The rare first edition, first printing County Map of Texas with exceptionally vivid original hand-coloring. From the first printing of the first Edition of Mitchell's New General Atlas, published early 1860. The first printing lasted only until March of 1860. This short print run--coupled with the fact that few maps from this first printing show up on the market--indicates just how rare these maps are. This is the only edition that showed plate numbers inside the frame; for the second and all subsequent printings, the plate numbers were moved outside the frame to become page numbers as can be seen by the later 1860 edition of the atlas. Plate 29. County Map of Texas by S. A. Mitchell, Jr. The map depicts Texas with its counties named and in contrasting colors. Topographical features are shown with major towns, cities, water routes, mountain passes identified. Railroads (existing and proposed) and wagon routes are also located. Sites of important Battles are noted throughout (Ft. Alamo, Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma…). Inset shows Galveston Bay, and Vicinity. A fascinating view of the state as it existed prior to the onset of the American Civil War, and a fine example of a rare and appealing map of Texas. The 1860 first issue of the Mitchell Texas map is distinguished by its bold hand-coloring, unique dark floral border and lack of a plate number outside the border. Small stain in left margin. Few minor spots in the margin. A rare treasure. 10.625 x 13.375

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