Colton's Map of the City of St. Louis and the City of Chicago.

Unbound, colored engraved map, 16" x 13". Slight toning and aging, some darkening in margins; slight center crease, still generally bright and clean overall and in very good condition. Maps are wrapped with acid free board, or in rigid sleeves. Beginning with J. H. Colton (1800-1893), the Colton family published atlases for over 30 years. Colton's Atlas of the World was first published in 1855 in a large two volume set. In 1857 it became Colton's General Atlas, and Colton's sons, George Woolworth and Charles B. would take over the business. This pre Civil War map of the cities of St. Louis and Chicago is from the 1857 edition of Colton's General Atlas, even though the copyright date on the map indicates 1855. The map is fairly colorful, and provides some fairly decent street detail. The border is a straight-line, which is different from the decorative version in other editions. May require extra postage. Ristow 313-326.