



Lot 11•
COLTON (GEORGE WOOLWORTH) Colton's General Atlas, 1865; Colton/Johnson. New Illustrated Family Atlas, 1862; Mitchell. New General Atlas, 1864 (3)
7 – 20 June 2024, 12:00 BST
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COLTON (GEORGE WOOLWORTH)
Colton's General Atlas... Accompanied by Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical and Historical by Richard Fisher, lithographed frontispiece, double-page plate of "flags of all nations", 117 lithographed maps and city plans (all but 2 hand-coloured, with 2 per double-page, some printed recto and verso, complete but different numbering to that on list of contents), some shaved touching numerals, flag plate split and repaired at margins, modern half calf over original cloth, folio (445 x 375mm.), New York, J.H. Colton, 1865--MITCHELL (S. AUGUSTUS) Mitchell's New General Atlas, 84 maps on 49 hand-coloured mapsheets (several double-page), publisher's half calf, worn, folio (390 x 325mm.), Philadelphia, S.A. Mitchell, 1864--COLTON (J.H.) AND J. JOHNSON. Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas, with Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, engraved pictorial frontispiece, 91 plates (as called for, most hand-coloured, some double-page consisting 2 numbers), illustrations in the text, publisher's half calf over decorative cloth gilt sides, rubbed, folio (460 x 360mm.), New York, Johnson and Browning, 1862 (3)