[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: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1847.Folio (443 x 355 mm). Engraved title, list of plates, 71 hand-colored engraved maps. (Spotting overall, offsetting.) Original half black morocco, blue marbled boards, gilt (worn, corners bumped). Includes an 1846 Texas map, a map of Mexican California, as well as maps of each state and city plans of New York, Philadelphia, Washington, and New Orleans. Phillips Atlases 6103.
Provenance: P.W. Sutliff (early ownership inscription).
Property from the Collection of Richard Coy, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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