Colton, Joseph H.

J.H. COLTON'S MAP OF THE SOUTHERN STATES. MARYLAND, DELAWARE, VIRGINIA, KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, MISSOURI, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI, ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, AND TEXAS. SHOWING ALSO PART OF ADJOINING STATES & TERRITORIES LOCATING THE FORTS & MILITARY STATIONS OF THE U. STATES & SHOWING ALL THE RAILROADS, R.R. STATIONS & OTHER INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS. NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY J. H. COLTON, 1863

Engraved pocket map (52 1/2 x 39 1/8 in.; 1334 x 993 mm) on two joined sheets, engraved by Lang & Cooper, full contemporary handcoloring, insets of "The Southern Part of Florida" and "Colton's Map of the United States Showing the Proposed Railroad Routes to the Pacific Ocean," tables of state populations, referring to "Free States" and "Slaveholding States," foliate border. Accompanied by the original embossed brown cloth binding, front cover gilt-lettered "Colton's Map of the Southern States, Showing the Counties & Railroads, Cities, Towns, Railroad Stations."

Handsomely framed and glazed with UVIII Plexiglass. A very little light foxing.