Colton, J. H. Map of Illinois, with an inset of the Vicinity of Chicago

COLTON, J. H.

ILLINOIS [WITH INSET: VICINITY OF CHICAGO]. NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY J.H. COLTON & CO, 1856

Engraved map (sheet size: 17 x 13 1/2 in.; 432 x 343 mm). Hand-colored by county and outlined in red; small tears to folds. Folding into original brown cloth covers, elaborately blocked in blind, upper cover titled in gilt, advertisement for Colton forms to front pastedown. 

Second issue, with "1856" date added

Rumsey records an issue with only the 1855 copyright date that was published in the 1856 single-volume edition Colton's Atlas of the World.

REFERENCE:

Phillips, Atlases 816; Rumsey 0149.049