AN ANTIQUE ANTEBELLUM MAP, "Map of the State of Texas," PHILADELPHIA, CIRCA 1852, hand colored lithograph on paper, a page fragment from an atlas, no. 25, by J.H. Young, published by Thomas Cowperthwait & Co., J.L. Hazzard, engraver, "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1852 by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., in the Clerk's office of the District court of of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania," inset U/L, "Northern Texas," and L/L inset, "Map of the Vicinity of Galveston City," including a population chart organized by race and freed status. 13 5/8" x 17" Note: The map is a good example of Texas in early statehood, showing old indigenous roads, waterways, elevation by hachures, some lands identified by natural abundances and were yet undetermined territory. Short notes about water depths, "The Grand Indian Crossing is a shallow place in the Rio Grande 1,000 miles from its mouth with 4 feet water. Here the Apaches and Comanches cross in their annual predatory incursions into Mexico." Provenance: Property from a Corporate Collection, Houston, Texas. Property from a Corporate Collection, Houston, Texas