1817 Jacob Abbot Cummings Antique Map of South America

Description: contact usebay profileebay store South America Published at the Boston Bookstore by Cummings & Hillard No. 1 Cornhill Boston Cartographer : - Cummings, Jacob Abbot (1773 - 1820) Date: - 1817 Size: - 11 1/2in x 9 1/2in (295mm x 245mm)Ref#: - CummCondition: - (A) Very Good Condition Description: This original hand coloured copper plate engraved antique map of South America was published by Jacob Abbot Cummings - one of the earliest cartographic publishers in America - in Boston in 1817. (Ref: M&B; Tooley) General Definitions: Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable Paper color : - off white Age of map color: - Original Colors used: - Yellow, pink, green, blue General color appearance: - Authentic Paper size: - 11 1/2in x 9 1/2in (295mm x 245mm) Plate size: - 11 1/2in x 9 1/2in (295mm x 245mm) Margins: - Min 1/2in (12mm) Imperfections: Margins: - Offsetting Plate area: - Offsetting Verso: - Offsetting, centerfold re-joined, no lossBackground: Cummings, Jacob Abbot (1773 - 1820) Cummings was a bookseller, publisher, schoolteacher and author in Boston, Massachusetts, in the early 19th-century. Born in Hollis, New Hampshire, to Ebenezer Cummings and Elizabeth Abbot, Jacob attended Harvard University (class of 1801. In 1809 he married Elizabeth Merrill; their children were James Merrill (b. 1810) and John S. (1812–1813). As a bookseller and publisher, his business partners included William Andrews (Andrews & Cummings, 1807–1809) and William Hilliard (Cummings & Hilliard, 1812–1820) Cummings kept a school for both girls and boys in Boston. He seems to have been ahead of his time in both the style and content of his teaching. ... He wrote a textbook, An Introduction to Ancient and Modern Geography, giving something of his pedagogical philosophy in the preface. It will not be profitable to confine the young mind long to any one part of the earth. ... No small injury is frequently done to young persons, by attempting to make them perfect in what they the first time commit to memory, especially if it be somewhat difficult. He also liked the bible as a reading text because of its simple dialogue, short sentences, frequent transitions, and interesting narrative. He wrote that the children kept hoping on every perusal that scenes of sorrow and death may be reversed and the innocent sufferer escape. After his death in 1820, Cummings private library was auctioned at the office of Blake & Cunningham on Kilby Street in Boston What is an Antique Map The word Antique in the traditional sense refers to an item that is more than a hundred years old. In the past maps were sold in two forms, as a single sheet (broadsheet) or bound in an atlas or book. The majority of antique maps for sale today come from books or atlases and have survived due to the protection offered by the hardback covers. When considering a purchase The first thing to determine when staring a collection or purchasing an item, is what is important to you. Most collectors prefer to build their collections around a theme. You may decide to collect maps from one region or country, charting its development through time. Similarly you could collect maps of one particular period in time, by type (i.e. sea or celestial charts) or by cartographer. 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