Historic Map : School Atlas Map, World Equatorial Projection and Polar Projection. 1839 - Vintage Wall Art

The World on an Equatorial Projection. No. 1. Map of the Eastern & Western Hemispheres. (with) The World on a Polar Projection. No 2. Map of the Northern & Southern Hemispheres. Engraved by J.H. Young. Entered ... 1839, by S. Augustus Mitchell ... Connecticut. | Mitchell's School Atlas. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Company. MDCCCXXXIX. Entered ... 1839, by S. Augustus Mitchell ... Connecticut. | 1st edition, with the date of 1839 in Roman numerals on the cover. 16 numbered maps on 12 pages. The true first edition, first state. Rare. The maps in this edition are engraved; all later editions use lithography. Full color. Covers are brown paper covered boards with the above title and black leather spine. Index to maps printed on the back cover.

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