Maryland, D.C. & Delaware Antique Map – Old Line State Railroads, c.1888

Name: Maryland, D.C. & Delaware Antique Map – Old Line State Railroads, c.1888
Brand: Rand McNally
SKU: BG-12794-22
Price: 515 USD
Availability: InStock

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Date: 1888
Maker: Rand McNally
Kind: Maps
Size: 36 × 52.5 cm (14.2 × 20.7 in)
Condition: Good. Very good condition with light age toning. Original center fold as issued with slight darkening along the crease. Plate mark visible. Margins clean with only minor handling wear. Strong impression with excellent detail.
Period: The Gilded Age
Places: Delaware, Washington, D.C., Maryland
Reference: BG-12794-22

What the condition grades mean

Excellent: Bright and clean, with no faults worth mentioning.
Very good: Only light signs of age, such as faint toning.
Good: Normal signs of age for a sheet of this period: toning, some foxing, small marks or neat old repairs.
Fair: Clear faults such as staining, tears or repairs, priced to match.

Every fault we see is written in the condition note, and the whole sheet is shown uncropped in the photos.

Guaranteed original. This is an original of the period stated, not a later reproduction or print-on-demand copy. If it is ever shown to be otherwise, we refund you in full.

Shipping to the United States. Sent from our gallery in Langweer, the Netherlands, flat between boards or rolled in a tube, and fully insured. Delivery and import charges.

About this piece

Maryland, the District of Columbia and Delaware together, an original map of c.1888 by Rand, McNally & Co. printed in black on toned paper with railroad lines overprinted in red and blue. The running head "Rand, McNally & Co.'s Maryland, D.C., and Delaware" appears across the top between atlas page numbers 172 and 173.

The sheet is dominated by Chesapeake Bay, which cuts up through the center, with the Eastern Shore counties of Maryland and Delaware at the right and the Atlantic Ocean beyond. Railroad lines cross the state between Baltimore, Washington and the Pennsylvania border, and run down the peninsula. A large inset at the lower left shows the District of Columbia on its own street grid with the Potomac, and a smaller inset above it shows the western tip of Maryland. Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey are lettered around the edges.

The two states share a single plate, and the large inset of the capital gives the sheet its particular interest for the Washington area.

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