Description:
Mitchell's New General Atlas. Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr., 1863.
Folio, title-page, index, forty-nine maps, as called for on the index leaf, four of which are double-paged; insets also numbered, such that the index lists eighty-four maps, including insets, list of U.S. post offices and other information, 26 pages; maps hand-colored throughout; in original boards; sewing perished, textblock disbound, decased, front board dirty, with abrasions, gold stamped title faded, rubbed; all maps with a brown stain in the lower right corner throughout, generally outside of the ornamental frame surrounding each map, some wear and chipping due to mis-folding, and loose leaves, stains to the three separate maps of New England states, otherwise dusty with smudges, 15 1/2 x 12 3/4 in.
Estimate $300-500
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