COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Preface: Atlas and Album of American Industry.
Obj Height cm:
62
Obj Width cm:
42
Note:
Description of the content and depiction assumptions used in compiling this atlas. Engraved.
Reference:
P1300.
Full Title:
(Preface to) Asher & Adams' New Columbian Rail Road Atlas and Pictorial Album of American Industry, Comprising a Series of New Copper Plate Maps Exhibiting the Thirty-Seven States ... Together With Illustrations and Descriptions of Mercantile and Manufacturing Establishments, Machinery, Works of Art, Mechanism, Trade-Marks, Etc., Etc. ... Compiled, Written, Drawn and Engraved Under the Supervision Of The Publishers, By Their Own Corps of Editors, Engineers, Topographers, and Artists.... New York: Asher & Adams, No. 59 Beekman Street. 1875
List No:
4977D
Series No:
4
Pub Date:
1875
Pub Title:
Asher & Adams' New Columbian Rail Road Atlas and Pictorial Album of American Industry, Comprising a Series of New Copper Plate Maps Exhibiting the Thirty-Seven States ... Together With Illustrations and Descriptions of Mercantile and Manufacturing Establishments, Machinery, Works of Art, Mechanism, Trade-Marks, Etc., Etc. ... Compiled, Written, Drawn and Engraved Under the Supervision Of The Publishers, By Their Own Corps of Editors, Engineers, Topographers, and Artists.... New York: Asher & Adams, No. 59 Beekman Street. 1875
Pub Reference:
P1300.
Pub Note:
This is a very unusual and wonderful atlas - it combines the most complete Asher & Adams atlas map set (the same grouping as the late 1874 issue, but updated - see our #41) bound unfolded on edge (this is a huge book) with beautiful illustrations opposite each map of industrial establishments, products, and machinery. It has become very scarce. Its sheer size probably meant that the edition was small in number. Several of the maps are updated and copyrighted 1875; Colorado is substantially changed with the introduction of mountain ranges with "Gold, Silver, Copper and Lead Mineral Belt" overprinted on them. There may have been an 1883 issue of this atlas by George Adams, not listed in Phillips.
Pub List No:
4977.000
Pub Height cm:
64
Pub Width cm:
45
Image No:
4977D
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2009
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
Asher & Adams.
Type:
Text Page
World Area:
America
Engraver or Printer:
Asher & Adams
Engraver or Printer:
Franklin Type Foundry
Publication Author:
Asher & Adams
Pub Type:
Commercial Reference Book
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Author:
Asher & Adams
Date:
1875
Preface: Atlas and Album of American Industry.
