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Author: 
Colton, G.W.
Author: 
Fisher, Richard Swainson
Date: 
1859
Short Title: 
Covers: Colton's Illustrated Cabinet Atlas.
Publisher: 
J.H. Colton
Publisher Location: 
New York
Type: 
Covers
Obj Height cm: 
38
Obj Width cm: 
33
Note: 
Bound in elegantly embossed burgundy leather covers, with "Colton's Illustrated Cabinet Atlas And Descriptive Geography." stamped in gold on the front, and blind stamped on the back cover; spine reads "Colton's Cabinet Atlas" in gold.
Full Title: 
(Covers to) Colton's Illustrated Cabinet Atlas And Descriptive Geography. Maps By G. Woolworth Colton. Text By Richard Swainson Fisher. New York: Published By J.H. Colton, No. 172 William Street. 1859.
List No: 
1690.001
Series No: 
1
Engraver or Printer: 
Davies and Roberts
Engraver or Printer: 
George Russell & Co.
Publication Author: 
Colton, G.W.
Publication Author: 
Fisher, Richard Swainson
Pub Date: 
1859
Pub Title: 
Colton's Illustrated Cabinet Atlas and Descriptive Geography. Maps - by G. Woolworth Colton. Text by Richard Swainson Fisher. New York: Published by J.H. Colton, No. 172 William Street. 1859.
Pub Note: 
A smaller version of Colton's General Atlas with regional maps. A one-time effort, not reissued. These maps are reused by Colton in some of his school atlases. The text by Fisher (minus the sections on the states and territories) is used later in Johnson's Family Atlas starting in 1861. General physical geography text based on the Atlas of Milner and Petermann published in London. Overall text is intended to be particularly readable. The atlas is lavishly illustrated with hundreds of etchings on a wide range of geographical subjects, statistical tables, and smaller maps and plans. Full color maps.
Pub List No: 
1690.000
Pub Type: 
World Atlas
Pub Height cm: 
38
Pub Width cm: 
33
Image No: 
1690001
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Authors: 
Colton, G.W.; Fisher, Richard Swainson