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Title: Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps of the Various Countries of the World, Plans of Cities, Etc Author: Mitchell, S[amuel] Augustus, Jr. Place: Philadelphia Publisher: S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. Date: 1862 Description: With 53 hand-colored maps and plans, (4 are double-page), plus insets; all on 44 map-sheets. 15½x12½, original half sheep and brown cloth, front cover lettered in gilt. Mitchell’s 1862 atlas. More than half of the maps pertain to the Americas (mostly within the United States), including full-page city and state maps. See Phillips Atlases 831 (citing 1860 edition). Lot Amendments Condition: Covers with spine neatly detached as one piece (could be repaired), rubbing, edge wear; several maps loose, some foxing and soiling to contents, scattered dampstains; still a good and useful atlas with nice hand-coloring. Item number: 144355