[ATLASES] MITCHELL, Samuel Augustus (1790-1868)
Sale 503 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Sep 13, 2017
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[ATLASES] MITCHELL, Samuel Augustus (1790-1868)
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 and Company, 1851.Folio (443 x 360 mm). Engraved hand-colored title, engraved hand-colored frontispiece, 73 hand-colored engraved maps. (Overall spotting and browning, minor tears to leaves.) Original red half morocco gilt, green marbled boards, red morocco lettering-piece gilt to upper cover (upper cover detached, worn). Phillips Atlases 805.
Property from the Collection of Richard Coy, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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