Subject: Miscellaneous Books
Period: 1857 (published)
Publication:
Color: Black & White
Size:
4.7 x 7.3 inches
11.9 x 18.5 cm
This later edition was "revised and enlarged" from the original 1851 edition. It contains 33 double-page maps, including one of the United States and 32 state maps. Most of the state maps are from east of the Mississippi River, but the book also features maps of Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Texas, and an updated map of California. The map of the United States shows a large Nebraska Territory (encompassing present-day Montana, Wyoming and Dakotas), and Kansas, Indian, New Mexico, Utah, Oregon and Washington territories. Quarter leather over pictorial paper boards. 384 pages. Double-page maps are printed on two sheets.
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Condition: B
Contents have light scattered foxing. Previous owner's signatures are on the front free endpapers. Covers are scuffed and worn.