Philadelphia: Published by S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., 1860. First edition. 4to. Illustrated with 76 numbered and hand-colored engraved maps on 43 sheets (including four double-page). Publisher's three-quarter brown morocco over brown pebbled cloth-covered boards, decorated and lettered in gilt, extremities and joints rubbed, soiling and rubbing to boards; all edges trimmed; front and rear hinges reinforced with black tape; scattered spotting to text and plates; in grey cloth fall-down-back box.

Handsome first edition of Mitchell's influential pre-Civil War world atlas, featuring 33 full, double-page, and inset maps pertaining to the United States, including maps of all 33 states, the Western territories, and plans of most major cities, including New York, Boston, and Philadelphia.