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Lot 194

Sale 741 - Books and Manuscripts including Americana
Jun 23, 2020 10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$600 - 800
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$875
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[MAPS & ATLASES]. JOHNSON, Alvin Jewett (1827-1884). -- Benjamin P. WARD. Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas. New York: Johnson and Ward, 1865. 


Folio (447 x 336 mm). 58 engraved maps (comprising 37 double-page, 21 single-page); engraved frontispiece, double-page engraved chart showing mountains and rivers, double-page engraved plate depicting flags, engraved Universal Time chart, 2 engraved charts of coats of arms. (Map of Massachusetts sprung, some minor browning or spotting, minor chipping to a few leaves.) Original publisher's red morocco extra, edges gilt (some minor chipping to spine ends, very slight rubbing, otherwise bright). 

Late 1865 edition, including for the first time a double-page map of "Nebraska, Dakota, Idaho and Montana" which is the first appearance of Wyoming on a map. Rumsey P4345.

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