Title: Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, Etc., Embraced in Sixty-Three Quarto Maps... Author: Mitchell, S[amuel] Augustus, Jr. Place: Philadelphia Publisher: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. Date: 1869 Description: With 64 hand-colored maps and plans (6 are double-page), plus many insets, all on 57 mapsheets; hand-colored Time Table leaf. 15¼x12½, original quarter brown sheep and cloth, front cover lettered in gilt. Double-page maps comprise of: The World; United States; New York (state); New York and Brooklyn; States of Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana; Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. Most of the maps pertain to the Americas, chiefly U.S. states and cities, such as: New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, Texas, California, Minnesota, Maine and others. World maps include: Europe, Russia, France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Ireland, Asia, Africa, etc. List of the U.S. and Canadian post offices, U.S. populations, governments, distances, and the mountains and rivers of the world, all in the back. Lot Amendments Condition: Mild rubbing, a few minor stains, corners bumped; mild offsetting, occasional foxing; maps very good to near fine; overall a nice atlas. Item number: 159836
Title: Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, Etc., Embraced in Sixty-Three Quarto Maps... Author: Mitchell, S[amuel] Augustus, Jr. Place: Philadelphia Publisher: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. Date: 1869 Description: With 64 hand-colored maps and plans (6 are double-page), plus many insets, all on 57 mapsheets; hand-colored Time Table leaf. 15¼x12½, original quarter brown sheep and cloth, front cover lettered in gilt. Double-page maps comprise of: The World; United States; New York (state); New York and Brooklyn; States of Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana; Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. Most of the maps pertain to the Americas, chiefly U.S. states and cities, such as: New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, Texas, California, Minnesota, Maine and others. World maps include: Europe, Russia, France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Ireland, Asia, Africa, etc. List of the U.S. and Canadian post offices, U.S. populations, governments, distances, and the mountains and rivers of the world, all in the back. Lot Amendments Condition: Mild rubbing, a few minor stains, corners bumped; mild offsetting, occasional foxing; maps very good to near fine; overall a nice atlas. Item number: 159836
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