.jpg?w=1)
Details
CAMPBELL, Archibald (1813-1887) and CAMERON, Donald Roderick (1834-1921). Joint Maps of the Northern Boundary of the United States. Washington: Government Publication Office, 1878.
The first edition of the atlas produced by the United States Northern Boundary Commission. With this report, the complete borders between the United States and Great Britain's territories set in the treaties of 1818 and 1846 were finalized, The survey of these boundary lines had been interrupted by the disagreement over the water boundaries in the Straits of Georgia described in the Treaty of 1846, and later by the Civil War and building of the transcontinental railroad. Howell 52:64. Phillips, Atlases 1264. Folio (411 x 604 mm). Title page vignette, 25 maps (title page mounted on paper, light soiling, edges of some pages browned). Later blue cloth. Provenance: Charles Edward Forbes (bookplate and stamps) – William Reese Co.
[With:] CAMPBELL, Archibald. Reports upon the Survey of the Boundary between the Territory of the United States and the Possessions of Great Britain. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1878. Folio (296 x 232mm). 15 plates, some of which colored, 13 maps (repaired tear in map). Red cloth (boards worn, spine repaired, endpapers renewed). Provenance: St. Paul Public Library (stamps) – PBA Galleries.
The first edition of the atlas produced by the United States Northern Boundary Commission. With this report, the complete borders between the United States and Great Britain's territories set in the treaties of 1818 and 1846 were finalized, The survey of these boundary lines had been interrupted by the disagreement over the water boundaries in the Straits of Georgia described in the Treaty of 1846, and later by the Civil War and building of the transcontinental railroad. Howell 52:64. Phillips, Atlases 1264. Folio (411 x 604 mm). Title page vignette, 25 maps (title page mounted on paper, light soiling, edges of some pages browned). Later blue cloth. Provenance: Charles Edward Forbes (bookplate and stamps) – William Reese Co.
[With:] CAMPBELL, Archibald. Reports upon the Survey of the Boundary between the Territory of the United States and the Possessions of Great Britain. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1878. Folio (296 x 232mm). 15 plates, some of which colored, 13 maps (repaired tear in map). Red cloth (boards worn, spine repaired, endpapers renewed). Provenance: St. Paul Public Library (stamps) – PBA Galleries.