County Map Of Texas. / Mitchell, Samuel Augustus / 1860

County Map Of Texas. Mitchell, Samuel Augustus, 1860

County Map Of Texas. / Mitchell, Samuel Augustus / 1860

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Full Title: County Map Of Texas. 29. (with) inset map of Galveston Bay, and Vicinity. 30. Entered ... 1860, by S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. ... Pennsylvania.

Author: Mitchell, Samuel Augustus

Date: 1860

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Author: Mitchell, Samuel Augustus

Date: 1860

Short Title: County Map Of Texas.

Publisher: Phila: S.A. Mitchell Jr.

Type: Atlas Map

Object Height cm: 27

Object Width cm: 34

Scale 1: 4,300,000

Note: Full color by county and territories. Some topographic features included such as the Staked Plain with vegetation and water availability noted.

Reference: P831-29.

State / Province: Texas

Full Title: County Map Of Texas. 29. (with) inset map of Galveston Bay, and Vicinity. 30. Entered ... 1860, by S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. ... Pennsylvania.

List No: 0565.020

Series No: 23

Published In: Mitchell's New General Atlas, Containing Maps Of The Various Countries Of The World, Plans Of Cities, Etc. Embraced In Forty-Seven Quarto Maps, Forming A Series Of Seventy-Six Maps And Plans, Together With Valuable Statistical Tables. Philadelphia: Published By S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. No. 31 South Sixth Street. 1860. Entered ... 1860, by S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. ... Pennsylvania.

Publication Author: Mitchell, Samuel Augustus Jr.

Publication Date: 1860

Publication Reference: P831.

Publication Note: 1st edition. This atlas was published by Mitchell's son, and replaced the New Universal Atlas. It was published until 1893. Ristow states that Mitchell Senior retired in 1860 and left the publishing business to his son. This is the first edition, first state, with no page numbers outside the borders, no New Orleans map between 28 and 29, and with the larger "Map of the World on a Globular Projection" by W. Williams (this map was dropped for a smaller map in the second 1860 issue - see our copy). Full color. Bound in half leather brown cloth covered boards with "Mitchell's New General Atlas." embossed in gold.

Publication List No: 0565.000

Publication Type: World Atlas

Publication Maps: 43

Publication Height cm: 41

Publication Width cm: 34

Image No: 0565020

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