Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1861
A handsome example of Johnston's Royal Atlas of Modern Geography, containing 48 stunning double-page and partly hand-coloured maps, each with a special index. The North America map shows Colorado as a Territory - very up to date for a British Atlas (most do not show Colorado until 1862). This is one of the best, most detailed and most prominent British atlases from the second half of the nineteenth century.
First edition; folio (50.7 x 34.6 cm); 48 double-page maps, hand-coloured in outline, watercourses printed in blue, advertisements tipped in at rear, slight marginal toning, light foxing to prelims and light spash-stains to four maps, otherwise good; contemporary burgundy half morocco gilt, gilt lettering to spine and upper cover, spine with 6 raised bands and gilt in compartments, light rubbing to extremities, all edges gilt, teal endpapers, overall a very good example.
First edition; folio (50.7 x 34.6 cm); 48 double-page maps, hand-coloured in outline, watercourses printed in blue, advertisements tipped in at rear, slight marginal toning, light foxing to prelims and light spash-stains to four maps, otherwise good; contemporary burgundy half morocco gilt, gilt lettering to spine and upper cover, spine with 6 raised bands and gilt in compartments, light rubbing to extremities, all edges gilt, teal endpapers, overall a very good example.
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