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Title: Nell's Topographical Map of the State of Colorado Author: Nell, Louis Place: Denver Publisher: Kendrick Book and Stationery Company Date: 1905 Description: Lithograph colored map. 73.5x100 cm (29x39¼") mounted in the original cloth folder with 12 page index, title in gilt on front "Nell's Map of Colorado." Highly detailed pocket map by Louis Nell "complied from all available surveys in existence, it is consequently the most complete and accurate one ever published, and shows all the information useful to settlers, miners and travelers." (from publisher's description). Virtually no area of the map has been left untouched by the engraver. Beautifully colored to indicate Forest Reserves, agricultural lands, timber reserves, watershed and creeks. Locates all towns, villages, settlements, mining areas, railroads, townships, etc. Nell came to Colorado in the mid-1870s as a topographical assistant to George Wheeler settling there and publishing a series of maps of the state beginning in 1880. Lot Amendments Condition: Cloth lightly spotted, some short separations at folds; very good. Item number: 282084