Description: Geologic Atlas of the United States Nomini, Maryland - Virginia Folio No. 23 by N. H. Darton, United States Geological Survey; C. D. Walcott, Director. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1896 First edition. Folio, library edition. 4 pp. plus 3 color lithograph maps (topographic, areal geology and artesian water). In original tan heavy paper wraps with original black cloth binding strip. Size: 18.5 x 21.75 inches. Map scale: 1 to 125,000. An early atlas of this historic area of southern Maryland and northern Virginia located just east of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and among the first folios published by the Survey. Old folio topographic and geologic maps form an important historical record of the physical and cultural features of the country as they existed and were named (and, in the case of geology, interpreted) over 100 years ago. These maps with accompanying explanatory text are among the earliest of the area surveyed by the USGS and often show a simpler, less well developed and sometimes surprising landscape than is familiar today. These old folios are long out of print and can make wonderful research or conversation pieces. Given the relative rarity of separately published early USGS topographic and geologic maps in the marketplace, the folio series generally offers the best source of maps available to the public for those fortunate enough to have a connection with the surveyed areas. Condition: Complete. Wrappers have some light soiling and areas of staining with folio number “23” written in pencil at lower left. Spine cloth is lifting near the bottom edge. Internally, the text and maps are clean and unmarked. Good condition overall. Content: The Nomini Quadrangle covers portions of Westmoreland, Essex, Northumberland and Richmond counties in Virginia and St. Mary, Charles and Calvert counties in Maryland. The topo sheet shows the surface physical (hills, rivers, lakes, etc.) and cultural features (buildings, ranches, farms, roads, railroads, towns, localities, ferries, landings, wharves, etc.) within about a 938 square mile area. Some of the named places shown in the map include: Towns: Colonial Beach, Montross, Leonardtown, Stratford (although not named, Stratford Hall, ancestral home of the Lee family, is shown just north of the Stratford locality, as is the road to the old grist mill pond), Chapties, Kinsale, Pope Creek, Potomac Mills, Bushwood, Rock Point, Mechanicsville, etc. Street grids are shown for the denser, more developed cities and towns with some individual homes and buildings shown in less populated areas. Water bodies: Potomac River, Rappahannock River, Patuxent River and multiple other small creeks. Railroads: Washington and Potomac, Baltimore and Potomac, and the proposed Drum Point RR. The geologic map is attractively colored with multiple colors, patterns, shadings, tints, and/or hues used to illustrate the local geologic formations. In 1894, the USGS implemented a plan to prepare a geologic map of the US in the form of over 3,000 quadrangle atlas sheets issued individually in folio size. The essential parts of each folio were a description of the region surveyed, a topographic map, and an areal geologic map. Additional geologic map sheets and illustrations would be included as determined by the important economic and/or scenic characteristics found in the area. Of the over 3,000 folios planned, only 227 were ever issued before the series was discontinued in 1945. The majority of folios, such as the one offered for sale here, were issued in a library edition containing never-folded, single-sided maps printed on heavy paper with a highly calendared (glossy) surface. This surface was specifically chosen to give the best effects to the patterns and colors. These characteristics make the library edition the preferred choice for collectors and print sellers. Never-folded (and later folded) field editions were also issued but as a portfolio without calendared map surfaces. Shipping: For reasons of size and fragility, your atlas will be shipped flat sandwiched between multiple sheets of new cardboard pads for best protection.
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Location: Denver, Colorado
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