Showing counties in California for the first time
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7 000 SEK
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10 000 SEK
Beskrivning
ATLAS. MITCHELL, (SAMUEL AUGUSTUS). A New Universal Atlas, Containing Maps of the various Empires, Kingdoms, States, and Republics of the World. With a special Map of each of the United States, Plans of Cities &c. Philadelphia (Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.) 1852.
Folio (435x355mm.). 1 coloured lithograph frontispiece, chromolithograph title with large vignette (worn in the margins, partly loose), chromolithograph table of contents, 73 coloured lithograph maps, charts and city plans, of which one double-page.
Worn publisher´s green marbled paper-covered boards, with morocco title-label lettered in gilt on upper cover, upper cover loose, blank spine, damages at head and foot, first endpaper cut in upper right corner. Minor foxing. Photo.
A famous atlas with partly hand-coloured maps of all the individual States and Territories in United States. The map of California shows counties in California and New Mexico for the first time. The atlas concentrates on the American continent with 43 maps of the area, including a fine double-page east-to-west-coast map of the United States.
The first edition of the atlas was published in 1846. Mitchell continued to publish until 1850, when he sold the copyright to Cowperthwait & Co. of Philadelphia.
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Auktionsnummer:
211837
Datum:
2013-12-16