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1st and 2nd Items: COLTON''S ATLAS OF THE WORLD, George Woolworth Colton, New York: J.H. Colton and Co., 1856. Two large folio volumes, bound in publisher''s brown cloth, with gilt and blind stamped covers and spine, full-page hand-colored plates, each with accompanying informational text. Volume I, "North and South America", containing 57 plates; with plates of US states and territories as of 1855, featuring individual cities such as Boston, Philadelphia, and New York City (with "Proposed Central Park" area); US western frontier territories "Nebraska and "Kanzas" Territories, "New Mexico and Utah", and "Oregon and Washington"; Central and South American plates including "West Indies", "Cuba and Jamaica", and "Patagonia". Volume II, "Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceanica, Etc.", containing 49 plates – frontispiece, general maps/charts numbered II-XIII, and specific continent/country/city plates numbered 1-36; features individual cities Paris and London. Each volume, overall:19-1/4" H x 17" W; Plates 18-1/2" H x 16" W. 3rd Item: Map of the Seat of War in Africa (North Eastern Sheet), George W. Colton, Charles B. Colton, 1884. Laid in to rear of Volume II. Hand-colored, single sheet engraved map of Northeast Africa during the Mahdist War (1881-1899), primarily Egypt and Sudan, with inset Nile Delta. (CHECK) 18 1/4" H x 15 1/2" W. Note: G. W. Colton followed his father''s career path to become a cartographer and engraver. In 1855, inspired to create a detailed world atlas, issued the first volume of his Atlas of the World, with the second volume following the next year. A single volume edition was issued later.
PROVENANCE: By descent in the historic Pinckney family of Runnymede Plantation, South Carolina.
CONDITION: Both volumes have general wear and scuffs to covers, moderate foxing and toning to text pages throughout, generally not affecting plates. Volume 1: Covers separated, spine cover absent, but pages bound tightly and intact; end papers creased with tears and chips; frontispiece with considerable foxing; missing 4 plates of 61 and corresponding informational pages- Plate 10, New Hampshire; Plate 31 Alabama; Plate 36, Texas (#2); Plate 52, California. Volume II: All plates and text pages complete in tight binding; covers loose, spine chipped. 3rd Item: Chipping, holes and tears around outside edges, not affecting image.
