COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Colton, G.W.
Date:
1874
Short Title:
Covers: Colton's General Atlas.
Publisher:
G. W & C. B. Colton & Co.
Publisher Location:
New York
Type:
Covers
Obj Height cm:
45
Obj Width cm:
39
Note:
Beige canvas slip dust cover (publisher's original) with brown leather corners over black boards. We have never seen another Colton Atlas in a dust jacket; it may have been unique to this year or something that Colton did specially for a customer. Page edges in gilt.
Reference:
P3564,4354.
Full Title:
(Covers to) Colton's General Atlas, Containing One Hundred And Eighty Steel Plate Maps And Plans, On One Hundred And Nineteen Imperial Folio Sheets, Drawn By G. Woolworth Colton. Letter-Press Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, And Historical, By Richard Swainson Fisher. New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton, No. 172 William Street. 1874. Entered ... 1863, by J.H. Colton ... New York.
List No:
4587.001
Series No:
1
Engraver or Printer:
Chapman, F.A.
Engraver or Printer:
Hart & Mapother.
Engraver or Printer:
Wise, C.
Engraver or Printer:
Colton, J.H.
Publication Author:
Fisher, Richard Swainson
Publication Author:
Colton, G.W.
Pub Date:
1874
Pub Title:
Colton's General Atlas, Containing One Hundred And Eighty Steel Plate Maps And Plans, On One Hundred And Nineteen Imperial Folio Sheets, Drawn By G. Woolworth Colton. Letter-Press Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, And Historical, By Richard Swainson Fisher. New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton, No. 172 William Street. 1874. Entered ... 1863, by J.H. Colton ... New York.
Pub Reference:
P3564,4354.
Pub Note:
This copy is the same content as our other 1874. Maps depict counties or states in full color. Relief shown by hachures.
Pub List No:
4587.000
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Pub Maps:
106
Pub Height cm:
45
Pub Width cm:
39
Image No:
4587001
Authors:
Colton, G.W.
