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Sale 610 - Fine Cartographic and Printed Americana
Nov 12, 2018
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MITCHELL, Samuel Augustus (1792-1868). A New Universal Atlas. Philadelphia: Thomas Cowperthwait, 1851.
4to (432 x 351 mm). Chromolithographic title-page, chromolithographic contents leaf, 74 lithographic maps with some hand-coloring. (Some light spotting, staining or browning.) Publisher's half maroon roan, green marbled boards, lettering-piece gilt to upper cover (upper cover detached, some light overall wear. Later edition of Mitchell's atlas, the first to include a chromolithographic title-page and contents leaf. Phillips 805; Rumsey 2718.