COLBY, Charles

The Diamond Atlas... The Western Hemisphere

New York, Morse and Gaston, 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Small square quarto (6-1/4" x 7-1/4") in original publisher's binding of full red morocco leather with heavy gilt decorations; 239 pages. Illustrated with 55 hand-colored maps and charts, mostly full page and including double-page maps of the world and of the United States, all printed on one side only and mostly of the United States. Minor foxing here and there, but maps mostly very clean. Leather from spine lacking; front cover holding by one cord. Good .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 019850

Catalogue: Hand-colored Maps

Keywords: Maps, Atlas, Americana, Hand-colored Maps Americana Atlas Hand-Colored Maps American Atlas

COOKE, George Alexander

Modern and Authentic System of Universal Geography

London, Evans & Bourne, 1817 & 1822. First Edition. Hardcover. Two folio (8-1/2" x 10-1/4") volumes bound in contemporary tree calf leather with contrasting maroon and black morocco spine labels. Illustrated with 2 engraved frontispieces, 52 full-page engraved plates, and 24 folding hand-colored maps, including a fine world map and 3 related to the United States. Some foxing, mostly to the text, the maps largely clean and fresh. Some wear to the binding, the covers strong. Near Fine .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 019020

Catalogue: Hand-Colored Maps

Keywords: Atlas, Hand-Colored Maps, Illustrated Books, Geography Geography Americana Illustrated Books Maps

MORSE, Charles

The Diamond Atlas... The Eastern Hemisphere

New York, Samuel N. Gaston, 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Small square quarto (6-1/4" x 7-1/4") in original publisher's binding of full red morocco leather with heavy gilt decorations; 239 pages. Illustrated with 29 (of 31) full-page hand-colored maps of the world, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Minor foxing here and there, but maps mostly very clean. Leather from spine lacking; front cover a little loose but firm. Good .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 020424

Catalogue: Hand-colored Maps

Keywords: Maps, Atlas, Asia, Hand-colored Maps, Middle East, Europe Middle East Atlas Hand-Colored Maps Asia