Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Cover: Fitch's mapping plates.

Author: 
Fitch, George W.
Date: 
1850
Short Title: 
Cover: Fitch's mapping plates.
Publisher: 
Blakeman, Sheldon & Co.
Publisher Location: 
New York
Type: 
Covers
Obj Height cm: 
27
Obj Width cm: 
21
Note: 
Maps exquisitely drawn by Lydia S. Weeks & others. Has a lock of hair between two pages - Ms. Weeks'? The school atlas contains 15 plates. Twelve of the maps are drawn in pen-and-ink without color; the Southern Europe Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean maps are not drawn. Covers are tan cards with the above title printed in black. "Directions for mapping" appears on back cover.
Subject: 
School
Full Title: 
(Covers to) Fitch's mapping plates, designed for learners in geography, being a collection of plates prepared for delineating maps of the World, and countries forming its principal subdivisions ... By George W. Fitch. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman and Company, 115 Nassau Street. Entered ... 1850, by Huntington and Savage ... New York.
List No: 
0289A
Series No: 
1
Publication Author: 
Fitch, George W.
Pub Date: 
1850
Pub Title: 
Fitch's mapping plates, designed for learners in geography, being a collection of plates prepared for delineating maps of the World, and countries forming its principal subdivisions ... By George W. Fitch. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman and Company, 115 Nassau Street. Entered ... 1840, by Huntington and Savage ... New York.
Pub Note: 
See note field above.
Pub List No: 
0289.000
Pub Type: 
School Atlas
Pub Maps: 
12
Pub Height cm: 
27
Pub Width cm: 
21
Image No: 
0289A
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Authors: 
Fitch, George W.
Collection: 
Rumsey Collection