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Author
Colton, G.W.
Full Title
(Half Title Page to) Colton's Advertising Atlas Of America. Colton's Atlas Of America. Illustrating The Physical And Political Geography Of North And South America And The West India Islands, By George W. Colton. Accompanied By Descriptions Geographical, Statistical, And Historical, By Richard Swainson Fisher, M.D. New York: J.H. Colton And Company, No. 172 William, Corner Beekman Street. 1857. Entered ... One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-five, by J.H. Colton And Company ... New York.
List No
5479B
Note
Text is "Colton's American Atlas, Published by J.H. Colton & Co. No. 172 William St. New York. C. Wise, Sc.". Illustration of Native American Indians overlooking a valley showing numerous indications of "civilization".
Author
[Great Britain. Ordnance Survey, James, Henry]
Full Title
(Half title Page to) Report on the Ordnance Survey of the United Kingdom for 1855-56. (Signed) Henry James, Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Engineers. (with) Ordnance Survey. Treasury minute, dated 18 May 1855, and previous papers, relating to the Ordnance Survey. (Presented to Parliament by Her Majesty's Command.) Session 1856.
List No
6892.013
Note
Two papers bound in one volume, 19 & 27 pages, 28 maps (some color) and plans. With 15 page manuscript notice demonstrating different printing methods: electrotype, photographic reduction, hill sketching, hill shading, engraving, lithography, zincography, and anastatic process. And 10 pages of insert at the end of volume. Includes indexes to the Ordnance Surveys of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Bound in brown covers measuring 32.5x22, with "Report of the Ordnance Survey -- 1855-56." stamped in gold on the black leather spine. Treasury minute includes memorandum by Sir Charles Trevelyan, Lord Elcho, and Sir Henry James. Inside front cover: page signed by Henry James, L'General ... 1875. We have two copies of this volume and have combined variant images from both.
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