Map of the Town of Guilford New Haven County Connecticut. From Actual Survey by H. Irvine, surveyor. Published by Richard Clark

Wall Map of GUILFORD, Ct. – H. IRVINE (surveyor). – Richard CLARK (publisher).

Map of the Town of Guilford New Haven County Connecticut. From Actual Survey by H. Irvine, surveyor. Published by Richard Clark … Watson's Lith. ... Wagner & McGuigan's Steam lith Press. Philadelphia [Pa.]: Published by Richard Clark, 1852. Hand-coloured lithographed wall map (overall: 43 x 41in; 1092 x 1042mm.), linen-backed and mounted on rollers. Condition: varnished (as usual), upper hanger detached, small voids in the image area, some other small splits, cracks or tears, some old dampstaining (see images).

A rare large scale town map: with relief shown by hachures. Includes an ancillary map of the 'Village of Guilford', and 11 views of prominent buildings. There are no other copies of this map for sale, none listed as having sold by RareBookHub, and OCLC records only the two copies in the Ct. Historical Society collection. Clark and his main rival, Henry F. Walling, issued a large number of large-scale town maps at this time.  Walling’s maps tended to be more accurate, whilst Clark’s were usually more attractive. Irvine worked with Clark on alesat one other Ct. wall map: Clark's 1852 'Map of the town of Waterbury, New Haven County' was also based on Irvine's survey. References:  OCLC #557357913; Connecticut Historical Society, case 4; no 2 (2 copies).