Title: Statistical Atlas of the United States Based on the Results of the Ninth Census of 1870 with Contributions from many Eminent Men of Science and Several Departments of the Government Author: Walker, Francis A. Place: [Washington] Publisher: Date: [1874] Description: [4], 5, 4, 14, 13, 8, 3, 4 pp. With 60 lithographed plates, most of maps, many in color. (folio) 55.5x40.5 cm (21¾x16"), original half leather & cloth. The first statistical atlas of the United States, comprising an Important series of maps, tables and graphs reflecting the makeup of the U.S. as it rebuilt itself following the Civil War, showing everything from the rivers and rainfall to the illiteracy rates, occupations, birth rates of the populace, incidence of insanity, deafness, and much more. The compiler, Francis A. Walker, was president of MIT from 1881 until his death in 1897. Provenance: Swann, 11/20/86 thru Arkway References: P-LG 1330. Schwartz and Ehrenberg, p303. Lot Amendments Condition: Wear to extremities, front joint cracked with cover nearly detached; very good. Item number: 271860
Title: Statistical Atlas of the United States Based on the Results of the Ninth Census of 1870 with Contributions from many Eminent Men of Science and Several Departments of the Government Author: Walker, Francis A. Place: [Washington] Publisher: Date: [1874] Description: [4], 5, 4, 14, 13, 8, 3, 4 pp. With 60 lithographed plates, most of maps, many in color. (folio) 55.5x40.5 cm (21¾x16"), original half leather & cloth. The first statistical atlas of the United States, comprising an Important series of maps, tables and graphs reflecting the makeup of the U.S. as it rebuilt itself following the Civil War, showing everything from the rivers and rainfall to the illiteracy rates, occupations, birth rates of the populace, incidence of insanity, deafness, and much more. The compiler, Francis A. Walker, was president of MIT from 1881 until his death in 1897. Provenance: Swann, 11/20/86 thru Arkway References: P-LG 1330. Schwartz and Ehrenberg, p303. Lot Amendments Condition: Wear to extremities, front joint cracked with cover nearly detached; very good. Item number: 271860
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