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[ Maps and views of the New Jersey coast ]
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An important eighteenth-century, American made map of New Jersey. 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. The map shows the typical inclusions of towns, counties, and road system quite impressively. More atypically, and charmingly, is the inclusion of certain churches, mills, and taverns. A fine, eighteenth century map and one of the first American-made depictions of the state. $1,250
Samuel Lewis. "The State of New Jersey, Compiled from the most Authentic Information."
Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1814. 18 1/2 x 12. Engraving. Number "13" added at lower right corner. Original outline color. Full margins. Excellent condition.
The two most influential names in American cartography at the end of the eighteenth century were Mathew Carey and Samuel Lewis. Published just after the War of 1812, this map is from Carey's Atlas which represented the best American cartographic work of the period. Carey, an Irish immigrant, established the first American specialized cartographic publishing firm. He set up an elaborate cottage system of craftsmen for engraving, printing, and coloring his maps utilizing the best independent artists directed to a common end. Carey is important, then, not only for the excellent maps he produced, but for his setting the pattern for American map publishing, to be followed by the likes of John Melish and Henry S. Tanner. Samuel Lewis was a mathematician and one of the best American cartographers of his day. Through Carey's intercession his maps had a great impact on American and worldwide cartography. This map of New Jersey is a very good example of his work. It shows excellent detail throughout the state, including roads, towns, rivers, bays, harbors, and inlets. Also indicated are counties, each of which is outlined with original hand coloring. $1,100
"New Jersey." Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea., 1827. 11 1/2 x 9 1/8 (map); 16 1/2 x 20 1/2 (full sheet). Engraving by Kneass. 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. This map of New Jersey is typical of his maps. Detail of the road system and towns is of particular interest, as is the text. Overall, a nice verbal and graphic picture of New Jersey. $475
Thomas Bradford after Thomas Gordon. "New Jersey." From Samuel G. Goodrich's A General Atlas of the World.
Boston: C.D. Strong, 1841. 14 1/4 x 11 3/8. Engraving by G.W. Boynton. Original hand color. Very good condition.
An attractive map of New Jersey by Thomas Bradford from Samuel G. Goodrich's edition of Bradford's important atlas. The first half of the nineteenth century was a time of considerable growth for the state and this map illustrates the social, political and transportation situation at the time. The map is a reduced and updated version of Thomas Gordon's excellent 1828 map, which was in effect the first official state map. Counties are named and indicated in contrasting shades, and rivers, lakes, and towns are precisely depicted. The burgeoning road, railroad and canal network is clearly indicated throughout. The soft pastel colors used are particularly appealing, making this a nice picture of New Jersey just before mid-century. $375
H.S. Tanner after T. Gordon. "New Jersey Reduced From T. Gordon's Map." Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, [1834]-45. 14 x 11 1/4. Engraving by J. Knight. Full original hand color. Full margins. Very good condition.
A strong and beautifully crafted map of New Jersey from the nineteenth century 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. In 1845, Carey & Hart issued an edition of the atlas, and the maps were later purchased by S. Augustus Mitchell, and then Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.. Maps from the early Tanner/Carey & Hart edition are quite rare. This map of New Jersey is typical of the Tanner maps. It was reduced from Thomas Gordon's excellent 1828 map, which was in effect the first official state map. $375
H. S. Tanner after T. Gordon. "Map of New Jersey Reduced From T. Gordon's Map By H.S. Tanner." From Universal Atlas. Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell., [1848]-49. 15 x 12 1/2. Lithograph transfer from engraved plate. Full original hand color. Some typical paper toning at the edges. Very good condition.
In 1849, S. Augustus Mitchell issued a lithographed edition of Tanner's Universal Atlas. It contained updated versions of Tanner's excellent maps, and this one of New Jersey is a fine example. This map is an updated and reduced version of Thomas Gordon's excellent 1828 map, which was in effect the first official state map. The map is filled with myriad topographical details, including rivers, towns, lakes and political borders. The transportation infrastructure was extremely important at this period of increased immigration and travel. This information is clearly depicted here, including both existing and proposed rail lines, canals and roads. A series of tables gives distances between cities by stage and canal, and another pair of tables gives population information. $295
After T. Gordon. "Map of New Jersey Reduced From T. Gordon's Map." Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1850. 15 x 12 1/2. Lithographic transfer from engraved plate. Full original hand color. Full margins. A few spots near top. Otherwise, very good condition.
A strong and beautifully crafted map of New Jersey 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. This map is their version of the map reduced from Thomas Gordon's excellent 1828 map, which first appeared in the H.S. Tanner atlas of earlier in the century. The map is filled with myriad topographical details, including rivers, towns, lakes and political borders. The Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. maps are especially known for their depiction of the transportation routes of the states, and this map is no exception. The transportation infrastructure was extremely important at this period of increased immigration and travel. This information is clearly depicted here, including rail lines, steamboat routes, canals and roads. A series of tables gives distances between cities by stage, and another table 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. $275
"Map of the City of Newark." New York: Charles Magnus, ca. 1860. 6 1/4 x 8 5/8. Lithographic transfer from engraved plate. Original hand color. With elaborate printed gold border. On glossy white board. Very good condition.
Magnus is probably best known for his production of birds-eye views of cities in the U.S. and Canada, though his firm also produced some quite informative maps at the time of the Civil War as well.
This is an elaborately decorated map of Newark, New Jersey not long after 1853, as the population of that year is indicated as 48,000. From the time period indicated by the population figure, this would appear to be a fairly early effort from the Magnus firm. A fine and attractive example of mid-nineteenth century lithography. $225
A. J. Johnson. "Johnson's New Jersey." New York: Johnson & Browning, 1861. 15 1/4 x 12 1/2. Lithograph. Original hand color. Very good condition.
A detailed map of the state of New Jersey as it appeared at the beginning 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. This finely-detailed map, struck from a lithographic stone, includes the counties which 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. $150
"New Jersey." New York: G.W. and C.B. Colton & Co., 1866. 15 3/4 x 12 3/42. Lithograph. Full original hand-coloring. Very good condition.
Another Colton map of New Jersey, this from a decade later, showing the development of the transportation network in New Jersey and the surrounding region. $150
"Map of the State of New Jersey Prepared especially for Evert's Illustrated Historical Atlas." New York: H.H. Lloyd & Co., 1875. 22 1/4 x 13 1/8. Lithograph. Original hand color. Very good condition.
An unusual map of the entire state showing approximately ten miles into each neighboring state. Active and proposed railroads are shown as the major transportation source with supplemental information on shipping points. $185
"County Map of the State of New Jersey." Philadelphia: W.M. Bradley & Bro., 1886. 14 1/2 x 11 1/2. Lithograph. Original hand color. Very good condition.
A precisely detailed map of New Jersey from the Philadelphia publishing firm of William M. Bradley & Bro. 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, towns, roads and physical features are all precisely presented while contrasting colors delineate the different counties. $135
Maps from Geographical Survey of New Jersey, Atlas of New Jersey. New York: Julius Bien & Co., 1888. Approx. 34 1/2 x 24 3/4. Litho-tints. Backed on linen as issued. Ex-Libris of the Franklin Institute. Some have either ink stamps or blind stamps of the institution in margins of image. Otherwise, very good condition.
A map of New Jersey by the New York firm of Hunt & Eaton. Transportation lines are clearly delineated and the whole appearance is clean and concise. $65
"Map of New Jersey." Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co.(?), ca. 1898. Wax engraving. Printed color. 19 1/2 x 12 3/4. Very good condition.
A late nineteenth century map from the early days of the Rand, McNally & Co. firm out of Chicago, a company that would shift the center of cartographic publishing from the east coast to the mid-west. Typical of the work from the firm, this map has good detail precisely and neatly exhibited. Two inserts are included, one of the vicinity of Paterson and one of the vicinity of Jersey City, including New York City. Aesthetically and cartographically the quality of this map is a foreshadow of the maps of the twentieth century. $125
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