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Sale 945 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Lot Description
MITCHELL, Samuel Augustus (1792-1868). Mitchell’s New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities. Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1880.
Folio (384 x 316 mm). 77 engraved hand-colored maps and plans (23 double-page, one folding). (Some browning, a few short tears occasionally crossing into image, some minor creasing.) Original publisher’s half roan over brown cloth gilt, smooth spine, front cover gilt and stamped in black, red-speckled edges (worn, corners bumped). Provenance: John T. Morton (inscription, 29 April 1895).
Later edition, including maps, plans, statistical tables, a list of post offices of the United States and territories, and census information of 1860 and 1870. Phillips 892; Rumsey 586A.
Property from the Estate of Professor Ethan D. Alyea, Jr., Bloomington, Indiana


