1849 mitchell map switzerland (1 Ergebnisse)

Very good. Minor foxing and overall toning. Minor edge wear. Size 10.5 x 12.5 Inches. This is a beautiful 1849 map of Switzerland by Samuel Augustus Mitchell. Depicts the entire country color coded according to individual regions. Political and topographical features are noted and color coded with elevation rendered by hachure. The whole is engraved and colored in Mitchell's distinctive style with green border work and vivid pastels. Mitchell published this chart in his atlas from 1846 to the late 1850s before discontinuing the series and selling his map plates to DeSilver. This map was issued in the 1849 edition of the New Universal Atlas . It was the last edition of that atlas to be published by Mitchell prior to selling the plates and rights to the atlas to Thomas Cowperthwait in 1850. References: Rumsey 0545.060.…