The Columbian World's Fair Atlas, Containing Complete Illustrations of the World's Fair Grounds and Buildings...of Chicago and Maps of Every State and Territory of the United States and Canada and General Maps of the World

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Lot #82The Columbian World's Fair Atlas, Containing Complete Illustrations of the World's Fair Grounds and Buildings...of Chicago and Maps of Every State and Territory of the United States and Canada and General Maps of the World

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Sale 281: Maps & Atlases: The Collection of Ernst W. Gerber, Part II (#281) 03/11/2004 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Title:

The Columbian World's Fair Atlas, Containing Complete Illustrations of the World's Fair Grounds and Buildings...of Chicago and Maps of Every State and Territory of the United States and Canada and General Maps of the World

Author:

Rathbun, E. B.

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

E. B. Rathbun

Date Published:

[1893]

Description:

194 pp. With 103 maps printed in color (14 are double-page) and 4 black and white maps (2 are full-page including the ground plan of the Columbian Exposition); several wood engravings; 4 pages of various charts and graphs; ads in the back. (Folio) 13½x11¼, original brown cloth, marbled page edges.

Commemorates the 1893 World's Fair / Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The double-page maps include: The World; United States; NewYork (state and city); Philadelphia; Asia; Palestine; China; London and Paris (both mostly black and white), etc. City maps include: Chicago; Boston; Constantinople; St. Petersburg; Naples; Calcutta; Berlin and Jerusalem (both mostly in black and white).

Condition:

Spine sunned, ends and corners bumped, soiling; hinges cracking, light foxing, occasional tears; very good overall with the maps in very good to near fine condition.

Item#:

141731
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Sale 281: Maps & Atlases: The Collection of Ernst W. Gerber, Part II (#281) 03/11/2004 1:00 PM PST Closed Starts Ending 03/11/2004 1:00 PM PST

Lot #82The Columbian World's Fair Atlas, Containing Complete Illustrations of the World's Fair Grounds and Buildings...of Chicago and Maps of Every State and Territory of the United States and Canada and General Maps of the World

Sale 281: Maps & Atlases: The Collection of Ernst W. Gerber, Part II (#281) 03/11/2004 1:00 PM PST Closed Starts Ending 03/11/2004 1:00 PM PST

Sale 281: Maps & Atlases: The Collection of Ernst W. Gerber, Part II (#281) 03/11/2004 1:00 PM PST Closed
Starts Ending 03/11/2004 1:00 PM PST

Sale 281: Maps & Atlases: The Collection of Ernst W. Gerber, Part II (#281) 03/11/2004 1:00 PM PST Closed
Starts Ending 03/11/2004 1:00 PM PST