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Title: A New Universal Atlas containing Maps of the various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World with a special Map of each of the United States, plans of Cities &c. Comprehended in eighty four sheets and forming a series of One Hundred and Forty Five Maps, Plans and Sections Author: Desilver, Charles Place: Philadelphia Publisher: Charles Desilver Date: 1862 Description: Hand-colored frontispiece of the Mountains and Rivers of the World, engraved title, lithograph contents leaf, and 77 hand-colored lithographed map sheets, plus 2 double-page unnumbered maps. (folio) 44.35 cm. (17½x14"), period half-morocco * boards. Very rare 1862 issue of Desilver's atlas, which is more often seen in the admittedly scarce 1856 publication, derived from Samuel Augustus Mitchell's earlier atlases. There are no copies of the 1862 issue listed in OCLC/WorldCat. Most of the maps are dated 1856, but a few bear the 1862 date. These are: A New Map of the United States; A New Map of the State of Virginia; The Tourist's Pocket Map of the State of Tennessee; A New Map of the State of Kentucky; and A New Map of the State of Missouri. With an unnumbered double-page "Complete Map of the Crimea" between maps 58 and 59, and a double-page "Chart of the Baltic" between maps 59 and 60. Lot Amendments Condition: Covers worn, front detached, rear joint cracked; a few maps with light foxing, the frontispiece (mountain heights and river lengths) is creased; internally very good. Item number: 211586