Striking map of Essex County, Massachusetts, surrounded by dozens of inset town plans (detailing streets and individual dwellings), an inset geological map, several business directories, a table of distances and vignettes of important landmarks. One of a small percentage of examples that were never varnished, and consequently offered here with vibrant original color. In the 1850s […]
$2,750
View DetailsA rare, attractive and terrifically informative map of Concord New Hampshire by Henry Walling, arguably the preeminent American mapmaker of the mid-19th century. This very rare map depicts the center of Concord at a terrific level of detail for the time. The very large scale of 500 feet to the inch permits Walling to show […]
$3,500
View DetailsA monumental and richly informative map of Coos County, New Hampshire, including the northern ranges of the White Mountains. By Henry F. Walling, one of the preeminent American mapmakers of the latter half of the 19th century. Published in 1861, this is by far the largest and most detailed map of Coos County and the […]
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View DetailsA superb, monumental and decorative map of Rhode Island by the preeminent New England mapmaker of the 19th century. Offered here in a rare and unusual variant with added text panels. At one mile to the inch, Walling’s is by far the largest map of the state produced for its time. The scale allows for […]
$4,500
View DetailsAn attractive and terrifically informative map of this important town on the Kennebec, famous for producing more than 5000 wooden ships since the 18th century. The map is very rare, and we have located but two examples held by American institutions, with none in Maine. Walling’s map depicts the center of Bath at a terrific […]
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View DetailsAn extraordinarily-detailed depiction of Fall River, by one of the great map makers of 19th-century America. This image is really two maps in one, with a large-scale plan of the center of Fall River surmounting a somewhat smaller-scale map of township. The relatively large scale of both enabled Walling to portray Fall River in enormous […]
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View DetailsA richly-detailed and difficult to find map of Cambridge, Massachusetts. The map’s very large scale enabled Walling to portray enormous detail, including the street network; railroad lines; public buildings, dwellings and other structures; and the names of significant landowners. Symbols differentiate the varied topography of hills, woodland, gardens and parks, and marshes and swamps. Of […]
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View DetailsA lovely example of this scarce and richly-detailed map. The map’s very large scale enables Walling to portray Rochester in enormous detail, including the street network and the lines of the Cape Cod and Fairhaven Branch Railroads; dwellings, mills, schools and other structures; and the names of hundreds of landowners. Symbols differentiate the varied topography […]
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View DetailsA monumental map of the greater Boston area, including coverage of much of Essex, Middlesex, Norfolk and Plymouth Counties. The map provides a complete street plan, with many streets named; the rail network is depicted; and hundreds of businesses, places of worship, schools and other landmarks are labeled. The natural topography is differentiated by hachuring […]
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View DetailsA rare and richly-detailed wall map of Winchester, Massachusetts, the first to be published of this prosperous suburban town. The map depicts Winchester in 1854, just a few years after its incorporation in 1850 with territory carved from the surrounding towns of Arlington, Medford, Cambridge and Woburn. The very large scale enables Walling to portray the natural […]
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