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.

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• ARTIST: Samuel Augustus Mitchell

• PUBLISHER: Published by Charles Desilver, 251 Market Street, Philadelphia

• MEDIUM: Lithographs handcolored,

  DATE: 1857.

• EDITION SIZE: Folio, 17 1/2 x 14" (44.5 x 35.6 cm).

• DESCRIPTION: Engraved title with large vignette of the first landing of Columbus in the New World. Lithographic table of contents page. 77 handcolored lithographed maps, charts, and city plans. Recent three quarters red leather . Gold embossed spine and original label on front cover.<br><br> An unusually nice example of this atlas, with clean, bright handcolored maps. S. Augustus Mitchell was one of the leading publishers of maps and atlases in the United States during the nineteenth century. Mitchell published his first atlas in 1831 and in 1845 purchased the rights to Henry Tanner's "New Universal Atlas" which he undated and published in 1846. In 1850 Mitchell sold the rights to Thomas, Cowperthwait & Company which then sold it to Charles Desilver. (c.1855) Each publisher changed the atlas by updating and adding new maps and altering the scrollwork borders the surround each map. The issues by Desilver are amongst the most difficult to obtain.<br><br>

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• CONDITION: Good condition.

• REFERENCE: Phillips, 823.

• CATEGORIES: Maps , Atlases