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Mitchell's School Atlas: Comprising the Maps, Etc., Designed to Illustrate Mitchell's School and Family Geography

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Sale 296: Maps & Atlases: With Material from the Collection of Ernst W. Gerber (#296) 10/28/2004 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 10/28/2004 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #80 Mitchell's School Atlas: Comprising the Maps, Etc., Designed to Illustrate Mitchell's School and Family Geography

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$150

Estimate: $200 - $300

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Heading:

(School Atlas)

Title:

Mitchell's School Atlas: Comprising the Maps, Etc., Designed to Illustrate Mitchell's School and Family Geography

Author:

Mitchell, [Samuel Augustus]

Place Published:

Philadelphia

Publisher:

Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co.

Date Published:

1850

Description:

With 17 hand-colored copper-engraved maps (5 are double-page), plus insets. 11½x9½, publisher's original quarter green calf and pictorial peach-colored boards.

Includes the double-page map of the United States (with inset of the Gold Region), along with double-page maps of the Southern, Western, Middle, and New England States; a full-page map of Texas; plus a few maps of other countries and regions, including Oceanica at the end.

Condition:

Spine ends and corners bumped, shelf wear, a few small dampstains, soiling; binding a bit loose, short splits to some of the centerfolds, light toning and foxing to contents, about very good.

Item#:

145225
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