Historic Map : Burr Antique Map of Pennsylvania, 1834, Vintage Wall Art

Historic Map : Burr Antique Map of Pennsylvania, 1834, Vintage Wall ArtThis is an important 1834 first edition map of Pennsylvania by David H. Burr. Depicts the state in detail, noting rivers, roads, cities, town and other topographical features, with elevation rendered by hachure. Offers color coding at a county level. It is very uncommon to find an early 19th century map exclusively depicting Pennsylvania, as most maps of the period bundled it with New Jersey. According to Ristow, although Burr is credited on the title

This is an important 1834 first edition map of Pennsylvania by David H. Burr. Depicts the state in detail, noting rivers, roads, cities, town and other topographical features, with elevation rendered by hachure. Offers color-coding at a county level. It is very uncommon to find an early 19th century map exclusively depicting Pennsylvania, as most maps of the period bundled it with New Jersey.

According to Ristow, although Burr is credited on the title page, he left this atlas incomplete. He was appointed as topographer to the U.S. Post Office, and of the siin xty-three maps finally included in this atlas, only completed eight. The rest of the maps were then completed by Illman and Pilbrow in Burr's style. This map was ‘Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1834 by Illman and Pilbrow in the Clerk's office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York', but was not published until the atlas was released in 1835. Published by D. S. Stone in Burr's New Universal Atlas.