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Title: Johnson's New General Cyclopaedia and Copper-Plate Hand-Atlas of the World...Being Specially Adapted for Daily Use in the Family, School, and Office Author: Johnson, A[lvin] J. Place: New York Publisher: A.J. Johnson Date: 1885 Description: 2 volumes. xii, 784; [2], 785-1562 pp. Text in double column. Edited by Frederick Barnard and Arnold Guyot. Illustrated throughout with numerous full-page maps hand-colored in outline, many are double-page; plus wood engravings. 10½x7¼, publisher's half maroon-brown morocco and cloth, stamped in gilt, marbled edges and endpapers. First Edition. Scarce two volume school world atlas with over 1500 pages; includes nicely detailed maps of the Americas and the United States. Publisher's printed notice slip to subscriber's, tipped-in. Lot Amendments Condition: Light shelf wear, small scuffs to leather; early owner's signature; contents fine, exterior very good. Item number: 172415