Unattributed. “Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia”

"Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia.”  From Mitchell’s New General Atlas.  

Philadelphia: W.M. Bradley & Bro., 1884.15 7/8 x 22 1/2.  Lithograph.  Original hand color.  Very good condition.

A precisely detailed map from the Philadelphia publishing firm of William M. Bradley & Bro.  Bradley took over the publication of Mitchell’s New General Atlas in the early 1880s and this is a fine example of nineteenth century American mapmaking.  It shows the states with impressive detail, with emphasis on rivers, towns, and the myriad railroad lines criss-crossing the states.  Counties are named and are delineated in attractive pastel colors.