COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Asher & Adams
Date:
1875
Short Title:
Texas, Western Portion.
Publisher:
Asher & Adams.
Publisher Location:
New York
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
58
Obj Width cm:
43
Scale 1:
1,280,000
Note:
Washington Meridian. Hand tinted full color. Shows railroads, settlements, counties, waterways, and lakes. Inset of a portion of Texas. Engraved.
Reference:
P1300.
Country:
United States
State/Province:
Texas
Full Title:
Asher & Adams' Texas, Western Portion. Entered according to Act of Congress 1874 by Asher & Adams in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
List No:
4977.036
Page No:
57-58
Series No:
41
Engraver or Printer:
Asher & Adams
Publication Author:
Asher & Adams
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 Type:
Commercial Reference Book
Pub Type:
National Atlas
Pub Maps:
60
Pub Height cm:
64
Pub Width cm:
45
Image No:
4977036
Authors:
Asher & Adams
Collection:
Rumsey Collection
Link To Source
Texas, Western Portion.
