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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 238

<em>Mitchell's New General Atlas,

Estimate: $600 - $1,200

Bid Increments

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$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
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Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, etc. Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1861, 76 hand-colored maps and city plans on 44 sheets (complete), some being insets and others are double-page maps, 26 pages of additional charts at rear, with Mitchell's distinctive floral borders, recently rebound retaining the original worn cloth boards with embossed title on the upper cover, 15-3/4 x 13-1/4 in.; housed in a custom clamshell case with morocco spine label, some archival repairs to the preliminaries, original cloth boards are worn and there is loss at the extremities, leather corners are slightly bumped, maps have a tiny bit of foxing and are toned, and occasional wear at the edges, basically very good. Provenance: Atlanta, Georgia Collection

Condition

some archival repairs to the preliminaries, original cloth boards are worn and there is loss at the extremities, leather corners are slightly bumped, maps have a tiny bit of foxing and are toned, and occasional wear at the edges, basically very good