With 109 (of 111) map sheets as listed on the contents page, many are double-page. East and West Hemispheres, plus insets; 2 hand-colored plates, including: world time differences, flags of the world (double-page), 5 charts showing the heights of mountains and lengths of rivers of the world (double-page); 12 physical maps (on 4 pages); steel-engraved frontispiece of the U.S. Capitol building; plus several wood engravings within the text and 2 full-page Coats of Arms leaves. (Folio) 18x14½, original quarter brown morocco and cloth, decoratively blind-stamped, stamped and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers.
The final map sheet (Ancient Greece and Rome) is lacking. The comprehensive Johnson’s atlas of the United States and the world, mostly focusing on the Americas. Double-page maps include: United States and several individual U.S. states; the World; North America; portions of Canada; New York City and Brooklyn; Richmond and Peninsular Campaign; Texas; California and the Southwest; West Indies; South America; European countries; Russia; Asia; India and Southeast Asia; Africa; Australia and East Indies; Roman Empire, etc.
