Imprenta de Jose Mariano Fernandez de Lara. Mexico
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
68
Obj Width cm:
49
Scale 1:
1,900,000
Note:
Lithographed map. State boundaries hand col. Relief shown by hachures. Text and tables surround map. "Atlas mexicano, por Antonio Garcia y Cubas Carta IV." Prime meridian: Mexico, D.F.
Country:
Mexico
Full Title:
Coahuila. Imp. litog. de Iriarte y Ca., calle de Sta Clara no. 23. Munozguren litogo. Imprenta de Lara, Entrega 21a, (1858)
List No:
4116.004
Page No:
IV
Series No:
8
Engraver or Printer:
H. Iriarte y Ca.; Munozguren, J. M.
Publication Author:
Garcia Cubas, Antonio, 1832-1912
Pub Date:
1858
Pub Title:
Atlas geografico, estadistico e historico de la Republica Mexicana, formado por Antonio Garcia y Cubas. Mexico. Imprenta de Jose Mariano Fernandez de Lara, calle de la Palma numero 4. 1858.
Pub Reference:
Phillips, 2683; Phillips. Maps of America, p. 412; Sabin, 26554.
Pub Note:
The first great atlas of Mexico, produced by a Mexican and printed in Mexico. Sabin says only 300 copies were printed. The maps are of each province, with each surrounded by text. Phillips lists two later editions of 1886 with somewhat different titles. The only atlas of Mexico listed by Phillips that is earlier than this atlas is Humboldt's Atlas...de la Nouvelle Espagne of 1811. Has two very interesting plates at the end that relate to Aztec writing. Garcia Cubas was 26 when he published this. Strangely, then, the verso of the title page has 1846 as the copyright date (when the author was 14?). Maps hand col. with outline color. Atlas is bound in quarter leather brown marbled paper covered boards with title embossed in gold on the spine reading "Garcia y Cubas. Atlas geografico de la Republica Mexicana."
