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MAP #: 352M5

CARTOGRAPHER : MEYER, JOSEPH [PUBLISHER]

DATE: 1852

SHORT TITLE : DIE STAATEN VON NEW YORK, PENSYLVANIA, MARYLAND,

REMAINING TITLE & ID : NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE & VIRGINIA. 1852. (CENTER LEFT). "MEYER'S GROSCHEN ATLAS" (LEFT TOP MARGIN). "STAHLSTICH (DIRECTION VON KLEINKNECHT) AUS DER SCHWEINFURTER GEOGRAPHISCHEN GRAVIRANSTALT DES BIBLIOGRAPH. INSTITUTS ZU HILDBURGHAUSEN AMSTERDAM PARIS UND PHILADELPHIA." (ACROSS BOTTOM MARGIN). INSET ENTITLED "UMGEBUNG VON NEW YORK. (MEASURING 7.5 X 6.3 CM. - TOP LEFT CORNER). INSET ENTITLED "UMGEBUNG VON PHILADELPHIA" (MEASURING 5.7 X 4.9 CM. - TO RIGHT OF PRIOR INSET). INSET ENTITLED "UMGEBUNG DER NIAGARA FAELLE."(MEASURING 4.9 X 4.6 CM. WITH AN IRREGULAR BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER - TO RIGHT OF PRIOR INSET). INSET ENTITLED "UMGEBUNG VON ALBANY" (MEASURING 4.5 X 4.7 CM. - BOTTOM LEFT CORNER). INSET ENTITLED "UMGEBUNG VON PITTSBURG" (MEASURING 4.5 X 4.4 CM. - TO RIGHT OF PRIOR INSET). INSET ENTITLED "UMGEBUNG VON BALTIMORE UND WASHINGTON" (MEASURING 6.7 X 5.0 CM. IN BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER). THREE SCALES OF THE MAP (TO LEFT OF THE BALTIMORE INSET). THREE SCALES FOR THE INSETS (ABOVE BALTIMORE INSET). LONGITUDE WEST FROM LONDON (TOP BORDER). LATITUDE (RIGHT AND LEFT BORDERS).

DATE OF PUBLICATION : R1852 (1850)
PLACE OF PUBLICATION : AMSTERDAM, PARIS AND PHILADELPHIA
PUBLISHER : JOSEPH MEYER
LANGUAGE(S) : GE
SIZE (HEIGHT X WIDTH) : 26.7 X 19.7 CM.
SIZE - OTHER DATA : ? X ? CM. OM
SCALE - (RF) 1: : 1,215,000
SCALE - OTHER DATA : INSET SCALES DIFFER
LIB. OF CONGRESS # : -
Md. HALL OF RECORDS # 1 : MSA SC1399-110
# 2 : MSA SC1399-111 (1ST STATE)
HUNTINGFIELD ACQ. # 1 : BB023-2N
# 2 : BB023-2N (1ST STATE)
REGION CATEGORY : GENERAL MAP OF SOME INTEREST TO A MD/CHESAPEAKE COLLECTION (3)
SPECIAL CATEGORY(IES) :
# SHEETS TO MAP : 1
MAP ORIENTATION : N IS AT THE TOP OF THE MAP
RELIEF SHOWN ? : YES
HYDROGRAPHIC DATA : NONE.
CARTOUCHE : NONE (1)
BORDER : GEOGRAPHICALLY FUNCTIONAL (8)
PRIME MERIDIAN(S) : LONDON (1)
SEE ALSO MAP #s : 350M5.
BEST INFO SOURCE : NONE FOUND.
DESCRIPTION : THIS MAP COVERS THE AREA FROM MONTREAL TO CAPE HATTERAS AND FROM EASTERN CONNECTICUT TO DETROIT, INCLUDING ALL OF MARYLAND AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. THE DETAILED INSET ON BALTIMORE-WASHINGTON GIVES NUMEROUS PLACE NAMES. THIS MAP FIRST APPEARED IN MEYER'S ZEITUNG-ATLAS IN 1850. THE 1852 STATE, WHICH WAS FROM THE SAME PLATE AND WHICH THIS MAP REPRESENTS, APPEARED IN MEYER'S GROSCHEN-ATLAS.

MEYER LIVED FROM 1796 TO 1856 AND PUBLISHED ATLASES FROM 1830 TO 1856.

DATA IS FROM OBSERVATION OF THE COPIES IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

EDITION & STATE INFO : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS TWO STATES OF THIS MAP, WITH LITTLE IF ANYTHING ALTERED OTHER THAN MARGINAL INFORMATION.

1ST STATE - (1850)- TITLE HAS AN 1850 DATE. NOTATION IN THE LEFT TOP MARGIN READS "MEYER'S ZEITUNGS-ATLAS". "No. 70" APPEARS IN RIGHT TOP MARGIN. (SEE MAP # 350M5).

2ND STATE - (1852)- THIS IS THE MAP AS DESCRIBED. THE NOTATION IN THE LEFT TOP MARGIN NOW READS "MEYER'S GROSCHEN-ATLAS". "No. 70" HAS BEEN DELETED.

DATA IS FROM OBSERVATION OF THE COPIES IN THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION.

HFC OWNERSHIP DATA : THE HUNTINGFIELD COLLECTION HAS ONE COPY OF STATE 1 IN OUTLINE COLORING IN THE MAIN MAP AND THE INSETS IN BLACK AND WHITE. THIS STATE HAS AN ACQ. # OF BB023-2N AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-111. IT ALSO HAS A COPY OF STATE 2 IN OUTLINE COLORING IN BOTH THE MAIN MAP AND IN THE SIX INSETS, WITH AN ACQ. # OF BB023-2N AND A MDHR # OF MSA SC1399-110.

BIBLIGRAPHICAL REFS. : NONE FOUND.

September 21, 1991


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