COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Michigan showing contour lines.
Obj Height cm:
35
Obj Width cm:
30
Scale 1:
1,300,000
Note:
Col. lithographed map. Covers Lower Peninsula only. Contour interval 50 or 100 ft. Unlike entry in Checklist of printed maps of the Middle West to 1900, this issue uses "lines" not "liness" in title.
Reference:
Checklist of Printed Maps of the Middle West to 1900, 5-2122; Karpinski, 479.
Full Title:
Michigan showing contour lines by Alexander Winchell, LL.D., Chancellor of the University of Syracuse, late State Geologist of Michigan, etc. (Drawn, compiled, and edited by H.F. Walling, C.E. ... Published by R.M. & S.T. Tackabury, Detroit, Mich. Entered ... 1873, by H.F. Walling ... Washington. The Claremont Manufacturing Company, Claremont, N.H., Book Manufacturers)
List No:
1147.001
Page No:
11
Series No:
6
Pub Date:
1873
Pub Title:
Atlas of the State of Michigan, including statistics and descriptions of its topography, hydrology, climate, natural and civil history, railways, educational institutions, material resources, etc. By Alexander Winchell, LL.D. ... Hon. C.I. Walker, Oramel Hosford, Esq., Henry M. Utley, Esq., and Ray Haddock, Esq. Drawn, compiled, and edited by H.F. Walling, C.E. ... Published by R.M. & S.T. Tackabury, Detroit, Mich. (on verso) Entered ... 1873, by H.F. Walling ... Washington. The Claremont Manufacturing Company, Claremont, N.H., Book Manufacturers.
Pub Reference:
Checklist of Printed Maps of the Middle West to 1900, 5-2112; Karpinski, 478; Phillips, 1960; Phillips Maps of America, p. 427; Miles, Michigan atlases and plat books, 2; LeGear, Atlases of the United States, L1754.
Pub Note:
The first Michigan State atlas. Full color. Bound in half leather brown cloth covers with title reading "Atlas of the State of Michigan" stamped in gold on the front and blind stamped on the back.
Pub List No:
1147.000
Pub Maps:
84
Pub Height cm:
46
Pub Width cm:
36
Image No:
1147001
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
Publisher Location:
Detroit
Publisher:
R.M. & S.T. Tackabury
Type:
Atlas Map
State/Province:
Michigan
Subject:
Physical
Engraver or Printer:
Claremont Manufacturing Company
Publication Author:
Walling, H. F.
Pub Type:
State Atlas
Author:
Walling, H. F.
Author:
Winchell, Alexander, 1824-1891
Date:
1873
Michigan showing contour lines.
