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Sale 273: Maps & Atlases: The Collection of Ernst W. Gerber, Part I (#273) 10/23/2003 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 10/23/2003 1:00 PM PDT

Lot #97 The Family Atlas...

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$687.50

Estimate: $400 - $600

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Title:

The Family Atlas...

Author:

Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge

Place Published:

London

Publisher:

Edward Stanford

Date Published:

1860

Description:

72 (only, of 80?) hand-colored steel-engraved maps or mapsheets. 17¼x14, original half-morocco, spine and front cover gilt-lettered, all edges gilt.

Includes a brightly colored copy of Murchison's geological map of England and Wales, detail maps of North America, and separate maps of Australia and New Zealand.

Condition:

Binding worn at extremities, some stains; mild spotting usually marginal but heavier on about 15 maps, second sheet of North America map shaved to top border affecting image, first few leaves frayed at outside edge; still, very good.

Item#:

144026
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