Anton ROESSLER. The Latest Map of the State of Texas...1874 Active Quadrupeds His sketches of French personalities

His sketches of French personalities captured the joie de vive of Parisian life in the nineteenth century and quickly earned him acclaim

435 of which appeared in The Birds of America

Hand-colored aquatint engravings

Wilkes studied triangulation and surveying with Ferdinand Hassler

Fine’s highly detailed woodcut map is surrounded by floral embellishments

Anton ROESSLER. The Latest Map of the State of Texas...1874 Active Quadrupeds His sketches of French personalitiesROESSLER, Anton (1826 1893) The Latest Map of the State of Texas Lithograph 1874 40 x 45 sheet, 51 x 57 framed. In 1874 Roessler wrote: "Texas is, or will be, the wealthiest state in the Union, possessing as she does great agricultural capabilities, all the varieties of soils, minerals and useful rocks known to exist in the world." His extraordinarily detailed large scale map was designed to demonstrate the truth of his declaration. After De Cordovas