Massachusetts 1835 Bradford map Boston Cape Cod Nantucket Railroads Canals Cheshire Co. original ornate functional metal clasp

original ornate functional metal clasp (rear clasp loose but still works and keeps book closed)

Inherently fragile and thus uncommon

famous astronomers

Essentially a small mid-18th century pocket atlas

Clean and pleasing example

Massachusetts 1835 Bradford map Boston Cape Cod Nantucket Railroads Canals Cheshire Co. original ornate functional metal claspMassachusetts. (Old Maps, 19th Century Maps, North America, United States, New England, Massachusetts, Railroads, Canals, Early American Cartography). Issued 1835, Boston by Bradford for his "Atlas of Universal Geography". An increasingly uncommon early 19th century American produced and engraved map with original outline hand color. The key shows finished railroads, chartered and proposed. Bradford maps of this decade are characterized by an almost