(Covers to) Johnson's Illustrated & Embellished Steel Plate Map of The World On Mercator's Projection, Compiled from the latest & most Authentic Sources Exhibiting the recent Arctic and Antarctic Discoveries & Explorations. Engraved & Published By D.Griffing Johnson, 80 Nassau St. New York. 1847. Entered . 1846 by D. Griffing Johnson . New York.
Cover half leather dark brown cloth covered boards 37x42 with "Johnson's World. New-York." stamped in gilt. Dissected into 20 sections, mounded and edged with linen. Folds into marbled paper end sheets. With an elaborate vine border with views of important cities. One of the great Ame...
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| Summary: | Cover half leather dark brown cloth covered boards 37x42 with "Johnson's World. New-York." stamped in gilt. Dissected into 20 sections, mounded and edged with linen. Folds into marbled paper end sheets. With an elaborate vine border with views of important cities. One of the great American World Wall maps of the period. Colton took over the publishing of this map in 1849. See our 1857 issue by Colton. Full color. Ristow p318. |
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