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1835 Thomas Gamaliel Bradford
$ 145.00
Description

Nice map of Kentucky, colored by counties, from the 1841 edition of Bradford's scarce large format atlas. Good condition, save for some misfolding and a bit of soiling in the margins, and an old tape stain, outside the printed image. Several tears repaired with non-archival tape. Normally a $300.00 map.

Thomas Gamaliel Bradford Biography

Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1802-1887) was an American geographic publisher. He hailed from Bradford, Massachusetts and began his publishing career by working for the America Encyclopedia. Then, he edited and republished the Atlas Designed to Illustrate the Abridgement of Universal Geography, Modern & Ancient, which had originally been offered in French by Adrian Balbi. In 1835, he published another atlas, A Comprehensive Atlas: Geographical, Historical & Commercial, and, in 1838, An Illustrated Atlas Geographical, Statistical and Historical of the United States and Adjacent Countries. His interests were primarily in educational publishing and he was one of the first mapmakers to show Texas as an independent country.