Schul-Atlas Uber Alle Theile der Erde Nach Dem Neuesten Zustande, und Uber das Weltgebaude

Description

Oblong 4to. Hardcover. Old half brown stippled cloth over black stippled boards. 24x32x1.5 cm. Justus Perthes. Gotha. 1852. [2] pages plus maps. 37 (of 39) maps, 35 in outline color. Fair. Lacks the solar system and Italy maps. Closed tear to the Bohemia maps. Ink blots and notes to margins, Scattered pencil marks. Margins soiled. Title page lower margin repaired. German text. A well-used copy of this popular German school atlas. Includes 29 of the 31 maps listed on the title page plus 8 maps of Austria. United States map shows an independent German colony in central Texas. Based on Stieler’s famous “Hand-Atlas”. A defective copy but a useful reference for the study of mid nineteenth century history. weight: 1.3 lb.