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[6], 12 + 63 index pp. With 63 hand-colored steel-engraved maps (18 double-page) plus insets , on 61 map-sheets; one engraved chart showing the magnetic curves of the world; 9 hand-colored map charts (1 full-page); 1 hand-colored plate showing the mountains and rivers of the world; 1 engraved plate of Humboldt's distribution of plants in equatorial America; 2 hand-colored diagrams; and 4 engraved charts of the solar system, the celestial hemispheres and the theory of the seasons. (Folio) 43.9x32.4 cm (17¼x12¾"), original green half-morocco with cloth-covered boards, ruled and lettered in gilt on spine, raised bands, cartographic endpapers, all edges gilt.

Colorful general atlas with 18 double page maps, including those for India, various countries in Europe, Australia, South America, British America, the Artic Regions, and the United States (states along and east of the Mississippi). Gilt-lettered morocco label on the front pastedown stating "A Birthday Present for Mrs. T.H. Hadley, April 8, 1858." Institutional stamps throughout, call number written on spine at heel. Institutional bookplate tipped in on front free endpaper.