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Wall map. Lithographed, hand-colored, shellacked, mounted on linen backing, wooden rollers. 129x154 cm (50¾x60½").

Rare wall map version of Holt's noteworthy map of California and Nevada. This edition is not in Vogdes (he lists editions of 1869, 1876, and 1888). The copyright date is 1876, so it is probably similar to that edition. There are many changes between this and the 1869 edition, both in graphic composition and topography. The map has been completely reengraved by S.B.Linton (the original engraver) and shows much of the General Land Office surveys. It is so full of detail as to be difficult to read in many areas. Two views are added: the Capital-Nevada, and University-California. OCLC/WorldCat locates two examples, at U.C. Berkeley and Stanford - the former is a wall map, the latter a case map on two sheets.