COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Covers: Travellers Guide and Statistical View of the United States
Obj Height cm:
14
Obj Width cm:
10
Note:
The map, in outline color and measuring 40x50, is from a discarded plate of H. Phelps' U.S. (see our #2442) The index is largely stolen from Mitchell's Travellers Guide index sheet for 1832, however the information on roads and distances is taken from someone else. Phelps' name can be seen through the erasure on the map plate. The map has the characteristic oval portrait of Washington, reengraved (clumsily) from the Phelps issue. Webster put this together from Phelps, Mitchell and (?) and it is very scarce - we can find no references to it. It was probably a one shot issue. Map and guide fold into a green quarter leather booklet, which slips into a green cloth covered case. Title on front and back of booklet.
Full Title:
(Covers to) Travellers Guide and Statistical View of the United States. Published by J.W. Webster, New York. Entered ... 1834, by J.W. Webster ... New-York. (with) Map of the United States Published by J. Webster, New York, 1836. Entered ... the 26th day of March 1833 by James Webster ... New York.
List No:
3450.001
Series No:
1
Pub Date:
1836
Pub Title:
Travellers Guide and Statistical View of the United States. Published by J.W. Webster, New York. Entered ... 1834, by J.W. Webster ... New-York. (with) Map of the United States Published by J. Webster, New York, 1836. Entered ... the 26th day of March 1833 by James Webster ... New York.
Pub List No:
3450.000
Pub Height cm:
14
Pub Width cm:
10
Image No:
3450001
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
James Webster.
Type:
Covers
Country:
United States
Engraver or Printer:
Chapin, Wm.
Publication Author:
Webster, James
Pub Type:
Pocket Map
Author:
Webster, James
Date:
1836
Covers: Travellers Guide and Statistical View of the United States
