New Map Germany by Mitchell Augustus (2 results)

Map of the German States from Mitchell's Universal Atlas. Very good condition, with a gentle crease at the top right. Full color by state. Includes Luxembourg. This is removed from one of the latest issues of Mitchell's atlas before publication was taken up by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. Drawn by J. H. Young and engraved by J. L. Hazzard. Map no. 52.

Condition: Good. 17 x 14 inches. Very Good. Some foxing in margins, not affecting image. Minor wrinkling along right edge. 19th Century, full color atlas map. Includes explanation chart, and table of the German states, and Austria, Lichtenstein and Luxembourg. From page 51 of Mitchell's 1850 edition of the New Universal Atlas. This was one of the earliest editions of Mitchell's atlas, rarer and generally considered more desirable among collectors of his maps and atlases.Samuel Augustus Mitchell and his son and successor, S. Augustus Mitchell Jr., were successful Philadelphia-based map publishers. The Mitchell family's famous annual atlas, the New Universal Atlas, was first published by Henry Tanner starting in 1836. Mitchell published it under his own name starting in 1846, and he continued publishing it until 1849. In 1850, the copyright to Mitchell's atlas was first acquired by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., and then in 1856 by Charles DeSilver, both Philadelphia publishers. Thomas, Cowperthwait added five maps for their 1853 edition. DeSilver still owned the copyright in 1859, when another edition came out published by Cushings & Bailey, Baltimore, which added 23 more maps. In 1860, when S. Augustus Mitchell, Jr. succeeded his father, the Mitchells published the atlas again, and the name of the atlas was changed to the New General Atlas.