Colton's Map of Virginia & West Virginia

New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton, 1870. Hand-colored lithograph map of Virginia and West (By God) Virginia, delineated by county, with insets of Richmond and Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Gosport. Richmond is identified as the capitol of Virginia, but no city is so designated in West Virginia, which did not vote to establish a permanent seat of government until 1877.   The map is printed on a 16 ½” x 14: sheet of banknote paper and folds into brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles. Light toning, with a few small stains, mostly to the left margin. Period previous owner’s ink signature to an inner panel. The boards are edgeworn and showing in places. Item #14048

Price: $1,000.00