Title: Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, Etc.... Author: Mitchell, S[amuel] Augustus Place: Philadelphia Publisher: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. Date: 1863 Description: [4], 83, 22, [8] pp. With 53 hand-colored maps and plans (4 are double-page), plus several inset maps, all on 49 map-sheets. (Folio) 15½x12½, original quarter sheep and brown cloth, gilt-lettered front cover. Civil War era atlas, mostly containing U.S. state maps plus 7 city plans, including: New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, New Orleans, and Cincinnati. With interesting maps of the Northwest (including Idaho, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas and a portion of Dakota and without Montana or Wyoming shown or listed), California with an inset of the settlements around the Great Salt Lake and one of the Bay; the map of Texas contains an inset of Galveston Bay & Vicinity; etc. Lot Amendments Condition: Scuffs to leather, soiling, shelf wear; binding shaken, front hinge cracked, final leaf laid in loose, gift inscription dated 1908 and embossed stamp on front free endpaper; maps very good or better with nice hand-coloring; bindings needs some repair. Item number: 144981
Title: Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, Etc.... Author: Mitchell, S[amuel] Augustus Place: Philadelphia Publisher: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. Date: 1863 Description: [4], 83, 22, [8] pp. With 53 hand-colored maps and plans (4 are double-page), plus several inset maps, all on 49 map-sheets. (Folio) 15½x12½, original quarter sheep and brown cloth, gilt-lettered front cover. Civil War era atlas, mostly containing U.S. state maps plus 7 city plans, including: New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, New Orleans, and Cincinnati. With interesting maps of the Northwest (including Idaho, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas and a portion of Dakota and without Montana or Wyoming shown or listed), California with an inset of the settlements around the Great Salt Lake and one of the Bay; the map of Texas contains an inset of Galveston Bay & Vicinity; etc. Lot Amendments Condition: Scuffs to leather, soiling, shelf wear; binding shaken, front hinge cracked, final leaf laid in loose, gift inscription dated 1908 and embossed stamp on front free endpaper; maps very good or better with nice hand-coloring; bindings needs some repair. Item number: 144981
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