A bilingual map of the city of Shanghai, printed in Japanese and English, showing the heart of the city, bissected by the Whangpoo (Huangpu) River. Many wharves, streets and green spaces are identified in English, while many other features are in Japanese only, including the keys on the bottom right.....
A rare and quite detailed, large-scale map of Tarrytown, New York, showing both the more densely developed village, as well as outlying areas. Commercial, public, and domestic buildings are identified (their very footprints, in fact, are shown), as well as a number of large estates. Among the latter are the.....
Styled the “First Annual Edition” on the title page, this is the only directory of Madison issued by Seymour. Pages 9 to 78 consist of a history and description of Madison, as well as a list of state and federal government officials. Pages 79 to 126 lists the citizens and.....
A fascinating and detailed view of Palermo from Braun & Hogenberg’s groundbreaking world atlas of city views. This view of the port city of Palermo on the island of Sicily was produced during the era of Spanish Habsburg rule on the island. The view contains a wealth of information about.....
![Item #3586 Saltzburgk [Saltzburg]. Georg Braun, Frans Hogenberg](https://jamesarsenault.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3586_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1744804599)
A fine view of Salzburg during a pivotal moment in its history, produced by Braun & Hogenberg for their groundbreaking atlas of city views. The city of Salzburg—then part of the Holy Roman Empire—is depicted here as a bustling trading hub along the Salzach River, during a time of significant.....
A scarce bird’s eye view of Bennington, Vermont by the prolific view-maker L. R. Burleigh, likely published around the time of the dedication ceremony for the Bennington Battle Monument, the tallest structure in Vermont. Based on Burleigh’s larger view of Bennington published in 1887, this view shows the town situated.....
A fine map of Manhattan from David Burr’s Atlas of the State of New York, originally published in 1830 (although dated 1829), and only the second atlas fully devoted to a U.S. state after Robert Mills’s atlas of South Carolina. This map is the stated third edition of 1840, and.....
![Item #5628 City and Harbor of Los Angeles [panel title]. Clason Map Co](https://jamesarsenault.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/5628_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1704384274)
A map brochure issued by the Security Trust and Savings Bank of Los Angeles, intended to promote the city, to advertise the bank, and to closely identify the growth of the city with the growth of the bank. Appearing on the recto is “The Map of the City of Los.....
A scarce and handsome wall map of the Northwestern Connecticut iron-boom town of Canaan, with mines, ironworks, and sawmills shown along the Housatonic Railroad. This informative map shows the “Town of Canaan,” its ten administrative districts, and its notable environs. The town consists of a “Village” (identified on the map.....
A very scarce map of the historic town of Danvers in Essex County, Mass., situated just north of Salem. This informative and handsome map shows the town’s streets, buildings, and landowners, as well as rail lines and topography. Seven detailed vignettes of local scenes embellish the margins, including a view.....
A skillfully drawn manuscript map, which appears to have been compiled for an official purpose, but does not appear to have been published. This map focuses on the waterfront villages of Marshfield, Massachusetts, a town perhaps best known as the home of Daniel Webster, whose house in Green Harbor Village.....
An apparently unrecorded promotional map showing lots for sale in the town of Fonda, New York—founded by the ancestors of the Fonda family of movie fame—and including period inscriptions relating to members of the family. Oriented with northeast at the top, this plat map shows nearly 700 lots in the.....
A scarce Florida Keys promotional broadsheet featuring two maps and identifying over thirty points of interest in Key West and the broader Keys, as well as reflecting the naval buildup in Key West following World War II. The recto map shows Key West situated between the Gulf of Mexico and.....
An appealing topographical map of the town of Woodstock, Connecticut featuring many local points of interest, with additional printed annotations by a second hand. Lester’s distinctive map is characterized by its prominent hillshade hatching, which portrays this northeastern Connecticut town within an almost otherworldly landscape of rolling hills. Depicted in.....
![Item #9063 Plan of the Town of Stratham [New Hampshire]. Phinehas Merrill](https://jamesarsenault.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/9063_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1721228352)
The first edition of the first printed plan of a New Hampshire town, compiled and drafted by a surveyor known for his contributions to the early mapping of the state. Depicted here is the town of Stratham bounded on the northwest side by the Squamscott River and a portion of.....
A scarce and elaborate plat map for a seaside resort development at Pigeon Cove in Rockport, Mass. Located on the eastern extremity of Cape Ann, Pigeon Cove began attracting vacationers from the Boston area during the 1840s. Once the train reached the area in 1862, summer boarding homes soon gave.....
A scarce and densely detailed map of the Pacific Electric Railway, initially published a year after Henry E. Huntington lost possession of the company and as it began to rapidly expand, becoming—only a decade later—the world’s largest electric railway system. This revised issue of the map reflects the growth of.....
A large and handsome bird’s eye view of the historic sea-side town of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. This richly detailed view depicts the city and the surrounding area, as seen from an imaginary elevated vantage point in the northwest looking southeast. In the foreground, various vessels are shown plying the waters.....
An early, important and very rare depiction of the Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Roughly equidistant from Cape Town and Durban, Port Elizabeth was founded in 1820. As a seaport it grew rapidly, to the extent that in 1861, the year before Bowler drew this image, the town was granted autonomous.....
Henry Walling’s fine map of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, showing the city and the immediate vicinity. Depicted are Portsmouth itself, a portion of the Piscataqua River, a number of islands, including Nobles Island, Badger’s Island and Pierce’s Island, as well as part of Kittery, Maine, opposite Portsmouth, including the Navy Yard.....
A large and quite impressive bird’s eye view of Portland, Maine, as it appeared after a decade of rebuilding, following the great fire of 1866. This fine, richly detailed view of Portland depicts the city—viewed from an elevated eastern vantage point—as a lively, prosperous place, with a busy harbor, an.....