Colton, Joseph Hutchins (1800-1893) Colton's General Atlas

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Colton, Joseph Hutchins (1800-1893) Colton's General Atlas. New York: Colton, 1859.
Large folio, illustrated with extra engraved title and all numbered maps as called for on the contents page, maps hand-colored; ex libris John H. Dodge (1828-1863),Massachusetts missionary to Africa, with his dated signature on ffep; text leaves not collated, in publisher's contemporary half-leather and stamped cloth boards, damaged, boards becoming detached, frayed, water stains to boards; contents toned, with occasional spotting, 17 1/2 x 14 3/4 in.
Estimate $2,000-2,500


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