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Day 1: Fine Art & Decorative Works

Thu, Jul 16, 2015 05:00PM EDT - Fri, Jul 17, 2015 05:00PM EDT
Lot 234

<em>Mitchell's New General Atlas,

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

Bid Increments

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$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, Etc. Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1862, 50 quarto maps, forming a series of 80 maps and plans (complete), all hand-colored, with Mitchell's signature floral borders, bound in three-quarter leather over buckram, 15-3/4 x 13 in., front and rear hinge are reinforced, some archival repairs on the first and last few page edges, some foxing on a few maps, otherwise very good in very good binding with a replaced spine, housed in a custom cloth clamshell case with a morocco spine label. Provenance: Atlanta, Georgia Collection

Condition

front and rear hinge are reinforced, some archival repairs on the first and last few page edges, some foxing on a few maps, otherwise very good in very good binding with a replaced spine, housed in a custom cloth clamshell case with a morocco spine label