COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Text Page: Pictorial St. Louis.
Obj Height cm:
30
Obj Width cm:
92
Note:
Dedication to Captain James B. Eads, and facing preface.
Full Title:
(Text Page to) Pictorial St. Louis, the great metropolis of the Mississippi Valley; a topographical survey drawn in perspective A.D. 1875, by Camille N. Dry, designed & edited by Rich. J. Compton. St. Louis. Compton & Company, 1876. Western Engraving Co. St. Louis.
List No:
4209C
Series No:
3
Pub Date:
1876
Pub Title:
Pictorial St. Louis, the great metropolis of the Mississippi valley; a topographical survey drawn in perspective A.D. 1875, by Camille N. Dry; designed & edited by Rich. J. Compton. St. Louis. Compton & Company 1876. Western Engraving Co. St. Louis. (on verso) Entered ... 1876, by Compton & Company ... Washington D.C. St. Louis Globe-Democrat Job Printing Co.
Pub Reference:
Phillips, 15266; Reps, 2057, p.172; Hebert and Dempsey 439; LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 439.
Pub Note:
Atlas of 110 connected views which, when assembled, would make a panorama 9 x 24 feet, "the largest panoramic map published" (Hebert). Reps calls this work "a tour de force. The detail is minute ... such apparent accuracy would have been an accomplishment beyond any reasonable expectation." A remarkable and unique work. Bound in dark green leather covered boards with a decorative framed title embossed in gold reading "Pictorial Saint Louis."
Pub List No:
4209.000
Pub Height cm:
37
Pub Width cm:
53
Image No:
4209C
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
Publisher Location:
St. Louis
Publisher:
Compton & Company
Type:
Text Page
State/Province:
Missouri
City:
Saint Louis (Mo.)
Engraver or Printer:
Western Engraving Co.
Publication Author:
Compton, Richard J.
Publication Author:
Dry, Camille N.
Pub Type:
View
Author:
Compton, Richard J.
Author:
Dry, Camille N.
Date:
1876
Text Page: Pictorial St. Louis.
