Bourquin, Frederick; Mitchell, Samuel Augustus; Tanner, Henry S.
Author
Bourquin, Frederick; Mitchell, Samuel Augustus; Tanner, Henry S.
Author
Date:
1848
Date
1848
Date
Short Title:
Germany.
Short_Title
Germany.
Short Title
Publisher:
S. Augustus Mitchell. Philadelphia
Publisher]|#PUBLISHE R_LOCATION
S. Augustus Mitchell. Philadelphia
Publisher
Type:
Atlas Map
Type
Atlas Map
Type
Obj Height cm:
42
Obj_Height_cm
42
Obj Height cm
Obj Width cm:
33
Obj_Width_cm
33
Obj Width cm
Scale 1:
3,170,000
Scale_1
3,170,000
Scale 1
Note:
Lithographed. Tables of Explanation, and the German States keyed to map.
Note
Lithographed. Tables of Explanation, and the German States keyed to map.
Note
Reference:
Ristow p. 311 (award actually received in 1848).
Reference
Ristow p. 311 (award actually received in 1848).
Reference
Country:
Austria; Germany
Country
Austria; Germany
Country
Full Title:
A New Map of Germany. Entered according to Act of Congress in the 1848 by S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 50.
Full_Title
A New Map of Germany. Entered according to Act of Congress in the 1848 by S. Augustus Mitchell Jr. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. 50.
Full Title
List No:
4578.052
List_No
4578.052
List No
Page No:
50
Page_No
50
Page No
Series No:
54
Series_No
54
Series No
Publication Author:
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus; Tanner, Henry S.; Bourquin, Frederick
Publication_Author
Mitchell, Samuel Augustus; Tanner, Henry S.; Bourquin, Frederick
Publication Author
Pub Date:
1848
Pub_Date
1848
Pub Date
Pub Title:
A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics Of The World. With a special map of each of the United States, Plans of Cities &c. Comprehended in seventy sheets and forming a series of One Hundred And Seventeen Maps, Plans And Sections ... Philadelphia, Published By S. Augustus Mitchell, N.E. corner of Market & 7th Streets. Entered ... 1844, by Carey & Hart ... Pennsylvania. (title page by) J. Knight Sc. Barralet del. Humphreys sc.
Pub_Title
A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics Of The World. With a special map of each of the United States, Plans of Cities &c. Comprehended in seventy sheets and forming a series of One Hundred And Seventeen Maps, Plans And Sections ... Philadelphia, Published By S. Augustus Mitchell, N.E. corner of Market & 7th Streets. Entered ... 1844, by Carey & Hart ... Pennsylvania. (title page by) J. Knight Sc. Barralet del. Humphreys sc.
Pub Title
Pub Reference:
Ristow p. 311 (award actually received in 1848).
Pub_Reference
Ristow p. 311 (award actually received in 1848).
Pub Reference
Pub Note:
This is a unique copy of the Mitchell/Tanner Universal Atlas. Frederick Bourquin and his employer, Peter Duval, received a Third Premium Award from the Franklin Institute in November, 1848, for their achievement in transferring the Universal Atlas from copper plates to lithographic stones. The catalog of the exhibition lists it as "No. 52. Universal Atlas in folio, a most beautiful specimen of the art of transferring and lithographic printing, from the press of P.S. Duval, Philadelphia, transferred by Bourquin." This copy of the atlas was their submission to the Franklin Institute to be considered for the award. It is made up of sheets from the atlas, all uncolored, all oversized, and all taken from various editions of the atlas from 1846 to 1848 (one map is dated 1849, but we believe it was issued in late 1848). It appears that these sheets were offprints that remained in the lithographer's shop and that the atlas was made up from them. Atlas is bound in half leather marbled paper covered boards with leather label on the front reading "Atlas Transferred From Copper To And Printed From Stone By Frederick Bourquin." The atlas stayed with the Franklin Institute, each page having the Institute's stamp on it, and was eventually sold by the Institute in the mid twentieth century. There are several erasures of dates that are earlier than 1848 (perhaps an attempt to make the book seem up to date) and several erasures of Tanner's name (on the title page) to conform to the fact that in 1848 this was known as Mitchell's atlas. The map borders vary between the "Mitchell" and the "Tanner" borders. And the paper thickness and quality varies as well. These sheets may have been some of the first "pulls" of each map in the various 1846-48 editions. This is a fascinating compilation and throws light on the transition in printing from copper plate to lithographic stone.
Pub_Note
This is a unique copy of the Mitchell/Tanner Universal Atlas. Frederick Bourquin and his employer, Peter Duval, received a Third Premium Award from the Franklin Institute in November, 1848, for their achievement in transferring the Universal Atlas from copper plates to lithographic stones. The catalog of the exhibition lists it as "No. 52. Universal Atlas in folio, a most beautiful specimen of the art of transferring and lithographic printing, from the press of P.S. Duval, Philadelphia, transferred by Bourquin." This copy of the atlas was their submission to the Franklin Institute to be considered for the award. It is made up of sheets from the atlas, all uncolored, all oversized, and all taken from various editions of the atlas from 1846 to 1848 (one map is dated 1849, but we believe it was issued in late 1848). It appears that these sheets were offprints that remained in the lithographer's shop and that the atlas was made up from them. Atlas is bound in half leather marbled paper covered boards with leather label on the front reading "Atlas Transferred From Copper To And Printed From Stone By Frederick Bourquin." The atlas stayed with the Franklin Institute, each page having the Institute's stamp on it, and was eventually sold by the Institute in the mid twentieth century. There are several erasures of dates that are earlier than 1848 (perhaps an attempt to make the book seem up to date) and several erasures of Tanner's name (on the title page) to conform to the fact that in 1848 this was known as Mitchell's atlas. The map borders vary between the "Mitchell" and the "Tanner" borders. And the paper thickness and quality varies as well. These sheets may have been some of the first "pulls" of each map in the various 1846-48 editions. This is a fascinating compilation and throws light on the transition in printing from copper plate to lithographic stone.
