COLLECTION NAME:
Selections from the David Rumsey Map Collection I
Record
Filename:
5363001.jpg
Identifier:
5363001.jpg
Title:
Heights Of The Principal Mountains In The World.
Creator:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus
Subject:
Mountains and Rivers
Description:
First edition. Has Carey and Hart borders. Ristow's second 1846 issue. The first issue by Mitchell alone, without Tanner's name on the title page. Tanner issued this atlas first in 1836 with engraved maps, then it was taken over by Carey and Hart in 1843 and converted by them to lithographic maps in 1845. In 1846 Mitchell took over the publishing of this atlas and continued until 1849, after which it was published until 1860 by Thomas, Cowperthwait and then Charles DeSilver. This atlas is important in American printing history in that it was the first American atlas to be converted from engraved map plates to lithographic map plates - greatly reducing the cost of production and thus making the book made widely affordable by the general public. The maps are in full color; atlas is bound in half leather marbled paper covered boards with "Mitchell's Universal Atlas" stamped in gilt on front label.
Publisher:
S.A. Mitchell
Contributor:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Date:
1846
Language:
English
Rights:
Cartography Associates
Heights Of The Principal Mountains In The World.
