(Covers to) A General Collection Of Maps, Charts, Views, &c. . Philadelphia. 1824.
Atlas is bound in half leather, brown paper covered boards, with "Atlas" stamped in gilt on spine. Boards solid but chipped and discolored. Unusual collection of maps by various makers. The Melish maps are from the second edition of the Military and Topographical Atlas, but not including t...
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ftdavidrumseyc:oai:www.davidrumsey.com:RUMSEY~8~1~36137~1200554 2023-05-15T15:05:13+02:00 (Covers to) A General Collection Of Maps, Charts, Views, &c. . Philadelphia. 1824. A General Collection Of Maps, Charts, Views, &c. . Philadelphia. 1824. Covers: A General Collection Of Maps, Charts, Views, &c. Melish, John Bower, J.; Thackara & Vallance; Tiebout, C.; Kneass, Young & Co.; Lawson, A.; Warr, J., Jr. Rumsey Collection World 1824 http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~36137~1200554 http://www.davidrumsey.com/rumsey/Size1/D0120/2803a.jpg unknown Copyright 2009 World Atlas Covers 1824 ftdavidrumseyc 2014-02-16T10:43:15Z Atlas is bound in half leather, brown paper covered boards, with "Atlas" stamped in gilt on spine. Boards solid but chipped and discolored. Unusual collection of maps by various makers. The Melish maps are from the second edition of the Military and Topographical Atlas, but not including the two general maps of the northern and southern states and the coast. Also present are Melish's map of the U.S. to accompany Maclure's Geology, several maps of foreign countries by Carey maps of the West Indies by Lucas, and many maps by unknown makers, including one of Ross' arctic discoveries. "The map of the Country Belonging to the Cherokee and Creek Indians From the Original Drawing in the War Department" by Melish is a later edition and title than the one appearing in the Military and Topographical Atlas (see P1347 to compare). May have been published by A.T. Goodrich who acquired much of Melish's material after his death, or Robert Desilver who acquired the Carey maps. P6053. Map Arctic David Rumsey Historical Map Collection (Cartography Associates) Arctic |
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Atlas is bound in half leather, brown paper covered boards, with "Atlas" stamped in gilt on spine. Boards solid but chipped and discolored. Unusual collection of maps by various makers. The Melish maps are from the second edition of the Military and Topographical Atlas, but not including the two general maps of the northern and southern states and the coast. Also present are Melish's map of the U.S. to accompany Maclure's Geology, several maps of foreign countries by Carey maps of the West Indies by Lucas, and many maps by unknown makers, including one of Ross' arctic discoveries. "The map of the Country Belonging to the Cherokee and Creek Indians From the Original Drawing in the War Department" by Melish is a later edition and title than the one appearing in the Military and Topographical Atlas (see P1347 to compare). May have been published by A.T. Goodrich who acquired much of Melish's material after his death, or Robert Desilver who acquired the Carey maps. P6053. |
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Melish, John Bower, J.; Thackara & Vallance; Tiebout, C.; Kneass, Young & Co.; Lawson, A.; Warr, J., Jr. (Covers to) A General Collection Of Maps, Charts, Views, &c. . Philadelphia. 1824. |
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(Covers to) A General Collection Of Maps, Charts, Views, &c. . Philadelphia. 1824. |
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(Covers to) A General Collection Of Maps, Charts, Views, &c. . Philadelphia. 1824. |
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(Covers to) A General Collection Of Maps, Charts, Views, &c. . Philadelphia. 1824. |
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(Covers to) A General Collection Of Maps, Charts, Views, &c. . Philadelphia. 1824. |
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(Covers to) A General Collection Of Maps, Charts, Views, &c. . Philadelphia. 1824. |
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(covers to) a general collection of maps, charts, views, &c. . philadelphia. 1824. |
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