Sale 2496 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, December 13, 2018

249 c   MITCHELL, SAMUEL AUGUSTUS. A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World. Pictorial title, table of contents, and 73 hand-colored engraved maps. Folio, 17 1 / 2 x14 inches, publisher’s half red roan over marbled boards, gilt morocco title piece to upper cover, fairly worn with spine partially defective; nice original color; light finger soiling to margins, sheet edge of final 20 maps affected by dampstain. Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1849 [2,000/3,000] With primary interest in North America and the United States: 28 maps of individual states and three plans of major cities. The map of Oregon and California prominently exhibits the “Gold Region” of 1849.