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Five maps representing Italian colonies in Libya (the first map), Eritrea (second, third, and fifth maps), and Somalia (fourth map). Maps show cities, roads, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, and islands. Each map includes a legend, and latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Maps share descriptive text, a bar scale given in kilometers, as well as a scale statement: 1:75,000,000. Color lithograph. Together, maps are 36 x 23 cm, on sheet 40 x 27 cm. Maps appear in Volume I., Grande atlante geografico : 102 tavole di geografia fisica, politica ed economica con 250 carte e cartine ed indice dei nomi by Mario Baratta and Luigi Visintin. Published by Istituto Geografico de Agostini in Novara, Italy, 1922. Title translates to: Large geographical atlas: 102 tables of physical, political and economic geography with 250 charts and maps and an index of names. In two volumes. The first volume includes a brown paper jacket with the title printed in blue on the cover and spine, with a maroon leather cover and matching fabric overlay and spine, gilt title and spine title. The second volume includes a maroon fabric cover, gilt title and spine title. Each volume include a title page, table of contents, and extensive index. Atlas covers the world and includes 304 maps across both volumes. Maps show political boundaries, cities, railways, roads, deserts, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, and islands. Founded in Rome in 1901 by Giovanni De Agostini with the name "Primo Istituto Italiano di Cartografia", the primary title of the newly founded publishing house was the Atlante De Agostini Calendar. The idea was an immediately success. In 1908 the company moved to Novara, Italy, both because it was closer to Germany, from which De Agostini took his cartography equipment, and because the area had rapid industrial development. In 1919 the company was acquired by Marco Boroli and Cesare Rossi and began its climb to success. In 1922 the Great Geographical Atlas was released - the first great Italian atlas. From 1927, with the installation in Novara of the first rotogravure printing plant in Italy, the De Agostini Institute began to diversify its publishing activities: it inaugurated a series of illustrated books, entered the sector of school textbooks, and published a series of art books. In 1946, the company was taken over entirely by the Boroli family. In the 1950s, the company produced art editions, children's books and large encyclopedia volumes. From 1959 to 1970 sixteen large encyclopedias were produced and accompanied by the adoption of installment sales, an absolute novelty for the time. Starting in 1983, the company began to lead the industry with large, multi-volume works and school textbooks, gaining a leading position at a national level. It then began to acquire publishing houses operating in major European markets. Today, De Agostini Editore is currently one of the most well-known and important Italian publishing houses, operating in over thirty countries around the world in thirteen different languages. Its activities are focused on the promotion and dissemination of knowledge in all its forms. Historical notes courtesy Fondazione Fiera, Milan: https://archiviostorico.fondazionefiera.it/entita/1463-istituto-geografico-de-agostini

Map representing the physical and political geography of Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, and current-day Djibouti. Shows political boundaries, topography, cities, roads, deserts, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, islands, and water depths. Relief shown with hachures and color coding. Includes descriptive text, a legend, latitudinal and longitudinal lines, a bar scale given in kilometers, as well as a scale statement: 1:10,000,000. Color lithograph. Map is 36 x 23 cm, on sheet 40 x 27 cm. Appears in Volume I., Grande atlante geografico : 102 tavole di geografia fisica, politica ed economica con 250 carte e cartine ed indice dei nomi by Mario Baratta and Luigi Visintin. Published by Istituto Geografico de Agostini in Novara, Italy, 1922. Title translates to: Large geographical atlas: 102 tables of physical, political and economic geography with 250 charts and maps and an index of names. In two volumes. The first volume includes a brown paper jacket with the title printed in blue on the cover and spine, with a maroon leather cover and matching fabric overlay and spine, gilt title and spine title. The second volume includes a maroon fabric cover, gilt title and spine title. Each volume include a title page, table of contents, and extensive index. Atlas covers the world and includes 304 maps across both volumes. Maps show political boundaries, cities, railways, roads, deserts, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, and islands. Founded in Rome in 1901 by Giovanni De Agostini with the name "Primo Istituto Italiano di Cartografia", the primary title of the newly founded publishing house was the Atlante De Agostini Calendar. The idea was an immediately success. In 1908 the company moved to Novara, Italy, both because it was closer to Germany, from which De Agostini took his cartography equipment, and because the area had rapid industrial development. In 1919 the company was acquired by Marco Boroli and Cesare Rossi and began its climb to success. In 1922 the Great Geographical Atlas was released - the first great Italian atlas. From 1927, with the installation in Novara of the first rotogravure printing plant in Italy, the De Agostini Institute began to diversify its publishing activities: it inaugurated a series of illustrated books, entered the sector of school textbooks, and published a series of art books. In 1946, the company was taken over entirely by the Boroli family. In the 1950s, the company produced art editions, children's books and large encyclopedia volumes. From 1959 to 1970 sixteen large encyclopedias were produced and accompanied by the adoption of installment sales, an absolute novelty for the time. Starting in 1983, the company began to lead the industry with large, multi-volume works and school textbooks, gaining a leading position at a national level. It then began to acquire publishing houses operating in major European markets. Today, De Agostini Editore is currently one of the most well-known and important Italian publishing houses, operating in over thirty countries around the world in thirteen different languages. Its activities are focused on the promotion and dissemination of knowledge in all its forms. Historical notes courtesy Fondazione Fiera, Milan: https://archiviostorico.fondazionefiera.it/entita/1463-istituto-geografico-de-agostini

Three maps representing the physical and political geography of Eritrea (in the first map), current-day northwestern part of Libya (second map), and current-day northeastern part of Libya (third map). Maps show political boundaries, topography, cities, roads, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, islands, and water depths. Relief shown with hachures and color coding. Each map Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines, a bar scale given in kilometers, as well as a scale statement; scales differ. Maps share a legend. Color lithograph. Together, maps are 36 x 25 cm, on double sheet 40 x 29 cm. Maps appear in Volume II., Grande atlante geografico : 102 tavole di geografia fisica, politica ed economica con 250 carte e cartine ed indice dei nomi by Mario Baratta and Luigi Visintin. Published by Istituto Geografico de Agostini in Novara, Italy, 1922. Title translates to: Large geographical atlas: 102 tables of physical, political and economic geography with 250 charts and maps and an index of names. In two volumes. The first volume includes a brown paper jacket with the title printed in blue on the cover and spine, with a maroon leather cover and matching fabric overlay and spine, gilt title and spine title. The second volume includes a maroon fabric cover, gilt title and spine title. Each volume include a title page, table of contents, and extensive index. Atlas covers the world and includes 304 maps across both volumes. Maps show political boundaries, cities, railways, roads, deserts, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, and islands. Founded in Rome in 1901 by Giovanni De Agostini with the name "Primo Istituto Italiano di Cartografia", the primary title of the newly founded publishing house was the Atlante De Agostini Calendar. The idea was an immediately success. In 1908 the company moved to Novara, Italy, both because it was closer to Germany, from which De Agostini took his cartography equipment, and because the area had rapid industrial development. In 1919 the company was acquired by Marco Boroli and Cesare Rossi and began its climb to success. In 1922 the Great Geographical Atlas was released - the first great Italian atlas. From 1927, with the installation in Novara of the first rotogravure printing plant in Italy, the De Agostini Institute began to diversify its publishing activities: it inaugurated a series of illustrated books, entered the sector of school textbooks, and published a series of art books. In 1946, the company was taken over entirely by the Boroli family. In the 1950s, the company produced art editions, children's books and large encyclopedia volumes. From 1959 to 1970 sixteen large encyclopedias were produced and accompanied by the adoption of installment sales, an absolute novelty for the time. Starting in 1983, the company began to lead the industry with large, multi-volume works and school textbooks, gaining a leading position at a national level. It then began to acquire publishing houses operating in major European markets. Today, De Agostini Editore is currently one of the most well-known and important Italian publishing houses, operating in over thirty countries around the world in thirteen different languages. Its activities are focused on the promotion and dissemination of knowledge in all its forms. Historical notes courtesy Fondazione Fiera, Milan: https://archiviostorico.fondazionefiera.it/entita/1463-istituto-geografico-de-agostini

Map representing current-day Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, and parts of Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, and Saudi Arabia. Shows political boundaries, indigenous territory, cities, roads, topography, deserts, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, and islands. Relief shown with hachures. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as bar scales given in geographical and English miles. Hand-colored engraving. Map is 51 x 60 cm, on double sheet 56 x 68 cm., The London atlas of universal geography. Bound in black leather with gilt title, border, and spine title. Published by John Arrowsmith in London, 1858. In total, atlas includes 121 maps. Maps feature political boundaries, topography, cities, railways, roads, bodies of water, drainage, shorelines, coastlines, and islands. Printed primarily as hand-colored engravings, with two maps in black and white. All but one of the maps in this atlas were published by John Arrowsmith. The map of Mauritius was engraved in Edinburgh by W.H. Lizars. It is quite rare, and may be a unique survival. Examples of The London atlas of universal geography with a title page dated after 1842 are extremely rare. Most later examples have a title page date of 1842, with a list of 50 maps, often supplemented by additional maps. The Arrowsmiths were a cartographic dynasty which operated from the late-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. The family business was founded by Aaron Arrowsmith (1750-1823), who was renowned for carefully prepared and meticulously updated maps, globes, and charts. He created many maps that covered multiple sheets and which were massive in total size. His spare yet exacting style was recognized around the world and mapmakers from other countries, especially the young country of the United States, sought his maps and charts as exemplars for their own work. Aaron Arrowsmith was born in County Durham in 1750. He came to London for work around 1770, where he found employment as a surveyor for the city’s mapmakers. By 1790, he had set up his own shop which specialized in general charts. Arrowsmith worked in five locations during his career, which were primarily located on or near Soho Square, a neighborhood which included the naturalist Joseph Banks, and hydrographer Matthew Flinders. Through his business ties and employment at the Hydrographic Office, Arrowsmith made other important relationships with Alexander Dalrymple, the Hudson’s Bay Company, and others entities. In 1810 he became Hydrographer to the Prince of Wales and, in 1820, Hydrographer to the King. Aaron Arrowsmith died in 1823, whereby the business and title of Hydrographer to the King passed to his sons, Aaron and Samuel, and later to his nephew, John Aaron Jr. (1802-1854), who was a founding member of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS). Samuel and John Aaron Jr. worked as partners in the business and they traded together until John Aaron Jr. left the family business in 1832 and enrolled at Oxford to become a minister. Samuel died at age 34 in 1839; his brother presided over his funeral. The remaining stock and copper plates were bought at auction by John Arrowsmith, their cousin. John Arrowsmith (1790-1873) operated his own independent business after his uncle passed away. After 1839, John moved into the Soho location of his uncle and cousins. John enjoyed considerable recognition in the geography and exploration community, and carried the title Hydrographer to Queen Victoria. Like Aaron Jr., John was a founding member of the RGS and would serve as its unofficial cartographer for 43 years. Several geographical features in Australia and Canada are named after him. He died in 1873 and the majority of his stock was eventually bought by Edward Stanford, who co-founded Stanford’s map shop, which is still open today in Covent Garden, London. ⁃ Historical notes courtesy Barry Lawrence Ruderman

Map of Northwest Africa, including Egypt, Abyssinia [present-day Ethiopia], Eritrea and Egyptian Sudan [present-day Sudan]. Shows political boundaries, cities, railroads, submarine telegraph lines, topography, deserts, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, islands and water routes with distances. Relief shown with hachures. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines, as well as a bar scale given in miles and explanatory notes throughout. Provides figures for square milage and population. Map indexed to indicate place names. Inset map: Suez Canal. Colored lithograph. Map is 41 x 26 cm, on sheet 45 x 33 cm., Cram's standard American railway system atlas of the world, by George F. Cram; published in New York and Chicago, 1899. Bound in dark teal-colored board, which has been reinforced with duct tape. Front cover includes title, advertisement and "Index to United States, Canada and Mexico maps". With green floral end papers. Collation: 2° : [1-4], 5-510, 515-608, [1-42] pages. Atlas comprised of 231 maps, with geographic coverage of the United States as a whole and each of its fifty states, as well as Canada, Central America, South America, the West Indies, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa, the East Indies, Australia and New Zealand. Also, with several city maps, including San Francisco, New York, Philadelphia, Detroit, Atlanta, Dallas and Denver. Maps show political boundaries, counties, towns, Indian reservations, mines, railroads, roads, steamship lines, topography, bodies of water, drainage, coastlines, islands and water routes with distances. Some maps provide figures for square mileage and population. Volume includes title page, table of contents, and index pages associated with state maps, as well as 42 (unnumbered) pages with “Special list of attorneys in every banking town in the United States” and “Bank directory containing one or more principal banks and bankers in each city and town in the United States, who make a specialty of collections and general banking business”. According to the title, “Maps of the United States are the largest scale and clearest print of any maps published. Foreign maps are compiled largely from charts of the Royal Geographical Society and are geographically correct.” For the 1901 edition of the atlas, see Pub List No. 2809.000.

Has relief maps of U.S. states and Continents. The relief maps here are on separate pages - they also appear in the 1908 Indexed Atlas of the World, but put in the text pages and surrounded by text. Full printed color. In volume 1, individual map titles typically begin, "The Rand McNally New Commercial Atlas Map of". State maps include list of railroads which are keyed to map. In volume 2, individual map titles typically begin, "The Rand McNally New Library Atlas Map of". The (International) "Index to Maps" portion of the atlas was not scanned., P3637b.

Date based on newest map sheet date. Outline color. Relief shown in hachures.

This edition of the Geographisches Institute atlas marks an important move away from the 18th century mode of mapmaking towards a style that reflects what we think of today as 19th century German mapmaking - the use of hachures instead of mountains drawn in profile, and a more uniform typography. Date based on newest maps in atlas. Relief shown in hachures., Espenhorst 1.1.2 (this copy is the 4th edition).

Date based on newest map in atlas. Outline color. Relief in hachures.

Two volume set in English. 10th edition and the Centenary edition. This edition was a very important revision and was issued in German, French, English, Spanish, and Italian. Each map preceded by index map, printed in blue, which is labeled, "Stielers Handatlas, Zehnte Auflage / Hundertjahr-Ausgabe. Gotha: Justus Perthes." Relief shown in hachures. Alphabetical Index of place names not scanned. Over 43 different draftsmen and engravers are listed on the various sheets., Espenhorst 2.1.1.1.10

First edition was in 1897. Color. Relief shown by hachures., P1078.

This atlas was published in many compilations over a thirty year period. It was indeed an atlas of "choice" of the publisher and as such consists of a wide variety of maps that Andriveau-Goujon favored to include at the time. It consists of ancient and modern geographical maps, engraved and hand colored. Date estimated; based on newest map sheet in atlas, 1854.

Color map. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths by isolines. Includes 1:2,500,000 scale insets of parts of Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia., P6715; World 477.

Outline Color. Relief shown by hachures

Outline color. Relief shown in hachures. Alphabetical Index not scanned.

Countries and districts outlined in color. Relief shown by hachures. Four scales.

Prime meridians are Greenwich and Washington D.C. Relief shown by hachures., Several changes from our 1865 edition, especially in the western maps. This copy is missing the Hindoostan map. Full color used to differentiate the political boundaries., P6155.

Prime meridians Washington D.C. and Greenwich. Relief shown by hachures. With printed color., The third edition. See note field above., P950.

In outline color., This atlas is remarkable for its understated elegance and clarity. It is one of the first truly "modern" atlases of the nineteenth century. This is the fifty sheet 1842 edition, with fifteen maps added including the second state of the rare Map of Texas (1843) and several maps dated 1844. This edition of this atlas is unrecorded in Verner, Phillips, National Maritime Museum, and the British Museum World. The fourteen other additional maps include interesting maps of Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Caribbean. Bound with half-leather brown boards with "The London Atlas, by J. Arrowsmith." embossed on the cover., None found - see Streeter Texas 1373A, Wheat 451, Martin & Martin 32 for the Texas map.

Stained on edge., This Barbie du Bocage was the son of J.D. Barbie du Bocage, whose "Voyage Anacharsis" is well known. Full hand painted color., Tooley Dictionary (J.G. Barbie du Bocage).

Col. map. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Indexed. "Rand, McNally & Company's" in margin., This was Rand McNally's highwater mark for its 19th century atlases. No obvious changes from the 1896 edition. Similar to the 1897 Standard Atlas of the World. Vol 1 - Foreign Countries, Vol 2 - United States. Map in full printed color. Atlas is bound in green cloth covers with "The Rand-McNally indexed atlas of the world . Foreign countries" and " ... United States" stamped in gilt on Volumes 1 and 2, respectively., cf Phillips, 1026 (1898 ed.)

Countries and districts outlined in color. Relief shown by hachures. Four scales., See Note field above. Maps are printed in outline color with the exception of the full color North Polar Chart., cfP6269 (1894 ed.).

In full color. Two maps include: 1. Abessinia (sic) and the Adjacent Countries. Constructed by Augustus Petermann, F.R.G.S. Engraved by G.H. Swanston. 2. Map of Part of Central Africa According to Clapperton, Denham, Richardson, Barth, Vogel & Baikie; from Original Documents in possession of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Constructed & Engraved by G.H. Swanston, Edinburgh. Maps surrounded by drawings of the local people, animals, and landscape of the region., 1st edition 1864; published in 27 parts 1854-62. The date of 1872 is estimated by the Australia map; all the maps are undated and probably date throughout the period 1864 to 1872: the North America map shows Colorado and Russian America while the United States map has no Colorado. The World maps show Alaska. This is the last highly decorative atlas published in England. Even the maps without views or figures are beautifully engraved and colored with a mixture of printed color and hand color. Swanston, Petermann, Bartholomew, Macnab and Johnson engraved the maps. The introduction by Shaw among other things lists important general atlases published over a long period. He lists only one United States atlas, Mitchell's Universal Atlas of 1853! The maps bear a superficial resemblance to Keith Johnston's Royal Atlas. Fullarton frequently gives the sources for his maps - for the United States maps he gives Calvin Smith and Tanner as sources. The atlas is bound in half leather dark green cloth covered boards with "The Royal Illustrated Atlas." stamped in gilt on the cover; the spine reads "Royal Illustrated Atlas" in gold., cf P838 (1862); M&B p182; Tooley Australia 659 (1872); NMM 521.

Border of map has a list of cities and populations, keyed to map. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians Washington D.C. and Greenwich. Countries and Tasmanian counties differentiated in full color., Some of Cram's best maps of the U.S. and world. Large number of U.S. cities mapped. Printed color., cf P3350 (1902).

Engraved. Shows tribal areas. Relief shown with hachures., Unusual collection of maps by various makers. The Melish maps are from the second edition of the Military and Topographical Atlas, but not including the two general maps of the northern and southern states and the coast. Also present are Melish's map of the U.S. to accompany Maclure's Geology, several maps of foreign countries by Carey maps of the West Indies by Lucas, and many maps by unknown makers, including one of Ross' arctic discoveries. "The map of the Country Belonging to the Cherokee and Creek Indians From the Original Drawing in the War Department" by Melish is a later edition and title than the one appearing in the Military and Topographical Atlas (see P1347 to compare). May have been published by A.T. Goodrich who acquired much of Melish's material after his death, or Robert Desilver who acquired the Carey maps. Atlas is bound in half leather, brown paper covered boards, with "Atlas" stamped in gilt on spine., P6053.

Countries outlined in color. Relief shown by hachures. Three scales., cfP6269 (1894 ed.).

Hand col. lithographed map. Relief shown by hachures; depths by soundings. Covers parts of Yemen, Eritrea, Djibouti and southern Saudi Arabia. Shows explorers' routes in the Red Sea. Prime meridian: Paris., A complete set of the six volume Atlas Universel in original bindings of half red leather teal cloth covered boards with title "Vandermaelen. Atlas Universel..." embossed in gold on the spine. This monumental work was the first atlas of the world with all maps on the same scale (and a large scale at that - about one inch to 26 miles) and the first lithographed world atlas. If all the maps were joined together they would form a globe of 7.75 meters in diameter (such a globe was made in Brussels). The maps were published originally in parts of ten maps each, beginning in 1825 and ending in 1827. Vandermaelen's maps are frequently misunderstood because each map is usually best comprehended in the context of its neighboring maps - the maps do not function well on their own, since they were all meant to be joined. Koeman states that "His atlases, although unique in concept and size did not possess that fine touch of cartographic style which make them attractive for a collector..." We strongly disagree - the graphic art of the maps must be appreciated in the context of lithography, a developing art at the time; as lithographs, they are very well done. For many of the areas depicted, these maps are the largest scale maps made at the time, and the most detailed (particularly in the American West). Maps are hand painted in outline color., Phillips, 749; Koeman Vdm 1; National Maritime Museum, 179; Wellens-De Donder, L. Philippe Vandermaelen 1795-1869, 4-5.

Relief shown by hachures. Countries outlined in color. Inset of Mocha to Aden., Unusual Map projections. Outline color., P4327.

Countries in color; states outlined in color. Relief shown by hachures., 1st edition in this format was 1885. 18th ed. With printed color., P952.

Color map on 2 pages. Shows cities, towns, roads, ports, etc. Political divisions shown in different colors. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian is Greenwich., Fully revised edition, in 864 pages, maps in color, some double page. Includes indexes and gazetteers, diagrams, statistical and astronomical charts, population density, various views of scenery and people, and new census information. Bound in red cloth covered boards, with title: "Cram’'s atlas of the world, ancient and modern". Title and borders stamped in gold.

The color litho maps are by Edward Weller. Ten color litho plates illustrate the races of mankind. Extensive text. Relief shown in hachures. Full color. Gilt edging on pages.

Atlas companion volume to a course on commercial geography. Every map page has the heading, "Geografia Commerciale". Relief shown in hachures. Outline color. In 1843 Marmocchi published the Nuovo Atlante Cosmografico (P887). It is probably the most accomplished work of Francesco Costantino Marmocchi (Poggibonsi, 1805-1858), a renowned geographer and cartographer. Of Mazzini's sympathies, Marmocchi took part in the riots of 1831, when he was jailed. In 1848 he became deputy in the Tuscan Parliament, and then held the office of Secretary of the Interior under Guerrazzi. He traveled extensively and made many geographical studies., P828

Foldout., Relief shown in hachures. Outline color.