County and Township Map of the State of Illinois

Philadelphia, 1861. Unbound, colored engraved map, decorative border, 14"x 11". Slight toning and aging, a little staining in the margins; overall bright and clear and in very good shape. Maps are wrapped with acid free board, or in rigid sleeves. The Mitchell family started to produce atlases in 1846, and continued into the early 1890s. Around 1860, S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. took over, and the atlas would be called Mitchell's New General Atlas. This is a nice colorful map of Illinois from the 1861 installment of that atlas. The map includes an inset that features Springfield. Ristow 311-313