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Vertical Sections, Exhibiting the comparative Altitudes of the principal Highlands and Rivers of the State of Maine by Moses Greeleaf. 1828.

This was plate IV of VII in the Atlas Accompanying Greenleaf's Map and Statistical Survey of Maine, published in 1829. Greenleaf is heralded as Maine's first and greatest mapmaker; the Atlas was one of his many important contributions to the mapping of Maine. Thompson: Important Maine Maps, Books, Prints and Ephemera: 118 (for the Atlas). Partial hand color. Now backed on canvas with a rod and roller added to create a rolled chart. (An unusual method of preservation, but not a bad choice, given that the plates from this atlas often are impaired by fold separations.) Moderate water staining in the upper 4" of the chart and a 3" tear from the lower right margin. About 19 x 28 3/4."