Item number: EUR502A
Genuine Antique Map
1859
Maker: Colton / Johnson & Browning
Extraordinarily detailed map of Paris, France and environs, shows landforms, water bodies, vegetation and wooded areas, roads and routes, villages and towns, fortifications, Versailles and other regional points of interest. This map was published in the only atlas that represents the collaboration of the two well-known firms of Johnson & Browning and Colton. From Colton's Atlas of America Illustrating the Physical and Political Geography of North and South America and the West India Islands by George W. Colton, 1859. The atlas title page indicates the atlas was published by J.H. Colton and Company, but each map in the atlas says it was published by Johnson & Browning (the addresses for both Colton/Johnson & Browning are the same). The Colton firm refused to compromise quality, choosing to compete for sales in the finer quality international market rather than the inexpensive domestic one. Because of this, all maps were engraved by steel plates rather than by wax engraving which became the most common method used in the US. Good condition with some mild stains/soiling overall, some small tears at the paper edges into the decorative border, tight margin. Measures approx. 12.75 x 15.75 inches to the outer edge of the distinctive Colton border.
Genuine Antique Map from 1859
Item Number: EUR502A