1862 – Johnson’s New Family Atlas | Enormous Hand-Colored Maps | World Maps

An incredible Civil War-era family atlas! This atlas consists of nearly 100 colored J.H. Colton maps of states, cities, United States, and countries of the world! Individual maps from this collection are highly sought after and can be found for sale for nearly $500 by themselves! The double-page illustration of the world maps is particularly fine. Alvin Johnson was a famous map publisher in the mid-19th-century.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Johnson’s New Illustrated Family Atlas: With Physical Geography, and With Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical and Historical
• Author(s): Alvin Jewett Johnson
• Illustrator(s): J.H. Colton
• Publisher: New York, Johnson and Ward
• Edition: 1862.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Format: Folio, single volume
• Size:  18.75 in x 15 in (47.5 cm x 38 cm)
• Collation: 99, [1]
• Illustrations: 97 hand-colored maps
  • 99 maps numbered in contents, but no evidence of final map being extracted or lacking
• Contents Include:
  • World and U.S. state maps
  • Double-page hemispheric maps
  • Geographical and historical summaries
  • Statistical charts and data section

Condition:

Good. Hardcover binding is rubbed and stained, with pulling at the hinges though the text block remains secure. Corners are worn with minor loss. Internally, maps are clean. Missing two maps from the original set.

Why Collect This?

• Massive 1862 atlas issued during the Civil War
• original hand-colored maps by J.H. Colton

Item Number: # 29955