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Item #21450 County Atlas of Litchfield Connecticut. From Actual Surveys by and under the Direction of F. W. Beers. fl., Engraver, Frederick W. BEERS, L. E. NEUMAN.
County Atlas of Litchfield Connecticut. From Actual Surveys by and under the Direction of F. W. Beers
County Atlas of Litchfield Connecticut. From Actual Surveys by and under the Direction of F. W. Beers
County Atlas of Litchfield Connecticut. From Actual Surveys by and under the Direction of F. W. Beers
County Atlas of Litchfield Connecticut. From Actual Surveys by and under the Direction of F. W. Beers
County Atlas of Litchfield Connecticut. From Actual Surveys by and under the Direction of F. W. Beers
County Atlas of Litchfield Connecticut. From Actual Surveys by and under the Direction of F. W. Beers

County Atlas of Litchfield Connecticut. From Actual Surveys by and under the Direction of F. W. Beers

New York: Published by F. W. Beers and Co. Printed by Charles Hart, 36 Vesey St., N.Y., 1874. Folio. (15 5/8 x 12 1/2 inches). 45 ff. 90 pp. 84 hand-colored lithograph maps, 7 of which are double-page maps, including one of the entire US; and 22 of which are full-page maps, including maps of Southern New England, Norfolk, Litchfield, New Milford, and Watertown; and 55 other maps of 25 towns and 65 villages. Lithograph title, letterpress table of contents with table of air-line distances on verso, Litchfield County business notices at rear.

Publisher's black quarter morocco, black cloth boards, covers blocked in blind, the upper cover with title blocked in gilt, expertly rebacked to style with neat repairs to corners, within a navy clamshell box with spine gilt in six compartments with five raised bands, lettered in gilt in the second, the others with gilt device

Rare atlas with a profusion of detailed, hand-colored lithograph maps of locations in and around Litchfield County, Connecticut.

Only three copies of the present title are listed as having sold at auction in the past thirty years. This robust atlas is a fascinating glimpse into the intricacies of life in the towns and villages in upstate Connecticut in the later half of the nineteenth century, with many maps giving the names of homeowners, as well as information about the occupations and physical locations of the various tradespeople in each town or village.

Phillips 1479.

Item #21450

Price: $4,500.00