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This is one of the earliest American maps of New Hampshire from the first American gazetteer. Joseph T. Scott, a Philadelphia engraver and publisher, issued his gazetteer during the first days of American cartography. The maps of the new states and territories are all very detailed especially given the early age. Major roads and towns are indicated, as is some indication of the orography of the White Mountains. Eighteenth century script is enhanced by decorative flourishes in the title and the map is surrounded by a Federalist style border. $275
John Reid. "The State of New Hampshire, Compiled chiefly from Actual Surveys. 1796." From The American Atlas. New York: J. Reid, 1796. 17 1/4 x 11. Engraving by B. Tanner. Very good condition. Wheat & Brun: 189.
An important eighteenth-century, American made map of New Hampshire. This map was issued in Reid's landmark American Atlas in 1796, which was published to accompany William Winterbotham's An historical, geographical, commercial, and philosophical view of the United States of America. John Reid was one of the seminal figures in United States mapmaking prior to 1800. His atlas was one of the first American atlases, and the maps from it represent the best of the nascent American cartographic industry. Not only is this map important for it publisher, but the engraver, Benjamin Tanner, is one of the noted American engravers-of both maps and prints-from this period through the early years of the following century. This map of New Hampshire is based on the Samuel Lewis map issued just the year before and it has fine detail throughout the state, including rivers, lakes, and some indication of the mountain ranges. One of its interesting features is the note that the White Mountains when seen from the sea look like white clouds hovering over the horizon. Towns and many roads are shown throughout, giving a fascinating image of New Hampshire near the end of the eighteenth century. A great and very scarce American made map of the state. $1,150
Mathew Carey. "The State of New Hampshire." From American Pocket Atlas. Philadelphia: M. Carey, 1801. 7 1/2 x 5 3/4. Engraving by Seymour. Some faint off-setting. Otherwise, very good condition. Cf. Wheat & Brun: 197.
A map of New Hampshire from Carey's American Pocket Atlas. This is the second state of one of the very early American maps of New Hampshire; the first state was issued by Mathew Carey in 1796. Unlike many other cartographers of the day, Carey updated his maps in subsequent versions, and this 1801 example from the Pocket Atlas is a good example of this. In 1796 either Carey did not have information on the roads, or he thought it not important. However, by 1801, this had changed and Carey added clear delineations of the roads in the state. He also depicted other new information, including additional hills, lakes, and counties. $225
Samuel Lewis. "New Hampshire" Philadelphia: M. Carey, [1813]-1818. 17 3/4 x 11 1/4. Engraving by Gridley. Original outline color. Very slight foxing and slight darkening at center fold.
Carey continued to issue is Atlas into the early nineteenth century, adding outline color in 1814. This is a good example of the updated map of New Hampshire. $750
"New Hampshire." Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea., 1822. 11 7/8 x 8 3/4 (map); 16 5/8 x 20 5/8 (full sheet). Engraving by Young & Delleker. Original hand color. Very good condition.
In 1822, Henry Charles Carey and Isaac Lea published their A Complete Historical, Chronological, and Geographical American Atlas. This volume was based on Emmanuel Las Cases' Atlas Historique of 1803, with updated maps and text modified by Carey, a political economist. He considered himself an American foil to John Stuart Mill and the London economists who were proclaimers of "the gloomy science" influenced by Ricardo and Malthus. Instead of preaching overpopulation and degeneration of the human species, Carey illustrated the nations of the western hemisphere through maps that showed an expanding region with ample promise of developing into lands of great new opportunity and growth. The sheets from this atlas, which cover North America, Central America, South America and the West Indies, are comprised of an engraved map surrounded by text documenting the history, climate, population and so forth of the area depicted. The atlas is particularly known for its excellent early maps of the states and territories of the United States. $450
Anthony Finley. "New Hampshire." From A New General Atlas. Philadelphia: A. Finley, 1827. 11 1/4 x 8 5/8. Engravings by Young & Delleker. Original full hand coloring. Minor spot along right border. Otherwise, very good condition.
During the 1820's, Anthony Finley produced a series of fine atlases in the then leading American cartographic center, Philadelphia. Finley's work is a good example of the quality that American publishers were beginning to obtain. Each map is elegantly presented, with crisp and clear engraving and very attractive pastel hand coloring. Topographical and political information is copious, including counties, towns, rivers, roads and so on. Finley was very concerned to depict as up-to-date information as was possible, and thus his maps present an accurate picture of the world in the early decades of the nineteenth century. Six counties are represented including the newly added Merrimac county. An excellent map from the nascent American cartographic world. $175
Thomas G. Bradford. "New Hampshire." Boston: T. G. Bradford, 1838. 14 1/8 x 11 3/8. Engraving by G. W. Boynton. Original hand color. Some minor discoloring from oxidation. Otherwise, very good condition.
A finely engraved map issued by Thomas G. Bradford, a Boston map publisher. The map shows New Hampshire in the third decade of the nineteenth century, depicting the terrain of the state with considerable detail, including rivers, towns, counties, and some sense of the Presidential Range of the White Mountains. The maps by Bradford are fine examples of the developing American cartographic industry and are among the scarcest of state maps. $250
Thomas G. Bradford. "New Hampshire." From Samuel G. Goodrich's A General Atlas of the World. Boston: C.D. Strong, 1841. 14 1/8 x 11 3/8. Engraving by G. W. Boynton. Original hand color, with some minor splotching from oxidation. Full margins. Very good condition.
Samuel Goodrich's version of the Bradford map, first issued in 1838. $275
Henry S. Tanner. "New Hampshire & Vermont." From Tanner's Universal Atlas. Philadelphia: H.S. Tanner, 1839. 13 7/8 x 11 1/4. Engraving. Full original hand coloring. Very good condition.
A detailed map of New Hampshire and Vermont by the great American cartographer, Henry Schenck Tanner. In 1816, Henry, his brother Benjamin, John Vallance and Francis Kearny formed an engraving firm in Philadelphia. Having had experience at map engraving through his work with John Melish, Tanner conceived of the idea of compiling and publishing an American Atlas, which was begun in 1819 by Tanner, Vallance, Kearny & Co. Soon Tanner took over the project on his own, and thus began his career as cartographic publisher. The American Atlas was a huge success, and this inspired Tanner to produce his Universal Atlas, of more manageable size. This atlas contained excellent maps of each state, focusing on the transportation network, including roads, railroads and canals. All details are clearly presented, and these include towns, rivers, mountains, political boundaries and the transportation information. The maps were later purchased by S. Augustus Mitchell, and then Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., but it is these early Tanner editions which are the rarest and most important. Each county is indicated with a contrasting pastel shade, and the states are cris-crossed with roads, canals and railroads. Population charts of the counties of both states and their major county are shown at the right. This is a very fine example of early American cartography at its best. $225
Joseph Meyer. "Neueste Karte von New Hampshire und Vermont 1846." Hildburghhausen: J.Meyer, 1845. 14 3/4 x 11 5/8. Engraving. Original hand color. Minor spotting throughout. Otherwise, very good condition.
An unusual map from J. Meyer's Handatlas. The maps from this atlas are based on Henry Tanner's maps which were issued a few years before. Tanner's maps focused on the transportation network of the states depicted, including roads, railroads, and canals, and the Meyer derivatives follow them in this emphasis. The topographical information is nicely presented, showing towns, rivers, political boundaries, etc.. The Meyer versions, issued in Germany, extended the influence of these excellent maps throughout Europe. $140
"Map of New Hampshire & Vermont." Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1850. 15 x 12 1/2. Lithographic transfer from engraved plate. Original hand color. Very good condition.
A strong and beautifully crafted map of New Hampshire and Vermont from the mid-nineteenth century, published by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.. This firm took over the publication of S. Augustus Mitchell's important Universal Atlas in 1850, and they continued to produce up-dated maps that were amongst the best issued in the period. A series of tables gives distances between cities by stage, and another pair of tables gives population information. The detail is very clearly and precisely rendered, and with the warm hand coloring this is a most interesting and attractive map of the state. $145
J.H. Colton. "New Hampshire." New York: J.H. Colton & Co, 1855. 15 3/4 x 12 1/2. Lithograph. Full original hand-coloring. Spot in lower right margin. Otherwise, very good condition.
In the mid-nineteenth century, the center of map publishing in America moved from Philadelphia to New York. The J.H. Colton publishing firm played a large role in this shift. This map of New Hampshire, with its fine detail, is a strong example of their successful work. The map presents the counties in contrasting pastel shades, and includes depictions of towns, rivers, marshes, and lakes. Of particular interest are the indications of the burgeoning transportation network in the state, with roads and railroads clearly shown. An attractive map as well as a fascinating historical document depicting the state in the ante-bellum years. $125
A. J. Johnson. "Johnson's New Hampshire and Vermont." New York: Johnson & Browning, ca. 1860. 24 x 17 1/4. Lithograph. Full original hand-color. With a few chips at edges of margins. Else very good condition.
A detailed map of New Hampshire and Vermont as they appeared near the time of the Civil War, issued in Alvin Jewitt Johnson's mid-nineteenth century atlas of the world. Johnson, who published out of New York City, was one of the leading cartographic publishers in the latter half of the century, producing popular atlases and geographies having indirectly succeeded the J.H. Colton Co. The counties are hand colored in contrasting pastel shades, lending the map an attractive appearance. It is an excellent example of Johnson's, and thus American cartography. $110
A.J. Johnson "Johnson's Vermont and New Hampshire." New York: A. J. Johnson, 1867. 23 x 17. Lithograph. Original hand color. Very good condition.
Another map of the states by the prolific A.J. Johnson as they appeared near the end of the Civil War. The detail is quite extensive, showing all the newly added townships and transportation routes. $95
"New Hampshire and Vermont." Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1872. 13 3/4 x 11 1/2. Lithographic transfer from engraved plate. Original hand-coloring. Very good condition.
S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., of Philadelphia, was one of the largest map publishers of the middle of the nineteenth century. The firm was founded by his father, who from around the middle of the nineteenth century issued atlases and maps of all parts of the world in all formats. The Mitchell atlases contained up-to-date maps which were as attractive as they were accurate. With its bold hand-color, decorative borders, and interesting information, this is a fine example of the Mitchell firm's output $80
"Map of Vermont and New Hampshire." From Historical Hand-Atlas. Chicago & Toledo: H.H. Hardesty & Co., 1882. 12 1/2 x 9 1/2. Lithographic transfer from copper plate. Original hand color. Very good condition.
This map is from an unusual series of maps issued in Chicago and Toledo towards the end of the nineteenth century. During this period there was a growing interest in travel and business throughout North America, and publishers saw this as an opportunity for issued detailed and accurate maps of the states and provinces. The maps from this series, issued by Hiram H. Hardesty & Co., are typical of period, with detail including roads and railroads, small towns and large cities, rivers and lakes and other topographical information. $35
"Vermont and New Hampshire." Philadelphia: W.M. Bradley & Bro., 1886. 21 3/4 x 15. Lithograph. Original hand color. Very good condition.
A neatly detailed map from the Philadelphia publishing firm of William M. Bradley & Bros. While Philadelphia was no longer the main center of cartographic publishing in North America by the late nineteenth century, many fine maps were still produced there, as is evidenced by this map. Topography, political information, towns, and physical features are all presented precisely and clearly. $70
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