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Title: Colton's General Atlas, Containing One Hundred and Eighty Steel Plate Maps and Plans, one One Hundred and Nineteen Imperial Folio Sheets, Drawn by G. Woolworth Colton. Letter-Press Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical by Richard Swainson Fisher Author: Colton, G[eorge] Woolworth Place: New York Publisher: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co. Date: 1874 Description: With 124 hand-colored lithographed maps throughout (23 are double-page), 2 full-page black and white maps (London and Paris), plus insets, all on 99 map-sheets; a steel-engraved plate before the title page with tissue-guard; a double-page hand-colored engraving of the major mountains and rivers of the world and a double-page color engraved plate showing the National & Commercial Flags of All Nations, both following the title page. (Folio) 17½x14¾, original half sheep and green cloth, decoratively stamped and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Contains numerous sought after North America and United States maps, many with insets. More than half of the maps are of the Americas. The double-page maps include: The World; various Dominions of Canada; United States; New York (with 7 insets); New York City; New Jersey; Florida; Texas (with 4 insets); Minnesota; Nebraska (with early configuration); California and the Southwestern states, plus other States; and England and Wales. Plus many other full-page maps of North and South America, European countries, Africa, Asia, etc. Full-page U.S. city maps include: Washington DC, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Savannah/Charleston, Louisville/New Orleans, Pittsburgh/Cincinnati, and St. Louis/Chicago. Phillips Atlases 3564. Lot Amendments Condition: Exterior with some rubbing and edge wear, small spots; occasional marginal tears and toning, scattered light foxing, most maps near fine and bright; very good or better overall. Item number: 144282