Wall Maps from Donald Heald Rare Books

Philadelphia: Richard Clark, 1853. Lithograph with full period color, 40 x 45 inches. Original rollers. From 1852-1854, Richard Clark of Philadelphia published a number of Connecticut township plans based on surveys by Lawrence Fagan. This map of New Milford in Litchfield County is one of the largest and most elaborate. Drawn on a scale of five inches to the… Read more about this item

London: Robert Laurie & James Whittle, 1794. Copper-engraved map on four joined sheets, with period hand-colouring in outline, overall sheet size: 48 1/8 x 49 inches. Fine condition except for some small tears to the margins and old folds, some light browning. A magnificent late 18th-century wall map of the Americas. Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville was the spiritual… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: E. A. Balch, 1856. Wall map, 37 1/2 x 56 1/2 inches, with extensive contemporary colour. Six engraved pictorial inserts plus sixteen map inserts. Expertly restored, backed with modern linen, trimmed in maroon cloth, on contemporary rollers. colour bright and clean. Very good. A lovely wall map of Saratoga County, the most famous spa in mid-nineteenth century America. … Read more about this item

New York: E. C. Bridgeman, 1880. Wall map, full period colour. Expertly repaired, backed on linen, contemporary rollers, trimmed in modern blue cloth. Minute creasing. Scarce. An attractive map of New York state, featuring seven insets--a population table, a map of Manhattan, a map of Long Island, a list of principal cities and towns, a breakdown of congressional… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: H & C. T. Smith, 1856. Wall map, 54¼ x 53 inches, full period hand colour. Expertly repaired, backed with modern linen, trimmed in white cloth, on contemporary rollers. Some minor creasing and light tanning, but in all a very good copy. A splendid map of New Haven County, Connecticut; the largest and most detailed for the area… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Clark & Tackabury, 1860. Copper-engraved wall map, with full original colour, expertly repaired, backed with new linen, trimmed in blue cloth, on contemporary rollers, in very good condition. A very fine wall map of the state of Connecticut, based on the latest surveys. During the 1850s, Richard Clark published a large number of wall maps based on… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1845. Copper-engraved wall map, with full original colour, expertly repaired, backed with modern linen, trimmed in green cloth, on contemporary rollers, with bright colour, overall in very good condition. An impressive wall map of the United States from a crucial year in American history. In 1834 Mitchell republished his A New Map of the… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Smith & Coffin, 1857. Wall map, 56 x 56 inches, in full period hand colour. Expertly repaired, backed with modern linen, trimmed in red cloth, on contemporary rollers. Lightly tanned, faint old stain along upper edge, but in very good condition. A large, attractive, detailed wall map of Rockingham County, New Hampshire. Chace evidently received at least some… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: John H. Gillette, 1858. Wall map, 66 1/2 x 64 inches, full period colour. Expertly restored, backed with modern linen, trimmed in green cloth, on contemporary rollers. Chip at left end of upper roller. Evenly toned, some minor staining in upper portion. Very good. Scarce and quite important. This handsome map was the largest and best for… Read more about this item

Louisville: Hart and Mapother Lithographers, 1866. Lithographed map on six sheets unjoined, period hand-colouring in outline, three inset views (two attributed to be after Alfred E. Mathews), within an ornamental border (backed onto linen at an early date, inked library stamp on verso). An incredible, large-scale wall map of Clear Creek County, Colorado published less than a decade after… Read more about this item

Amsterdam: printed for John Covens and Cornelius Mortier, 1742. Copper-engraved map on four sheets, key map, sheet of harbor maps all hand-coloured in outline; 4 engraved views of Quebec, New York, Niagara Falls. Seven sheets, each 26 x 21 1/2 inches. An important association copy of the Covens and Mortier edition of the famous Popple map, annotated by Peter… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez le fils de l'auteur Rue St.Jacques a lenseigne de la Place des Victoires, 1740. Copper-engraved wall map, with original outline colour, backed onto old linen, with contemporary wooden rollers, overall in very good condition. A rare and monumental wall map of Europe by one of the great masters of French cartography. Jean-Baptiste Nolin was one of… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez l'Auteur Rue St. Jacques au dessus de la Rue des Mathurins a lensgne. de la Place des Victoires, 1740. Copper-engraved wall map, with original outline colour, composed from four joined sheets, surrounded by text and vignettes printed on separate sheets, backed onto old linen, with contemporary wooden rollers. First state of a rare and monumental wall map… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez l'auteur rue s.Jacques au dessous de la rue Mathurins a l'Enseigne de la Place des Victoires, 1740. Copper-engraved wall map, with original outline colour, of four joined sheets, surrounded by text and vignettes printed on separate sheets, backed onto old linen, with contemporary wooden rollers, overall in very good condition. A rare and monumental wall map of… Read more about this item