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Mr. Philip D. Burden
P.O. Box 863,
Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks HP6 9HD,
UNITED KINGDOM
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The publishing firm of Colton was founded by Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800-93) in 1831 in New York. His major work was the ‘Atlas of the World’ the first volume of which was first published in 1855. A second volume was issued the following year. The two volume format continued in 1857 and 1858, however in 1857 he issued a single volume entitled the ‘General Atlas’. This 1860 edition is the first issued after the dissolution of the partnership with Johnson & Browning who in the same year issued their own work. Provenance: inscription of ‘A L Hard from Grandpa’ first free endpaper; ex Richard Arkway, New York, 1991, for the private collection of Rodney Shirley. This edition not in Phillips; Ristow p. 325.
COLTON, Joseph Hutchins
Colton's General Atlas, Containing One Hundred and Eighty Steel Plate Maps and Plans, on One Hundred and Eight Imperial Folio Sheets
J. H. Colton, No. 172 William Street, New York, 1860
Folio (445 x 375 mm.), original publishers half calf, ornate gilt ruling, gilt title to upper board, blind to back board, with gilt ruled compartments to spine and gilt title. With ornate vignette frontispiece, title page, List of Maps (with small margin repair), 1 plate of Mountains and Rivers and 101 maps of which 6 are double page and two are unlisted (North and South Poles), all in early colour except the two Poles, with a number of leaves of descriptive text interspersed, one or two margin tears repaired, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9459
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