Copper engraved map on 4 sheets, joined to make two sheets, top and bottom. Engraved by Abner Reed. Each double-sheet approx. 47x110 cm.; together, approx. 94x110 cm. (37x43¼").
Rare map of Connecticut, sometimes seen as a wall map, here issued unmounted, with stubs from being bound in at atlas. An extensive legend gives 37 features including churches, courthouses, distilleries, makers of woolens, guns & pistols, clock, glass and much more. A table lists the Governors since 1655. We were able to locate only three examples of this map: Harvard College Library, New York Historical Society and the Library of Congress. This version contains the notation "Humphrysville, the first extensive, successful Woolen Manufactory in the Country," which is missing from the Harvard and NYHS's examples. The dedication reads, "To His Excellency Roger Griswold, Esq., and to the Honourable Legislature of the State of Connecticut, This Map is Respectfully Inscribed By the Publishers. Hartford, February 1812." Copyright notice beneath title cartouche reads: "Entered according to Act of Congress, the 29th day of May, 1813 - By Hudson & Goodwin, of the State of Connecticut."
Condition:
Some offsetting and fairly minor foxing, 8" splits along two of the folds with no loss; very good, quite rare.