Rare old maps of the United States.
Fine example of Louis Aubrun's view of Machinery Hall, one of the primary exhibition buildings constructed for the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. This fine tinted lithographic view was one of a group of views commissioned in 1874 by the...
Fine example of Thomas Hunter's view of the Art Gallery, one of the primary exhibition buildings constructed for the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. This fine tinted lithographic view was one of a group of views commissioned in 1874 by the...
Fine example of Thomas Hunter's view of the Art Gallery, one of the primary exhibition buildings constructed for the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. The map shows the five major buildings: the Main Exhibition Building, Memorial Hall (Art...
Large antique hand-colored lithographed folding map of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, initially published by Krebs & Brother in 1869, here in an edition updated to 1880 by J.R. Miller. The map is hand-colored and numbered by ward. It extends as far...
![Outline Map of the County and City of Philadelphia and Vicinity [with] Philadelphia](/map/small/70517.jpg)
Large map of Philadelphia, with a smaller regional map and yet a third map showing the 23rd Ward. From one of the leading American map publisher of the 1870s and 1880s. Nice large format map.
Highly detailed map of Philadelphia, extending west of the Schuylkill River. Shows roads, streets, buildings, piers, ferry's, railroads and depots, colleges, reservoirs, etc. Beautiful large format with inset of Philadelphia and neighboring counties.
Rare pictorial map of Berks County, Pennsylvania, drawn by J.R. Rowe. The map is well researched and attractively executed, providing a marvelous historical overview of Berks County in Colonial times. The "severe campaign" is a phrase used by George...
Early edition of this promotional map of the Amish Country. Interesting schematic style road map of the Amish Country, published to promote local businesses by the 340-23 Club. The verso notes that the Free Map of Amish Farmlands, Lancaster County,...
Detailed and interesting map of Philadelphia, published by SA Mitchell in 1846 and engraved by Burroughs. The map is hand colored apparently by Wards, although curiously so. Includes an index of public buildings, hotels, churches (including a Jewish...
Detailed and interesting map of Philadelphia, includes an index of public buildings, hotels, churches (including a "Jews Synagogue") and banks. The map has been updated from the pre-1850 edition of the map, to include several new townships, etc.
Antique hand-drawn map of the Fort Mifflin area on a mammoth scale. The fort is the only active American military base to predate the Declaration of Independence. This map presents the fort and mud island it occupies on as they stood at the beginning...
Nice example of Ogilby's edition of Smith's map of the Virginia & Chesapeake region. The map is based upon the earlier maps by Hondius and Blaeu, a bit smaller, but with 3 large cartouches, one of which includes fascinating indigenous animals,...
Second Edition of the First Map of the Province of Maryland -- Prepared To Promote The Newly Created Province Fine example of John Ogilby's rare Lord Baltimore Map, the second edition of the first printed map of Maryland and the first to show the...
John Speed's Edition of John Smith's Seminal Map of Virginia. Nice example of John Speed's map of Virginia and Maryland, which was engraved by Francis Lamb and first appeared in the enlarged edition of Speed's Atlas in 1676. Speed's map of Virginia...
A nice example of JB Homann's map of Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, North Carolina and South Carolina. Cartouche shows the splendor of the new world and the riches it provides. One of the most decorative maps of the area, intended to promote German...
Scarce map of the Chesapeake region, based upon Augustine Hermann's map of 1673 and Henry Popple's map of 1733. The map includes a number of interesting annotations and place names, including Indian House and Plantations, English Plantations, Black...
