The Western Tourist, or Emigrants Guide, through the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, and Wisconsin, and the Territories of Minnesota, Missouri and Nebraska…
1854. · New York:
by Colton, J.H
Folding map, original gilt lettered cloth, hand colored folding map (45x54cm), 89, +23, [3] ad pp. Cloth splitting and torn along spine, a few chips, foxing to preliminaries and later leaves, old inkstamp to front endpaper; map bright and clean. J.H. Colton ((1800-1893) founded a map making dynasty that began in New York in the early 1830s. Colton produced his maps with steel engravings, resulting in good quality. During 1833-1855 Colton would produce a large number of very popular guidebooks and railroad maps. In 1855 he published his first large atlas, and (truncated)