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746 Atlas, et Tables elementaires de Geographie, Ancienne et Moderne Atlases Louis Brion de la Tour 1787 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 5 x 7.5 inches) This uncommon atlas, produced for royal military schools, is complete with 20 crisply engraved, double-page maps of the modern, ancient and biblical world. A double hemisphere world map is followed by a map of Europe, seven regional maps, four maps of the other continents, three biblical maps, a map of the Old World, followed by three detailed maps of the Roman Empire. Nineteen of the maps have ...

747 Petit Atlas Moderne ou Collection de Cartes Atlases Francois Alexander Delamarche 1793 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 6 x 8.5 inches) This is an early school atlas complete with 30 plates; frontispiece, 2 uncolored celestial tables, and 27 crisply engraved, double-page maps. Each map has bright outline color, and most include a table of place names broken down by region. The maps are nicely detailed with cities, topography, and watershed, and are decorated with rococo-style cartouches. A handsome double hemisphere map with sp...

748 Atlas Regni Hungariae Portatilis Atlases, Hungary Johann Matthias Korabinszky 1805 B   $900.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 8 x 5.3 inches) This uncommon complete atlas contains 56 copperplate maps of Hungary. The maps are finely engraved by Berken with good topographical detail and densely packed with information. Most maps are adorned with the coat-of-arms. The last page contains a key to the maps with symbols for regions, cities, markets, post offices, castles, and Catholic, Lutheran, Reformist and Greek Orthodox churches. Oblo...

749 School Atlas to Adams' Geography Atlases Lincoln & Edmands 1817 B   $160.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7 x 8.3 inches) This scarce atlas contains five single-page and two double-page copper engraved maps. Each map is well detailed and shows topography, rivers, towns and much more. The map of the United States shows West Florida, a large Mississippi Territory that includes present day Alabama, and a very large Illinois taking up the entire northwestern portion of the country. The maps have delicate ...

750 Geographical Annual or Family Cabinet Atlas Atlases Thomas Starling 1832 A   $450.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 4.5 x 7 inches) This very popular Victorian miniature atlas includes 46 single-page, uncolored maps. A key to points of interest on each map can be found on the facing page. A beautiful steel engraved title page features a small globe at center, and is followed by the preface, table of contents and 96 plates. 18 mo. Complete. Hardbound in original green cloth with decorative embossing on front and back cover...

751 Kartenwerk zu Dr. Karl Andree's Nord-Amerika Atlases, United States G. Westermann 1854 B+   $450.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 13 x 10.5 inches) This atlas focuses on the United States and contains 18 large single-page maps with political boundaries outlined by hand. The atlas includes the folding map of Alabama, Georgia, Sud Carolina und Florida that locates state capitals, existing and proposed railroads, stage roads and swamps. An attractive map of Texas shows the Mainzer Verein land grant and the route used by German im...

752 Johnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas' Atlases Johnson and Ward 1862 B+   $1,500.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15 x 18.5 inches) This is the "late 1862" edition of this desirable atlas. It is highlighted by the short-lived New Military Map of the United States that illustrates the states and territories instead of the military districts. It also includes the fine map of the Southwest, California, Territories of New Mexico and Utah that features the confederate Arrizona Territory. Other highlights i...

753 Atlas to Accompany Chamber's Encyclopaedia Atlases J.B. Lippencott 1869 A   $130.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.5 x 10.5 inches) This is the uncommon Philadelphia edition with 39 finely engraved double-page maps, including a lovely foldout double hemisphere map that shows distances between various locations, and names the "Supposed Antarctic Continent." The atlas accompanied the ten volume encyclopedia set issued by W. & R. Chambers of Edinburgh. It includes maps of the ancient world, the continents and major countries. ...

754 [Lot of 2] A Household Atlas of the World [and] The World An Atlas Atlases 1876-98 B   $130.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) 1) A Household Atlas of the World contains 117 nice maps by Rand McNally & Co. Of the maps, 38 are double-page, and 67 are of U.S. interest. Many of the maps include insets, and each features an index in its margin. The atlas provides information on world population, the solar system, and the national debt of foreign countries compared with the United States. At the back of the atlas i...

755 The Official Atlas of Nebraska Atlases, Nebraska Everts Publishing 1885 B+   $2,300.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 15 x 18 inches) This scarce atlas is the only 19th century state atlas of Nebraska. It contains 165 colored maps and numerous uncolored, beautifully rendered lithographs that show farms and important buildings in a charming folk-art style. The large foldout, Official Topographical Map of Nebraska (30 x 15") has an inset listing the states' Congressional and Judicial Districts, and locates the Surveyor Gen...

756 The New Family Atlas of the World' Atlases Rand McNally& Co. 1885 B+   $60.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 7.5 x 10 inches) Complete atlas with 56 nicely detailed and attractively colored maps of the American states and territories, Canadian provinces, and the continents of the world. The maps of the individual states are accompanied by descriptive text providing information on population, topography, climate and history. The double page maps are tipped-in in the manner of earlier atlases. The atlas also features eig...

757 [Lot of 9] The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World' Atlases W. G. Blackie & Son 1886 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12.5 x 15.5 inches) This lot is comprised of nine of the ten serial sets published in this format. This set includes Divisions 1-7 and 9-10 (lacking Div. 8) and features a title page, preface, table of contents, a table of statistics, and a "Pronouncing Vocabulary of Modern Geographical Names." The table of contents and title page appear at the back of Division 10. There are numerous uncolored wood engravings and ...

758 Cram's Unrivaled Atlas of the World Atlases George F. Cram & Company 1887 B+   $90.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11 x 14 inches) Nearly complete and nice later 19th century atlas with over 90 maps and numerous diagrams and historical charts. Maps of all the U.S. states and Canadian provinces, and countries throughout the world, most printed on both sides of the sheets. All double-page maps are printed on one sheet and attached to atlas with a backstrap. The historical section on the United States includes additional them...

759 The James Wilde, Jr., & Co. Standard Atlas of the World Atlases Rand McNally& Co. 1888 B+   $90.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11 x 14 inches) Complete atlas with 46 single-page and 27 double-page maps of the world and United States. The atlas features a bold title page in a vibrant green and black ink, and is illustrated with beautiful, full-page wood engraved views and vignettes interspersed throughout the text. There are detailed city plans, informative charts and diagrams, six pages of presidential portraits, and several pages of...

760 The People's Illustrated & Descriptive Family Atlas of the World Atlases People's Publishing Co. 1888 B+   $160.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12 x 14 inches) This atlas is the twelfth edition, revised to January 1st, 1888. It is complete with 84 single-page and 33 double-page maps. Includes individual maps for each U.S. state and territory, the Canadian provinces, the world and continents plus several pages of plans of the principal cities of the United States and the world. It also contains illustrations of state seals, and the flags and coats of a...

761 The Rand McNally New Standard Atlas of the World Atlases Rand McNally& Co. 1892 A   $210.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11 x 14 inches) This terrific atlas is complete with 46 single-page, and 40 double-page finely engraved, colorful maps. All double-page maps are printed on two sheets. The majority of the maps are of U.S. interest including all the states and territories. The atlas is thoroughly illustrated with numerous wood engraved views interspersed throughout the text. There is a 9-page section devoted to the World's C...

762 The New Popular Atlas of the World Atlases Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick 1892 A   $55.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11 x 14 inches) This handsome atlas has more than 50 nicely engraved maps of the individual American states, Ontario, Quebec, Mexico, the continents, the Holy Land and many European countries. There are three double sided, foldout maps of Texas/California and Nevada, Ohio/Illinois, and New York/Pennsylvania. The atlas is densely illustrated with engravings that show important buildings, native ceremonies, influen...

763 The People's Illustrated and Descriptive Family Atlas of the World Indexed Atlases People's Publishing Co. 1895 A   $150.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 12 x 15 inches) This complete atlas is the 21st edition, revised to January 1895. It features 112 single-page and 36 double-page colorful maps by George Cram. The atlas contains individual maps for each U.S. state and territory, the Canadian provinces, plus approximately 30 maps from the rest of the world. Double-page maps are folded and pasted to backstrap and many maps are printed back to back. 534 pages with ...

764 Rand, McNally & Co.'s Universal Atlas of the World' Atlases Rand McNally& Co. 1900 A   $90.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 11.5 x 14.5 inches) Complete atlas with 78 single-page and 44 double-page maps. All double-page maps are printed on two sheets. This is a world atlas, but the majority of the maps are of U.S. interest, including all states and territories and numerous city plans. The atlas is illustrated with dozens of black and white photographs interspersed throughout the text, including presidential portraits and a facsimile of ...

765 Commercial Atlas of America Atlases, North America Rand McNally& Co. 1912 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 16 x 21 inches) This large commercial atlas is filled with colorful maps that detail "all States and Territories in the United States, of the Dominion of Canada, The Republic of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii, The Philippines, Japan and China." It contains an amazing number of maps and city plans including some infrequently seen cities including Toledo and St. Paul. An inter...

766 Miniature Atlas of the Borough of the Bronx Volume One Atlases, New York Hyde & Co. 1912 A passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches) Unusual miniature atlas comprised of 414 maps and a 20-page street index providing a thorough examination of the borough's civil planning and design. The maps show a block by block layout of the Bronx with descriptions of various types of building construction, i.e. brick, stone or frame. It identifies saloons and hotels with liquor licenses, stables, greenhouses, streets, sewers, railroads, tro...

767 The Physical Geography of the Sea Geography Books M.F. Maury 1856 B+   $100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches) This is a complete example of one of the first scientific books on oceanography. Subject matter includes extensive studies of the Gulf Stream, land and sea breezes, the atmosphere, currents of the sea, the Arctic Ocean, salts of the sea, the equatorial cloud-ring, a geological agency of the winds, depths of the ocean, basin of the Atlantic, as well as thorough coverage of climates, drift, storms,...

768 [Lot of 2] Colton's Common School Geography [and] Natural School Geography Geography Books 1881-1907 B passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10 x 12.3 inches) 1) This is the Ohio edition of Colton's Common School Geography featuring a section devoted to the state and including two additional maps. The title continues: "...Illustrated by numerous engravings and 22 study maps, drawn expressly for this work and specially adapted to the wants of the class-room. To which are added 2 full page railroad maps, showing the chief routes of travel, and a ...

769 Barnes' Complete Geography Geography Books James Monteith 1886 A+   $100.00 Closed     Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 10.3 x 12.3 inches) A complete and very nice example of this school geography that features an inscription by the author on inside free end paper: "To my long esteemed friend H. L. Wood. With kind regards of the Author. New York Oct. 1st 1886. James Monteith." Title page, preface, contents, maps, engravings and text, index, 140pp. Original paper label inside front cover describes the sections of the book...

770 [Lot of 2] Mitchell's New Intermediate Geography [and] Mitchell's New Primary Geography Geography Books Samuel Augustus Mitchell 1891-96 B+ passed Archived Auction. Click on the Title for details on this lot.    (Size: 0 x 0 inches) Samuel Augustus Mitchell's school atlases and geographies were among the most commercially successful atlases of their time. The first example is the 1896 West Virginia edition. This geography is complete with 22 full-page, and two double-page copperplate maps, including Map of the United States and an uncolored No. 1 Map of the Globe,..., a nicely illustrated example with a Com...

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