Atlas of Philadelphia and Environs

G.M. Hopkins, C.E. 

Philadelphia:  G.M. Hopkins, 1877  

Hardback is overall in GOOD+ condition.

• Black covers with leather corners and spine, with gilt title to front cover. 
• Boards show some wear, smudges, tears to the cloth, dings, scuffing, edgewear.  Corners are worn, frayed, with exposed board.  See photos.
• Spine strip is worn, with chipped ends.  See photos. 
• Top board is detached; map block is fragile but intact. 
• Pastedowns and feps have some light foxing, staining, wear at edges, front feps are loose. 
• Maps are bright and clear, plates are hinged into binding, with scattered foxing, marginal age-toning, some edgewear.  See photos.  
• Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits marginal toning, scattered foxing, some smudges, light edgewear.
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• PS2026.0603

91 pages. 13 x 17.5 inches

First Edtion.  Publisher's textured boards with blind stamping and gilt titles, quarter bound in leather.  Atlas containing maps of the City and Wards of Philadelphia, and surrounding areas in New Jersey and southeastern Pennsylvania.  Forty-six full color maps mounted on linen hinges; many maps are single sheet, two page spreads.  Covers are partially detached and show wear; interior shows foxing to the opening sheets, with maps a little toned but clear and bright.  A historical sketch of Montgomery County follows the map block, plus a page of business notices.  Atlas is original and unretouched.  Condition is overall Good Plus, with the maps generally Very Good.

Philadelphia quickly became, from the early days of the Republic, the center of the American map publishing industry.  Emerging technologies of the 19th century, such as steam lithography, enabled publishers to produce maps more easily.  Starting in 1865, the G.M. Hopkins Company emerged as one of the mainstays in American urban cartography.  Urban atlas publishers such as Hopkins included pertinent information important to real estate brokers, insurance companies, and railroads. (Jefferson M. Moak, c. Rutgers University 2015)

Printed by F. Bourquin Steam Litrhographic Press, Philadelphia.  

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