanner. Corrected and improved to 1826. Entered ... 7th day of June 1822, by John Melish ... Pennsylvania. Published by B. Tanner, Engraver, No. 74 South Eighth Street Philadelphia ... (illustration) Drawn by F. Kearny. Engraved by B. Tanner. |
| List No |
2279.001 |
| Note |
This is called Melish's greatest work (Ristow). 1st ed. 1822. Melish died in 1822, eds. were published in 1824, 1826, and 1832 by the state (which explains B. Tanner listing as publisher instead of Melish). Morris did a revised ed. in 1849 (see our copy). Melish spent more than six years on this monumental project, which he hoped would serve as a model for other state map. The map was sponsored by the state and based on individual county surveys. Map has outline color by county, blue cloth edging, and is dissected into 40 sections. Folds into marbled end sheets which slips into a half leather marbled cover 35x21 with "Pennsylvania" stamped in gilt on the spine. |
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Symonds, Maria
United States.
1830
Manuscript Map, Separate Map
| Authors |
Symonds, Maria |
| Full Title |
United States. Maria Symonds. Topsfield Academy. 1830. |
| List No |
3602.000 |
| Note |
This map bears a strong resemblance to both Benjamin Warner's United States of 1820 and John Melish's United States of 1822 (although Melish's does not cover the west coast). This is very well drawn, backed with linen and varnished, outline color map. |
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Maclure, William
Title Page: Observations on
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1838
Geology Book
| Authors |
Maclure, William |
| Full Title |
(Title Page to) Observations on the Geology of the United States of America, With Some Remarks on the Effect Produced on the Nature and Fertility of Soils, By the Decomposition of the Different Classes of Rocks, And An Application to the Fertility of Every State in the Union, In Reference to the Accompanying Geological Map. With Two Plates. By William Maclure. ... Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, by Abraham Small ... 1817. (with) Essay On The Formation of Rocks, Or An Inquiry Into the Probable Origin of Their Present Form and Structure. By William Maclure. ... Philadelphia, Printed by John Wilbank ... 1838. |
| List No |
4070A |
| Note |
The title page is dated 1817 and the text is unchanged from the 1817 edition, but the Melish base map is changed from the 1817 edition Melish map to one that shows all of Florida and Missouri and Arkansas (with Arkansas in an 1828 formation). The map is the second state (White 1817B), although it is really an entirely different map. It is similar to the Map of The United States that appears in Melish's Traveler's Guide of 1822 and in Carey and Lea's American Atlas, but it has been reengraved, and the title is changed to United States of North America. It is colored geologically, but there is no color key. The same map appears in the Jackson Wreath of 1829, but in an earlier state. Bound in at the back is the "Essay..." mentioned above. This copy belonged to Francis P. Farquhar, noted California historian. Bound in brown cloth covers with "Geology" printed in gold on the spine. |
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Maclure, William
United States Of North Ameri
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1838
Geology Book
| Authors |
Maclure, William |
| Full Title |
United States of North America. |
| List No |
4070.001 |
| Note |
In full color. The explanation of the color is not given on the map. |
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