$793
By J. M. Peck, John Messinger and A. J. Matthewson. Engraved by S. Stiles. New York: J. W. Colton, 1851. Hand-colored engraved pocket map of the state of Illinois (41 x 27 1/2 inches), folded into original brown leather boards stamped in blind and lettered in gilt, titled "Colton & Co.'s Map of Illinois Exhibiting the Sections by Peck & Messinger." Together with Chicago: Rand McNally, 1882. Engraved map of Chicago with some hand tinting (24 x 16 1/2 inches), folded into original printed paper folder with 70 pp. text and advertisements. Wear to edges of boards; map split at the folds; 7-inch repaired tear to verso of map; some pencil notations.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2011-08-09
