Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018

211 210 c   (VENICE.) Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Venice. Venezia. Vendig. Hand-colored engraved case map on two separate sheets, each segmented into 9 sections and mounted to original linen. Each sheet 17x14 inches, folding into publisher’s 8vo format cloth case with printed paper label, slight age wear but no major faults. London: Edward Stanford, circa 1860 [250/350] The SDUK map issued here by Stanford in an unusual but charming folding format. 211 c   (VIRGINIA.) Nicholson, W.L.; Krebs, Charles G., lithographer. Map of the State of Virginia. Color-printed lithographed case map dissected into 32 sections, backed on linen and folding into marbled paper end covers with printed paper title label. 23x35 1 / 2 inches overall; boards lightly rubbed; minor edge folds at map extremities. [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Coastal Survey under A.D. Bache, 1864 [800/1,200] Large and highly detailed Civil War map showing the topography of the general area surrounding Virginia. Overprinted in red showing railroad lines, concentric circles around Richmond at 10 mile intervals and a prominently blocked name of the newly established state of West Virginia. 210