A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World

by Samuel Augustus Mitchell

Philadelphia:  Thomas, Cowperthwaite & Co., 1851  

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition.

• Green mottled covers, quarter bound in burgundy leather, have leather label with gilt on top board. 
• Boards show some wear, dings, scuffing, edgewear.  Corners are bumped, frayed, with exposed board.  See photos.  
• Spine has gilt ruling, shows some cracks, with frayed ends.
• Binding is secure.  
• Pastedowns and feps have some toning, wear. 
• Illustrations are bright and clear, maps show illustration shadows, with marginal age-toning. 
• Interior exhibits some smudges, light edgewear, a couple closed tears.
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• PS2024.1204

75 sheets. 13.75 x 17.25 inches

A very good copy, complete and entire, of Mitchell's Universal Atlas, in the 1851 edition published by Thomas, Cowperthwaite & Co. in Philadelphia.  Full page maps show all the regions of the world, as the title announces, and detailed attention is given to the United States.  Paper is age toned and softened from handling, with some wear at page corners.  Maps are clear and bright.

Samuel Augustus Mitchell (1792-1868), one of America's premier mapmakers, published this atlas from 1846-1849.  In 1850, Thomas, Cowperthwait and Co. purchased the copyright for this atlas and enlarged it to include more maps.  They also added the new features of a chromolithographed title page and a contents page.  The lithographed maps issued by Cowperthwait and Co. are widely considered the finest maps produced in this era of mapmaking.  Published from 1850-1854, today these atlases and their maps are very scarce. 

Entered into copyright 1850, as stated on the title page.

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