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	CHAPIN, William (1802-1888) Squire's Map of the State of New York, Containing all the Towns in the State New York: 1836. Engraved wall map, full period hand-colouring. Inset maps of Manhattan, New York Bay, and the Vicinity of Niagara. Inset view of Niagara Falls. Inset tables relating to height of mountains, length of rivers and construction of canals. (Linen-backing renewed). Sheet size: 24 x 33 inches. Scarce 19th century wall map of New York State at the height of canal fever. Chapin began his career as an apprentice to John Vallance in Philadelphia in 1817. Five years later, he began working for Fielding Lucas. Chapin was the engraver of Greenleaf's atlas of the state of Maine (1829) and Lay's wall map of the United States (1832). First issued in 1834, the present example is the second issue, with the date changed in the cartouche. The map is quite rare, with only one other copy recorded by OCLC. Not in Phillips, A List of Maps of America or Rumsey. #25812$1,500.00
	SMITH, J. Calvin; and J. H. Colton (1800-1893) Map of Long Island with the Environs of New-York and the Southern Part of Connecticut. Compiled from Various Surveys and Documents New York: J. H. Colton, 1836. Wall map, period hand-colouring in outline, printed on 4 sheets joined, inset maps of Brooklyn & Williamsburgh, City of Newark, New Brighton and New Haven, and a vignette view of New Brighton, all within an acanthus leaf border. (Expert restoration). Sheet size: 39 1/2 x 56 1/2 inches. Very scarce first edition of the Smith-Colton wall map of Long Island. "This map, which was engraved by Samuel Stiles and published by Colton, went through several editions ... At a scale of 1:158,000 (2.5 miles to an inch) it is fairly detailed, and it includes a number of insets showing individual cities. A note on the map unhelpfully states that it was compiled from various surveys & documents, which probably included unpublished surveys by the U.S. Coast Survey, since the map is considerably more accurate than its predecessors. In addition to such standard information as roads and towns, Smiths map shows such things as mills, churches, and toll gates ... it served as the base for W.W. Mathers Geological Map of Long and Staten Islands (1842)" (Allen, The Mapping of New York State, chapter 11). The publication of this important map coincided with the organization and initial construction of the Long Island Railroad. On the present first edition, the LIRR is shown reaching approximately half way through Huntington County. The map would go through several editions and would be the basis for pocket maps of Long Island done on a reduced scale by the Colton family into the late 19th century. OCLC shows only one extant copy of this 1836 first issue (Connecticut Historical Society; Haskell identifies a copy at the Library of Congress but Phillips describes it as an 1837 issue). The earliest edition held by the New York Public Library is dated 1844. A rare and large-scale map of Long Island -- the largest depiction to its date -- and among the earliest examples of the J. Calvin Smith and J. H. Colton cartographic partnership. Phillips, p. 532 (1837 issue); Haskell, Manhattan Maps 812. Not in Stokes or Rumsey. #26657$6,500.00
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