[MAP] Johnson's New York (c. 1860)

[MAP] Johnson's New York. New York: Johnson & Browning, c. 1860. [10375] Large double-plate hand-colored map, 46 x 67.5 cm (18 x 26 3/4 inches), clean, suitable for framing. This map has been repaired at the fold with archival materials, from the bottom side. Priced accordingly. Will ship folded at center, as found. Removed from a bound volume, Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas. Good. Map. This map shows roads, railroads, rivers, counties, and locales. There are inset illustrations of Oswego, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, Troy, and New York City. Alvin Jewett Johnson (1827-1884), b. Wallingford, Vermont; school teacher, for some years a book and map seller for J. H. Colton and Co. After some efforts at publishing his own maps, Johnson found success with his Family Atlas, publishing them in Richmond, Virginia and in New York City beginning in 1860. He and his partner Ross C. Browning (1822-1899) evidently purchased rights to Colton's maps, as they appear in the first Jo