Items 176–200
176. [BOOK]. [PAGE, Frederic B.]. Prairiedom:
Rambles and Scrambles in Texas or New Estrémadura.
By a Suthron. New York: Paine & Burgess, 1846. 166
pp., engraved map: Map of Texas (14.7 x 9 cm; 5-3/4
x 3-1/2 inches; scale: 1 inch = 125 miles; lower
right—A. Randel, Sc.). 12mo, contemporary brown
calf (neatly rebacked, portion of original spine and gilt
spine label laid down). Abrasion on upper cover, lower
corners bumped, marginal browning to first and last
leaves.
Second
edition (first edition, New York, 1845). Clark, Old
South III:221: "His tone is favorable." Graff 3159.
Howes P9. Raines, p. 167. Streeter 1604n: "This is a
pleasant account of the author’s travels in Texas, for
the most part a journey in the spring of 1839 from the
Sabine by way of Nacogdoches, Houston, and Bastrop to San
Antonio and return to Houston by way of Goliad and Texana,
now Edna. It brings back to us now in charming fashion
Texas of 1839." The map, which shows Texas east of about
the 100 meridian west, is a rather primitive rendering.
Austin and Houston are shown and the Texas Hill County is
labeled as the Guadalupe Mountains.
($400-800)
177. [MAP]. RADEFELD, C. C. F. Texas nach den
besten Quellen. Hildburghausen: Bibliographisches
Institut, 1846. Engraved map, original shading and outline
coloring. 29.1 x 35.1 cm (11-1/2 x 13-7/8 inches). Scale: 1
inch = approximately 110 miles. Some very light soiling.
Fine.
First
German edition of the Emory map, smaller in format, and
with additional boundary lines to reflect changes which had
occurred since the appearance of the Emory map. Phillips,
America, p. 844. Streeter 1543n. It is interesting
to note that while Emory’s boundary of Texas includes
part of New Mexico, this German issue does not, probably
due to the failure of the Texan Santa Fe expedition. Plate
no. 103 from Meyer’s Hand-Atlas.
($600-1,200)
178. [MAP]. SAGE, Rufus. Map of Oregon,
California, New Mexico, N.W. Texas & the Proposed
Territory of Ne-Bras-Ka.... New York, 1846.
Lithographed map. 44.4 x 60.7 cm (17-1/4 x 24 inches). No
scale stated. Below title: F. Michelin’s Lith. 111,
Nassua St. N.Y. Ornate lettering in title. Two long
tears professionally repaired on verso (no losses),
otherwise very fine.
This map
appeared in Rufus B. Sage’s Scenes in the Rocky
Mountains, Oregon, California, New Mexico, Texas and Grand
Prairies; or Notes by the Way, During an Excursion of Three
Years...by a New Englander (Philadelphia: Carey &
Hart, 1846). The map, not published in time to go with the
first issue of the book, was sold separately. Thus, the
book is usually found without the map. Littell (904)
described Sage’s book as "rare in any condition" and
"an important source book of the early overland trails."
For more on the book, see Cowan, p. 548, Fifty Texas
Rarities 30, Graff 3633, Howes S16 ("An intelligent
narrative of extensive travels from the Platte to the
Arkansas"), and Plains & Rockies IV:123.
Ellis,
Colorado Mapology, p. 41 (illustrated): "It is
interesting to note the two broken lines, one running due
north from the headwaters of the Arkansas River to the 42nd
parallel and the other from the headwaters of the Rio
Grande to the same parallel. This is reminiscent of the
boundaries of the Republic of Texas, but the significance
of the line from the headwaters of the Arkansas had faded
in 1845." Littell 904 (on the map): "One of the rarest maps
of the western country." Wheat, Gold Region 30;
Transmississippi West 527 & pp. 41-43
(illustrated p. 40): "Most copies lack...the map...one of
the earliest [maps] to depict the finally-determined Oregon
boundary...one of the earliest attempts to show on a map
the ever-more-heavily traveled emigrant road to
California."
John Allen
states: "While the maps by the U.S. Army Corps of
Topographical Engineers are inarguably the most important
maps of the decade of the forties for the West in general,
many other distinctive maps were produced during that
period, particularly for the area of the plains.... Among
the...migrant and traveler maps...the cartographic efforts
of Rufus B. Sage are both representative and among the
finest examples of the genre. Sage’s map of 1846,
drawn to accompany his Scenes in the Rocky Mountains,
is outstanding in its portrayal of the territory east
of the Rocky Mountains. From the Missouri on the north to
the Canadian River on the south, Sage drew as accurate a
map of the plains as any mid-nineteenth-century
cartographer’s, except for the maps of the
topographical engineers. His delineation of the courses of
virtually all the major plains streams and their
tributaries is nearly without fault; he identified both the
Oregon and California trails with care and precision; he
located, as accurately as any, the territories of the major
plains tribal groups. Like other cartographers of the
period, Sage did not have the Black Hills correctly,
showing them as a linear chain running northwest from the
Sweetwater to the Missouri. In a concession to both the
patterns of promise and the pessimism that were evident
among mappers of the Plains, Sage’s ‘Great
American Desert’ sprawls in flourishing letters across
the plains south of the Arkansas, while in the heart of
‘proposed Ne-Bras-Ka Territory,’ straddling the
Platte and identified in even more florid style, are the
‘Grand Prairies’" ("Patterns of Promise" in
Mapping the North American Plains, edited by
Frederick C. Luebke, et al., p. 53 & Fig. 3.8).
($2,000-4,000)
179. [CITY PLAN]. SKILLMAN, W. D. (compiler).
The Western Metropolis; or St. Louis. St. Louis: W.
D. Skillman, 1846. [50] 55-161 pp., foldout engraved map:
Map of the City of St. Louis,
Mo...Engd. by Edw. & Jul. Hutawa
(12.3 x 24.6 cm; 4-7/8 x 9-5/8 inches; no scale
stated). 24mo, original maroon blind and gilt-stamped
cloth, a.e.g. Spine light, one gathering starting,
otherwise fine; the map very fine.
First
edition of an excellent guide and map to the chief
market and supply point for western trade and exploration
and the gateway north to the Oregon Trail and south to the
Santa Fe Trail. The street map of St. Louis locates 85
public buildings and places. The book has articles on the
history of St. Louis, report on business in the city,
street directory, inland navigation with traveling routes
by boat and stage and tables of distances, the constitution
of Missouri, etc. The text is preceded by a
calendar/almanac with small wood-engravings. Pages 153-161
consist of ads (including St. Louis Type Foundry,
daguerreotype portraitist S. P. Miller, publisher and
bookseller W. D. Skillman, etc.).
($150-300)
SOLMS-BRAUNFELS’ TWO EXCELLENT
TEXAS MAPS
ONE OF THE EARLIEST PRINTED MAPS OF CENTRAL
TEXAS
180. [MAP]. [SOLMS-BRAUNFELS, Prinz Carl von]. 2
lithographed maps. (1) Karte von Texas enworfen nach den
Vermessungen der General-Land-Office der Republic Frankfurt
a/M J. D. Sauerländer’s Verlag.
47.2 x 40.2 cm (18-5/8 x 15-7/8 inches). Scale not stated.
Inset of Texas and Mexico at lower right. Lower center:
Geogr. & Lith. Anstalt von Eduard Foltz-Eberle in
Frankfurt a/M.). Numbered key at lower left
indicating counties. (2) Map of the North-western Part
of Texas Received from the General Land Office in 1845.
Frankfurt a. M. J. D. Sauerländer’s Verlag.
41 x 51.4 cm (16-1/8 x 20-1/4 inches). Outline coloring.
Scale not stated. Lower right: Lith. u. gedr. im geogr.
Institut von M. Frommann in Darmstadt). Very fine
(professionally deacidified, laid on acid-free Japanese
tissue, splits neatly repaired). These rare maps are
difficult to find, particularly in fine condition, since
they were printed on wretched paper.
These two
German colonization maps of Texas appeared in one of the
most important, early Texas immigration guidebooks, by the
famed German colonizer in Texas, Prince Solms-Braunfels:
Texas: Geschildert in Beziehung auf seine
geographischen, socialen und ubrigen Verhaltnisse, mit
besonderer Rücksicht auf die deutsche Colonisation ein
Handbuch für Auswanderer nach Texas (Frankfurt,
1846). Basic Texas Books 190: "[Solms-Braunfels]
maps are generally accurate, and were prepared with the
assistance of John C. Hays." Clark, Old South
III:241. Graff 3889. Howes S751.
As head of
the Society for German Emigration to Texas, Solms-Braunfels
had detailed and accurate information about the state of
Texas, its geography, towns, etc. The maps are carefully
delineated, using first-hand surveying and material from
the General Land Office. The first map is a general map of
Texas, very detailed and with the various colonies shown,
including: Fischer et Comp, Bourgeois D’Ovant,
Robertson’s Colony, Burnet’s Colony, McMullen
& McGloin’s Colony, De Leon’s Colony,
Power’s colony, Austin’s colonies, etc. The map
is very strong on locating Texas tribes. The second map
focuses on Central Texas and the Hill Country, showing the
area between Bastrop and well beyond San Saba. This appears
to be one of the earliest printed maps of Central Texas and
the Hill Country. Outline coloring sets off Bastrop County,
Travis County, road from New Braunfels to "Fridrichsburg,"
and German Emigration Company lands. This may be the
earliest printed map to locate Fredericksburg, which was
not laid out until a year after this map. Some interesting
features and places found on the map include Enchanted
Rock, San Saba Fort, mineral regions, San Marcos Springs,
Comal Springs, New Braunfels, Austin, Bastrop, Seguin,
etc.
($4,500-9,000)
WYLD’S LARGE MAP OF THE UNITED
STATES IN 1846
MOUNTED ON CARTOGRAPHICAL LINEN
181. [MAP]. WYLD, James. Map of the United
States; and the Provinces of Upper & Lower Canada, New
Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. Compiled from the Latest
Surveys and Other Authentic Information. [London],
1846. Engraved map, original outline coloring. Four
sections mounted, as issued, on original cartographic
linen, green cloth edging, some sections backed with white
and blue marbled paper, publisher’s printed ad for
"New Maps" mounted on verso of northwest and southeast
sections. Each section measures 63.5 x 97.8 cm (25 x 38-1/2
inches), for a total area of 127 x 195.6 cm (50 x 77
inches). Scale: 1 inch = approximately 33 miles. Large
flourishing lettering in title and decorated line border.
Two inset maps on southeast section: (1) The
Continuation of East Florida, on the Same Scale (27.6 x
18.1 cm; 10-7/8 x 7-1/8 inches); (2) A General
Map of North America (41.2 x 35.7 cm; 16-1/4 x 14
inches). Some small wormholes and a few minor ink spots,
otherwise very fine. Preserved in a modern blue cloth
slipcase.
This is one
of James Wyld’s most ambitious cartographical
productions relating to the U.S. or North America, perhaps
the largest rendering of the U.S. or North America that
Wyld ever created. Not in Phillips, Wheat, etc., nor are
holdings listed by OCLC. This large-scale map of the United
States and Canada shows the United States at the outset of
the Mexican War, but before the Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo. Nevertheless, Texas east of 102°W longitude is
shown. As if to suggest the transitional and ambiguous
state of the western boundary of Texas, Wyld used a very
light shading for the western border, which runs along the
Nueces, "Guadeloupe," and Colorado Rivers. Houston is
shown, but Austin is not.
The inset
A General Map of North America, shows Texas as part
of the United States, and here the border is placed at the
Nueces. Of Western interest is the northwestern
section, showing large-scale the Northwestern Territory and
the part of northern Missouri Territory that is today
Montana and Wyoming.
($1,500-3,000)
1847
NEAR MINT COPY OF DISTURNELL’S TREATY MAP
182. [POCKET MAP]. DISTURNELL, J[ohn]. Mapa de
los Estados Unidos de Méjico, según lo
organizado y definido por las varias actas del Congreso de
dicha República: y construido por las mejores
autoridades. New York: J. Disturnell, 1847. Pocket
map, folded into original 16mo blue blind-stamped gilt
pictorial cloth with illustration of Mexican eagle.
Engraved map, original shading and outline coloring. 74.4 x
99.8 cm (29-1/4 x 39-1/4 inches). Scale: 1 inch = 70 miles.
Upper right: Large engraving of Mexican eagle with snake in
its beak, perched on cactus with Mexican states (Texas has
been removed, New Mexico remains). Lower left: Carta de
los caminos &c. desde Veracruz y Alvarado a
Méjico, 2 tables (distances and statistics). 4
insets in Gulf section (battlegrounds of Palo Alto and
Resaca de Palma, Bay of Veracruz, Tampico, Monterrey).
Pastedown with printed statistics of Mexico. Near mint
copy, with strong beautiful coloring, the pocket covers
fresh and bright. An exceptionally fine copy of one of the
outstanding maps for United States, Texas, and Mexican
history. Rare.
"Eleventh
edition" of the important "Treaty Map" (with the road from
Presidio de Rio Grande and Laredo but without the road from
Houston to Richmond, Texas). John Disturnell was primarily
a businessman rather than a cartographer. As events of the
Mexican-American War developed and as changes occurred, he
incorporated dates and places in new issues of his map
without comment. Between 1846 and 1849 no less than twenty
variants of the map appeared; in the year of the present
map no less than seven editions were produced.
Disturnell’s
map was based on a series of earlier maps issued by other
cartographers. Lawrence Martin considered the White,
Gallaher, & White map of 1828 to be the first edition,
and a faint imprint of that copyright may be identified on
Disturnell’s map. However, it is believed that the
White, Gallaher, & White map is an edition in Spanish
of the Tanner map of 1826, with English title, legends, and
place names. Regardless of the origin of the Disturnell
map, it is exceptionally significant due to the historical
context and function of the map with regard to the Treaty
of Guadeloupe Hidalgo.
The
Disturnell Treaty Map was not an official government
publication—it just happened to be the map that
Nicolas P. Trist took with him when he was sent as peace
commissioner to Mexico in 1847. It was to be the map’s
inaccuracies in locating El Paso and the Rio Grande, rather
than its correctness, which made it historically
significant in U.S.-Mexican relations. The map showed El
Paso 34 miles north and 100 miles east of its true
position, in addition to other inaccuracies. "[The map]
assumed a lasting place in history when Nicholas P.
Trist...used Disturnell’s map in negotiating the
Treaty.... Differences soon arose over the wording of the
treaty vis-à-vis the actual depiction on
Disturnell’s map of the Rio Grande and the position of
the city of El Paso. The lands in question were
particularly important to the prospective railroad route to
California and its newly discovered gold mines, a
controversy which resulted in the United States’
purchase in 1854 of the Gadsden Territory" (Martin &
Martin 38). Martin & Ristow, "John Disturnell’s
Map of the United Mexican States" in A la Carte, pp.
204-21. Rittenhouse, Disturnell’s Treaty Map,
pp. 5-6 & 17 (no. 12): "Few maps in U. S. history have
had a role as interesting as that of the Disturnell Map....
The boundary line between New Mexico (and what is now
Arizona) and Old Mexico was to be based on mileages from El
Paso. But the Disturnell Map showed El Paso at a latitude
34 miles north and longitude 100 miles east of the true
position of that city on the earth.... Part of the disputed
territory—the Chamizal area at El Paso—was not
determined finally until 1963." Schwartz & Ehrenberg,
p. 274. Taliaferro 283. Wheat, Gold Region 33;
Transmississippi West 540.
($35,000-45,000)
THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT PRINTED
MAP
OF THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR
183. [MAP: MEXICO]. DISTURNELL, J[ohn]., J.
Goldsborough Bruff & Mariano Arista. A Correct Map
of the Seat of War in Mexico. Being a Copy of
Genl. Arista’s Map, Taken at Resaca de la
Palma with Additions and Corrections; Embellished with
Diagrams of the Battles of the 8th. &
9th. May, and Capture of Monterey, with a
Memorandum of Forces Engaged, Results, &c. and Plan of
Vera Cruz and Castle of San Juan de Ulua...Designed by J.
G. Bruff.... New York, 1847. Lithographed map. 62.3 x
48.2 cm (24-1/2 x 19 inches). Scale: 1 inch = approximately
30 miles. Top center: large American Eagle with flags and
shield, rays of light above and clouds below (beneath is a
table of distances on a scroll). Left center: dashing U.S.
Cavalryman riding full speed over two hapless Mexicans with
smoke and dust flying through the air. Insets at right:
Plan of Monterey; Map Showing the Battle Grounds
of the 8th. and 9th. by J. H. Eaton
[plan of the Texas-Mexico border region showing
Matamoros to Pt. Isabel and the two battles fought on Texas
soil]; Tampico and its Environs; Chart of the Bay
of Vera Cruz. Large inset text at right center
(Memorandum of the Battles...Palo Alto...Monterey);
smaller text inset at lower center giving altitude of towns
and mountains. Flags mark towns and cities taken by U.S.
forces. Lower left: On stone by J. Probst. Lower
right: Lith. of E. Jones & C. W. Newman, 128
Fulton’s. A few short tears neatly repaired,
otherwise very fine.
First
edition (there are at least two states, both dated 1847
and with same title, etc.—this copy has an added chart
Heights of Towns & Mountains). Day, p. 45.
Garrett, Mexican-American War, p. 413 (illustrated
p. 412). Phillips, America, p. 410. Wheat,
Transmississippi West mentions the map in his note
to entry 583: "In 1847 Bruff had made a Mexican War map
which, though it is without the bounds of the present
study, is worth citing." This lively map boldly expressing
Manifest Destiny is the second most important printed map
of the Mexican-American War (the other being the Disturnell
Treaty map—see Item 182 preceding). The map is also
one of the most spirited maps of the war, having been
created by noted artist J. Goldsborough Bruff (1804-1889),
"author of an unusually full, precise, and carefully
documented gold rush journal. It is a fine example of
Bruff’s maturity, his precision as a West Point
graduate, and his skill as an artist and observer
cultivated as a draftsman in the U.S. Bureau of
Topographical Engineers" (Hart, Companion to
California, p. 54).
For an
interesting discussion of the evolution of this map, see
Jack Jackson’s article "General Taylor’s
‘Astonishing’ Map of Northeastern Mexico"
(Southwestern Historical Quarterly CI:2, October,
1997, pp. 143-73; map illustrated). As the title of the map
indicates, the map is "a copy of Genl.
Arista’s map, taken at Resaca de la Palma, with
additions and corrections." Jackson asserts that the
success of General Zachary Taylor’s Army of Occupation
in the Lower Rio Grande and Northern Mexico was due to two
factors: Arista’s map and the services of the spy
companies of Texas Rangers. "[Arista’s] map...offered
an incredibly detailed picture of the states of Tamaulipas,
Nuevo León, and Coahuila—far superior to
Austin’s published map of 1830 or anything available
to Americans in the meantime.... It incorporated all the
latest topographical information available by 1840. In
addition to the most current understanding of these three
states, their rivers, roads, settlements, and other
features as seen on the map, a table of distances from
place to place...was also included in the margin. In short,
Arista’s map proved more valuable to General
Taylor’s campaign than any of the other loot captured
on the Resaca de la Palma battlefield. It gave Taylor the
knowledge he needed to penetrate southward, and the
scouting expeditions of the Rangers resolve any doubt on
questionable points.... Bruff and Disturnell’s printed
version of Arista’s manuscript map was not the first
printed map based on Arista’s captured map, but it was
perhaps the most impressive version of the Arista map to be
published.... Not only did [the Arista map] play a decisive
role in General Taylor’s military campaign and go on
to influence the maps of commercial producers like
Disturnell, but it gave Mexican officials a better
understanding of their own frontier as the nation struggled
to face the immense territorial loss occasioned by the war
with the United States."
In our
Auction 8, we sold a copy of the colored version of this
map in pocket folder for $11,500. The present copy issued
as a separate and was never in pocket map format.
($2,500-5,000)
RARE MEXICAN-AMERICAN PICTORIAL BROADSIDE
184. [BROADSIDE WITH MAP]. ENSIGN & THAYER.
Seat of War & Battles. New York, 1847. Double
folio hand-colored ornate pictorial engraved broadside with
map, portraits, scenes of military engagements, and text
within intricate geometric line border decorated with stars
and shields. 73.5 x 53 cm (29 x 20-3/4 inches). Top center:
American eagle surrounded by flags on a rock in a stormy
seas. Map at center: Map of the Seat of War [Mexico
and Texas]. Military engagements with accompanying text in
ornamental frames: Battle of Monterey; Capture of
Gen. La Vega; Battle at Buena Vesta [sic];
Battle of Churubusco, near the City of Mexico, August
20, 1847. Portraits: Gen. Scott; Gen.
Taylor; Gen. Santa Anna; Gen. Ampudia.
View: City of Vera Cruz and Castle of San Juan de
Ulloa, Taken by the Americans, March 13, 1847. Two
female allegorical figures for Justice and Liberty. A few
old tears and some age-toning, very good to fine, with good
color retention. Under glass, old black wooden frame.
Garrett,
Mexican-American War, p. 563. See Wheat, Gold
Rush 36 (illustrated) for another incarnation of this
ornamental broadside. The keen interest evoked by
dramatically unfolding events in the Mexican-American war
led to an outpouring of images and imprints, attempting to
sate the public’s deep need to know. For ten years,
people in the United States had been following events in
the Texas-Mexico conflict—the Alamo, Goliad, the Santa
Fe Expedition and prisoners, the decimation after Mier,
Texas annexation, and, finally, the opening battles of the
Mexican-American War fought on Texas soil. News of the
conflict created great excitement, and publishers, printers
and mapmakers were quick to supply images and imprints to
document a truly international event with resounding
consequences that would forever change two countries. The
present print is a an amazing example of the iconography of
that period, which seemingly captures the three
genres—images, maps, and text embodying the
propagandistic history associated with Manifest
Destiny.
The map
apparently was a hastily contrived affair, using an earlier
block which was cut to show the area of interest, resulting
in loss of some names, such as "Ihuahua" for "Chihuahua."
This oversize, illustrated broadside was the collaborative
effort of several publishers, artists, and book- and
mapsellers, including Ensign & Thayer, Rufus Blanchard,
D. Needham, Joseph Ward, and Lossing-Barrett. One of the
text insets gives statistics on the Texas battles: "Battles
of Palo Alto and Resaca de Palma, May 8th & 9th,
1846."
($1,500-3,000)
185. [BOOK]. [LUNDY, Benjamin]. The Life,
Travels and Opinions of Benjamin Lundy, Including His
Journeys to Texas and Mexico; with a Sketch of Cotemporary
[sic] Events, and a Notice of the Revolution in
Hayti. Compiled under the Direction and on Behalf of His
Children [compiled by T. Earle]. Philadelphia: Parrish,
1847. [4, blank] [5]-316 pp., engraved portrait, engraved
map with original full color: California, Texas, Mexico,
and Part of the United States... (21.5 x 26 cm; 8-1/2 x
10-1/8 inches; scale: 1 inch = 200 miles). 12mo, original
brown blind-stamped cloth. Binding worn (especially at
extremities) and with a few spots, front hinge
strengthened, text with occasional mild foxing, overall a
very good copy. The map is fine except for mild age-toning
and one small split reinforced.
First
edition. Clark, Old South III:66: "Contains
Lundy’s journals kept on his journeys to Texas,
1833-34 and 1834-35, in search of suitable places for the
colonization of freed slaves." Eberstadt, Texas
162:505: "Diary of his journey through Texas in 1833-35
touching at Brazoria, Austin, and San Antonio. Contains
much on the country and its products, local manners, etc."
Graff 1195. Howes E10. Matthews, pp. 255-6: "The most
traveled of the abolitionists was Lundy, who said he had
walked 5,000 miles and had rode another 20,000. He went to
nineteen states, Haiti, Canada, Texas, and Mexico."
Plains & Rockies IV:108n. Streeter 1169n: "A
most interesting Texas book because of Lundy’s three
journeys to Texas.... Lundy was a keen observer and in his
journeys refers to many of the prominent Texans." One of
the few contemporary sources on pioneer printer Samuel
Bangs. The colorful map (which is not listed by Wheat)
shows the Nueces Strip and the Panhandle uncolored and has
printed on it: Explanation. The part left uncoloured
between the Rio Grande and Nueces & C. shows the old
and new boundaries of Texas, forming the territory in
dispute between the U. States and Mexico.
($600-1,200)
MITCHELL’S MEXICAN-AMERICAN POCKET MAP
186. [POCKET MAP]. MITCHELL, S. Augustus. Map
of Mexico, including Yucatan & Upper California,
Exhibiting the Chief Cities and Towns, the Principal
Travelling Routes &c. Philadelphia: S. Augustus
Mitchell, 1847. Pocket map, folded into original
16mo dark green embossed calf covers, gilt-lettered
MEXICO. Engraved map, original full and outline
coloring. 44.5 x 64.6 cm (17-1/2 x 25-3/8 inches). Scale: 1
inch = approximately 120 miles. Inset at top right: The
Late Battlefield on pink ground (15.3 x 19.5 cm; 6 x
7-5/8 inches). Covers lightly rubbed; other than a few very
small splits at fold junctures (no losses), the map is very
fine, with vivid coloring.
A large,
colorful pocket map, with a wonderful conformation of
Texas—outlined in bright red and with its Panhandle
extending to the 42nd parallel. This is the second version
(dated 1847 but with copyright date 1846) of the series of
popular maps that Mitchell began to publish at the outbreak
of the Mexican-American War in 1846. As the war progressed,
Mitchell rapidly revised his original map, and with each
appearance he added more detail, increasing the number of
flags which mark the sites of battles (including the Alamo
and San Jacinto). Also in 1847, yet a larger version
appeared (again with 1846 copyright) adding a lower large
inset Map of the Principal Roads, but with the same
title to the upper inset (see Wheat, Gold Rush 35;
Transmississippi West 548). In yet another version
of the larger map, the inset at upper right is renamed
The Battle Field of Monterey.
($4,000-8,000)
WALL MAP
187. [WALL MAP]. PHELPS, ENSIGNS, & THAYER
(publisher). Map of the United States from the Latest
Authorities. New York, 1847. Engraved wall map
on 4 conjoined sheets, original partial color, mounted on
modern cartographic linen, original black wooden rollers.
87 x 102.3 cm (34-1/4 x 41-1/4 inches). Scale: 1 inch =
approximately 45 miles. Ornamental border with cartouches
with statistical information on individual states. Engraved
vignette of eagle on a globe with commerce and
transportation motifs in background. Inset maps at lower
right: (1) Southern Part of Florida (13 x 9.5 cm;
5-1/8 x 3-3/4 inches); (2) Map of Texas (20.2 x 22.7
cm; 7-7/8 x 9 inches). Color faded, mild to moderate
surface soiling, a few tears and holes (mainly confined to
lower few inches—no substantial loss of text or
image).
On the map
proper, East Texas is shown. The inset map of Texas shows
the entire state except for the Panhandle and Trans-Pecos
West. Not in Phillips. The cartouche on Texas states:
"Texas admitted into the Union 1845 Area of 324,018 square
m. Population 1840 140,000."
($300-600)
1848
188. [MAP]. LOWRY, Wilson J. United States
General Map. London: Chapman & Hall, 1848. Engraved
map, original outline color. 31.4 x 41.1 cm (12-3/8 x
16-1/8 inches). Scale: 1 inch = approximately 135 miles.
Slightly soiled at blank margins.
Shows North
America to beyond the Rio Grande. Texas is shown in its
larger configuration; Mexico extends north to its pre-war
limits. Accompanied by a separate sheet with a manuscript
table giving population statistics for the individual
states ranked in order of size. Phillips, Atlases
4327. Plate no. 45 from Sharpe’s Corresponding
Atlas.
($100-200)
189. [BOOK]. MONETTE, John W. History of the
Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the
Mississippi. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1848.
xxiii [1] 567 + xv [2] 595 [1] pp., 4 plans, 2 plates, 3
engraved maps, including: (1) Map of the French,
English, and Spanish Possessions of North America in
1745 (19.7 x 21 cm; 7-3/4 x 8-1/4 inches; scale: 1 inch
= approximately 25 miles; original full color; lower right:
W. Kemble, sc.); (2) Texas in 1836 (21 x 23.2
cm; 8-1/4 x 9-1/8 inches; scale: 1 inch = 80 miles;
original full color; lower right: Engd. by W.
Kemble, N.Y.). 2 vols., contemporary smooth brown calf,
spines gilt lettered, decorated, and with raised bands,
a.e.g. Spines light, light shelf wear, front free endpapers
missing, pastedowns stained, occasional mild foxing to
text, generally very good, the maps excellent.
Second
edition (first edition, New York, 1846). Field 1801. Howes
M722. Larned 1183: "Standard work on the history of the
Mississippi Valley...from the first Spanish discoveries of
Florida to the admission of Texas into the Union." Thompson
842: "A work of great value. Relation of the French and
Spanish discovery of the Territory, and [their]
association...with the Indians and their wars with the
various tribes."
Kemble
created the two Texas maps above, but is better known for
making the map that appeared in Kendall’s Narrative
of the Texan Santa Fé Expedition (see Martin
& Martin 34). Monette’s book is a good one for
Texas collectors, containing a colonization map of Texas
(Texas in 1836) based on Bradford’s 1835 map
(see Martin & Martin 31). While very similar to the
Bradford map, Kemble’s delineation extends farther
south to include the mouth of the Rio Grande. In the west,
Kemble’s map stops short of the Big Bend. Empresario
grants are named but not defined with outline colors; the
early counties of Texas are shown in color.
($400-800)
190. [GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT]. OLNEY, Jesse. Map
of Texas to Illustrate Olney’s School Geography.
N.p. [1848]. Engraved map, original light color toning to
Texas. 26.4 x 21.2 cm (10-1/2 x 8-1/2 inches). Scale not
stated. Child’s pencil drawing on verso, left border
irregular where removed from book.
Battles of
the Mexican-American War are marked with crossed sabers
with the name and date of each.
($60-125)
FIRST OFFICIAL REPORT OF DISCOVERY
OF GOLD IN CALIFORNIA
& REPORTS ON THE
MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR
WITH IMPORTANT, EARLY GOLD RUSH
MAPS
191. [BOOK]. [GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT]. UNITED STATES.
PRESIDENT. (James K. Polk). Message of the President of
the United States to the Two Houses of Congress. At the
Commencement of the Second Session of the Thirtieth
Congress. Washington: HRED1, 1848. 183 pp., 5
lithographed maps: (1) [Untitled map of the United States
showing boundaries after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo]
(35 x 84 cm; 13-3/4 x 33-1/4 inches; scale not stated;
original shading and outline color; lower left: E.
Gilman, Draftsman; lower right: P. S. Duval’s
Lithy. Philada); (2)
Upper Mines Nos 1 & 8 [and] Lower
Mines or Mormon Diggings No. 3 (22.8
x 16.3 cm; 9 x 6-1/2 inches; scale not stated); (3)
Positions of the Upper and Lower Gold Mines on the South
Fork of the American River, California. July
20th, 1848 (23.5 x 48.3 cm; 9-1/4 x 19
inches; scale not stated); (4) Plan of Santa-Cruz de
Rosales & of the Operations of the U.S. Troops under
Command of Brig. Gen. S. Price...Sketched & Drawn by F.
Hassendeubel Cap. of Volunteer
Artily (30.7 x 32.7 cm; 12-1/8 x
12-7/8 inches; scale: 1 inch = approximately 200 yards;
lower right: P. S. Duval’s Lith. Steam Press
Phila.); (5) La Paz (Lower
California) and its Environs. Showing the Positions
Occupied by the U.S. Troops and the Mexicans during the
Attacks in November & December 1847. Copied by Lieut.
W. H. Warner, U.S. T.E. from a Survey Made by H. Ehrenberg
P.S. Duval Lith. Philada. (42 x 52.4 cm;
16-1/2 x 20-5/8 inches; no scale stated). [With]: UNITED
STATES. PRESIDENT (James K. Polk). Correspondence
between the Secretary of War and Generals Scott and Taylor,
and between General Scott and Mr. Trist. Message from the
President.... Washington: HRED 56, 1848. 405 [1] ix [1]
249 pp. Two vols. in one, 8vo, original three-quarter sheep
over marbled boards. Joints cracked (but strong), spine
partially detached, otherwise very fine and clean, the maps
uniformly excellent, crisp, and clean (this condition being
the exception for this report).
First
edition, House issue, of "the official announcement of
the discovery of gold [and] Col. Richard B. Mason’s
famous report of his trip to the newly discovered
placers...ranks as one of the most important eyewitness
accounts of the Gold Rush. The U.S. government used the
report to confirm the riches to be found in California"
(Kurutz, Gold Rush 105, listing a slightly different
set of maps). Cowan, p. 426 (calling for 4 maps). Garrett,
Mexican-American War, p. 321. Howes P446. Wheat,
Books of the California Gold Rush 30;
Transmississippi West 561 (Gilman map, listed as (1)
above), & vol. III, pp. 50 & 52n: "Word of the
discovery of gold in California did not reach the East
Coast until August, 1848, and he would have been a
venturesome map publisher who on the basis of the first
reports would have hazarded the fortunes of his house by a
big promotion in the ‘gold region’ maps. None of
the maps thus far mentioned having incidental reference to
the gold discoveries was issued before October, 1848, and
possibly none before December, when President Polk’s
message to Congress gave the news official authentication";
Gold Region 42, 51, 52. We sold a copy of a variant
report with these maps in our Auction 7 for $4,800.
($1,000-2,000)
191A. [MAP]. GILMAN, E. [Untitled map of the
United States showing boundaries after the Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo]. [Washington, 1848]. Lithographed map in
original shading and outline color. 35 x 84 cm (13-3/4 x
33-1/4 inches). Scale not stated. Lower left: E. Gilman,
Draftsman. Lower right: P. S. Duval’s Steam
Lith Press Philada. Text either
side (table of areas of Western territories and eastern
states). A few clean splits at folds, else very fine,
excellent color retention.
This map
came out with the preceding report (Item 191), as well as
in a similar report (see Kurutz, Gold Rush 105,
which does not list the present map). However, the map was
not included in all copies, and as we have seen, government
reports can vary greatly. At any rate, the map is seldom
found with the important reports on the Mexican-American
War and the discovery of gold in California. This map by
Gilman is important, but little known. Wheat, Gold
Region 42; Transmississippi West 561.
($400-800)
192. [MANUSCRIPT SURVEY]. WALLER, Henry &
William G. Waller. Original of Survey of "Apple" or
Fairchild’s Island above Natchez, Miss. 1439.00 acs.
Surd. for J. B. F. Maxent Esq. N.O.... N.p. [New
Orleans?], 1848. Original manuscript survey on paper with
accompanying survey notes (pp. [3] & [4] of a 4-page
folio folder), p. [1] with original manuscript map in sepia
ink and watercolor wash (pink, blue, and green wash). Map
measures 31.7 x 20 cm (12-1/2 x 7-7/8 inches). Scale: 1
inch = 40 chains. At top of p. [1] is a printed ad for the
sale of the island. Included with map and survey is an
original manuscript payment voucher (2 pp. 12mo) with dates
of 1848 and 1858 by J. B. F. Maxent to the Wallers in the
amount of $290 for the survey and travel expenses. Other
than slight browning, very fine and handsome. Under
double-sided glass, modern wooden frame.
Apple or
Fairchild’s Island was located in the Mississippi
River twelve miles north of Natchez, between Mississippi
and Louisiana.
($500-1,000)
193. [MAP]. WYLD, James. The United States
& the Relative Position of the Oregon & Texas.
London: James Wyld, [1848]. Engraved map, original outline
coloring with light toning. 38.4 x 54.6 cm (15-1/8 x 21-1/2
inches). Scale: 1 inch = approximately 150 miles. Inset
map: Great Britain on the same scale. Two very short
tears and stain at right upper blank margin.
In this
edition, Texas is shown in its expansive configuration
including all the territory north and east of the Rio
Grande. Upper California appears as a sparsely populated
area with none of its rivers named. The Gila River forms
the entire boundary between the United States and Mexico
with only about 50 miles of border extending west from El
Paso. New Mexico is not named at all. Phillips,
Atlases 4327. Wheat, Transmississippi West
574 & p. 51. See Item 208 herein for the 1850 edition
with a smaller Texas and a more populous California.
($150-300)
1849
194. [ATLAS]. MORSE, Sidney E. System of
Geography for the Use of Schools Illustrated with More Than
Fifty Cerographic Maps and Numerous Wood-Cut
Engravings. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1849. 72
pp., engraved pictorial frontispiece, text illustrations,
50 cerographic maps, including: Texas (13 x 14 cm;
5-1/8 x 5-1/2 inches; scale: 1 inch = approximately 110
miles). 4to, original red leather over green printed
boards. Covers soiled and worn, but sound, one signature
loose. With ownership signatures on front endpaper.
The Texas
map (page 37) shows Texas only to the 103rd meridian on the
west and the 34th parallel on the north. On the following
page, the map of Mexico, Guatemala and the West Indies
shows Mexico with its pre-war boundary of 42° North.
The text also implies Texas is still an independent
republic. For more on the cerographic process see Item 152
above.
($150-300)
FIRST PRINTED GEOLOGICAL MAP OF TEXAS
195. [BOOK]. ROEMER, Ferdinand von. Texas. Mit
besonderer Rücksicht auf deutsche Auswanderung und die
physischen Verhältnisse des Landes nach eigener
Beobachtung geschildert. Bonn: Adolph Marcus, 1849. xiv
[2] 464 pp., lithographed map with geological formations in
original shading: Topographisch – Geognostiche
Karte von Texas mit Zugrundelegung der geographischen Karte
v. Wilson nach eigenen Beobachtungen bearbeitet von Dr
Ferd. Roemer. Bonn bei Adolph Marcus (55.6 x 48.5
cm; 22 x 19 inches; scale: 1 inch = 30 miles; lower right:
color key to geological formations; below neat line:
Lith. von Henry & Cohen in Bonn). 8vo,
contemporary three-quarter vellum over marbled boards,
spine gilt lettered. Fragile boards rubbed, otherwise very
fine, with old German library notations on front pastedown.
The rare map is in excellent condition and backed with
modern cartographical linen.
First
edition. Basic Texas Books 179: "One of the
first scientific investigations of Texas made by someone
qualified to do so.... Roemer explored most of the settled
areas except deep East Texas, going as far north as Dallas
and as far west as the ruins of the Mission San Saba.... He
accompanied Baron von Meusebach and Robert S. Neighbors on
their expedition to make their famous treaty with the
Comanche Indians, thus leaving us a splendid account one of
the most interesting events in the history of Texas Indian
relations.... The map he produced is the first geological
map of Texas, and one of the most accurate of its time....
His study of the German settlements and recommendations
regarding the future prospects of German
colonization...came to be regarded as the most dependable
analysis of its time."
Day, Map
of Texas, p. 51: "The map shows rivers, mountains,
location of Indian tribes, empresario grants, towns, roads,
Alamo, comments on topography and wild life, dates on some
grants, historical notes, Coffee’s Trading House,
Parker’s Fort, Chihuahua Trail, Indian village,
settlements, route of first Santa Fe expedition, parts of
Mexico, Arkansas, Louisiana." Graff 3549. Howes R407.
Raines, p. 177. Tate, Indians of Texas 2600n: "A
crucially important descriptive source based upon
Roemer’s trips throughout Texas from 1845 to 1847.
Roemer describes many tribes, but his most useful
descriptions concern the Comanches and efforts at formal
peace negotiations." For more on Roemer, see Dictionary
of Scientific Biography and The Handbook of Texas
Online (Ferdinand Roemer). The Siebert copy (1999)
brought $17,000.
($7,500-15,000)
196. [MAP]. WILLIAMS, W. Map of the Southern
and South-Western States. [Philadelphia]: W. Williams,
1849. Engraved map, original full color. 30.6 x 44 cm
(12-1/8 x 17-3/8 inches). Scale: 1 inch = approximately 65
miles. Inset maps: Map of the State of Texas and
Map of Eastern Virginia. Splits at folds and a few
small voids. Mounted on Japanese tissue.
Engraved to
accompany Appleton’s Hand Book of American
Travel. Day, Maps of Texas, p. 50.
($100-200)
1850
197. [BOOK]. [ALCÁRAZ, Ramón et al.
(editors)]. The Other Side: or Notes for the History of
the War between Mexico and the United States. Written in
Mexico. Translated from the Spanish, and Edited, with
Notes, by Albert C. Ramsey.... New York: John Wiley,
1850. xv [1] 458 pp., 11 lithographed portraits, 13 maps
and plans (mostly folding, including the two Texas
battles), including: (1) Plan of the City of Matamoros
1846 (20 x 24.1 cm; 7-7/8 x 9-1/2 inches; scale: 1 inch
= 500 yards); (2) Plan of the Country to the North East
of the City of Matamoros 1846 (19.6 x 27.1 cm; 7-3/4 x
10-7/8 inches; scale: 1 inch = 1-7/8 Mexican Leagues); (3)
Plan of the Battle of Palo Alto 8th of May
1846 (20 x 28 cm; 7-7/8 x 11 inches; scale: 1 inch =
500 yards); (4) Plan of the Positions Which the Mexican
Troops Occupied in the Action with the Americans on the
9th of May 1846 in the Resaca de Guerrero
(18.2 x 26 cm; 7-1/8 x 10-1/4 inches; scale: 1 inch = 575
yards). 12mo, original brown blind-stamped cloth, title
gilt lettered on spine. Binding somewhat shelf worn and
with a few old stains, one signature detached. One map
slightly browned, a few clean splits to map folds.
Contemporary ink ownership inscription dated 1861.
First
edition in English (the first edition, published at
Mexico in 1848, was suppressed by Santa Anna). Ron Tyler,
in his preliminary survey on Texas lithographs cites the
portraits of Santa Anna, Arista, and Ampudia. Garrett,
Mexican-American War, pp. 3-4: "An excellent source
of material for the Mexican side of the War." Haferkorn, p.
8. Howes A105. A joint account by leading Mexican
participants in the Mexican-American War, which has been
called "the best source on the conduct of the war" (Larned
2008). Much on Texas.
($300-600)
198. [POCKET MAP]. ATWOOD, J. M. Phelps’s
National Map of the United States. A Traveler’s Guide.
Embracing the Principal Rail Roads, Canals, Steam Boat
& Stage Routes, Throughout the Union. New York:
Ensign & Thayer, 1850. Pocket map & guide,
70 pp. (text), folded into original 16mo black cloth with
gilt lettering and gilt ornamentation. Engraved map,
original outline color. 44 x 56.5 cm (17-1/4 x 22-1/4
inches). Scale: 1 inch = approximately 70 miles. Pictorial
ornamental border of state emblems and portraits of
national leaders. Ornate lettering in title, below which
is: Drawn & engraved by J. M. Atwood. Inset
maps: (1) Map of Oregon, California & Texas; (2)
N. Part of Maine. Minor cover wear to pocket folder,
some staining to endpapers, a few clean splits at
folds.
Very
decorative pocket map with original gilt decorated folder,
bright coloring, and numerous engravings, including
illustrations of the signing of the Declaration of
Independence and the American eagle. Only East Texas is
shown on the large map, but the inset of the West shows all
of Texas, with the widest Panhandle yet. The Texas emblem
consists of a Lone Star. California extends right to the
border of Texas, with Texas having taken over eastern New
Mexico, and California including Arizona and western New
Mexico. Phelps, Ensign, and Thayer collaborated on various
cartographical projects.
($400-800)
199. [MAP]. DOWER, J. California, Mexico, and
Guatimala &c. London: Orr, [1850]. Engraved map,
original outline coloring. 20.8 x 25.6 cm (8-1/4 x 10-1/4
inches). Scale: 1 inch = 300 miles. At bottom: section
elevation diagrams of the routes from Council Bluffs to C.
Mendocino and from Veracruz to Manzanillo. Light browning,
else fine.
Wheat,
Gold Region 153: "Published in Milner &
Petermann’s ‘Descriptive Atlas of Astronomy,
London, W. S. Orr, 1850, No. 4. Also in Petermann and
Milner’s ‘Library Atlas of Physical
Geography,’ London, W. S. Orr, 1855." Texas is
outlined in pale green and shown with the wide Panhandle
taking in a good deal of New Mexico.
($100-200)
FIRST LITHOGRAPH OF THE ALAMO FROM AN EYEWITNESS DRAWING
200. [GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT]. HUGHES, George W.
Report of the Secretary of War,
Communicating...Operations of the Army of the United States
in Texas and the Adjacent Mexican States on the Rio
Grande.... [Report title]: Memoir Descriptive of the
March of a Division of the United States Army, under the
command of Brigadier General John E. Wool, from San Antonio
de Bexar, in Texas, to Saltillo, in Mexico. Washington:
SED32, 1850. 67 pp., 8 lithographed plates after
watercolors by Edward Everett (Mission San José,
Mission Concepción, San Antonio, 3 views of the
Alamo, Monclova Tower, Monclova Church), 2 lithographed
maps: (1) Map Showing the Line of March of the Centre
Division, Army of Mexico, Under the Command of Brigadier
General John E. Wool.... by L. Sitgreaves, and W. B.
Franklin... (48.7 x 46.2 cm; 19-1/8 x 18-1/4 inches;
scale: 1 inch = 1/5 of a mile); (2) Map Showing the
Route of the Arkansas Regiment from Shreveport La. to San
Antonio de Bexar Texas (29.8 x 43.3cm; 11-3/4 x 17
inches; scale not stated). 8vo, modern red buckram.
First map with tear where bound into volume. Overall very
fine.
First
edition (often this report is described by dealers as a
limited edition of 250 copies, but in reality, the
statement on the document is that 250 additional
copies were printed for the use of the Topographical
Bureau). Garrett, Mexican-American War, pp. 296
(book) & 18 (map). Ron Tyler, in his preliminary survey
of Texas lithographs, states: "The lithograph of the Alamo
façade made after Everett’s watercolor was not
the first published picture of the famous structure, but it
was the first to be lithographed from an eyewitness
drawing.... The Everett watercolors, and lithographs made
from them, are a substantial document of the missions at a
time of considerable neglect." Howes H767. Raines, p. 121.
Tutorow 1634. Artist Edward Everett (1818-1903) was born in
London and came to the U.S. in 1840. He served in the
Mormon War and the Mexican-American War. "His landscape
sketches resemble those produced by the Hudson River School
artists. Despite definite artistic ability, Everett
identified himself as a ‘mechanical engineer’"
(The Handbook of Texas Online: Edward Everett).
($750-1,500)
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