COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Frontispiece: The Five Varieties of the Human Race
Obj Height cm:
27
Obj Width cm:
21
Note:
A distinguishing feature of this publications was the innovative design of the frontispieces and title pages. In the example shown here, rather than personifying the continents with the classical icons that were used so frequently during the Renaissance and Baroque periods, he illustrated "five varieties of the human race" with their native costume-- American, African, Caucasian, Malay, and Mongol.
Reference:
Martin/Martin 31.
Full Title:
(Frontispiece to) The Five Varieties of the Human Race. (to accompany) A Comprehensive Atlas, Geographical, Historical & Commercial. By T.G. Bradford. William D. Ticknor, Boston. Wiley & Long, New-York. Entered ... 1835, by Thos. G. Bradford ... Massachusetts.
List No:
2643.002
Series No:
2
Pub Date:
1838
Pub Title:
A Comprehensive Atlas, Geographical, Historical & Commercial. By T.G. Bradford. William D. Ticknor, Boston. Wiley & Long, New-York. Entered ... 1835, by Thos. G. Bradford ... Massachusetts. (title page) Drawn by E. Tisdale, Landscapes by W. Croome. Eng. by J. Andrews.
Pub Reference:
Martin/Martin 31.
Pub Note:
Second edition. First Texas map in an atlas. Description of Texas is 2 pages, but Texas is not yet called a Republic. This edition has separate maps of North Carolina and Georgia, in addition to the map of both Carolinas and Georgia. Also, the previously combined Alabama and Mississippi, and Tennessee and Kentucky are separate maps in this edition. Dated 1838 on the cover label. May have been issued also in 1836 or 1837. Maps with hand painted outline color. Bound in half leather marbled paper covered boards with "Bradford's Comprehensive Atlas 1838. Containing About 100 Maps." printed on front label. Spine is stamped with "A Comprehensive Atlas. Geographical, Historical, Commercial."
Pub List No:
2643.000
Pub Maps:
74
Pub Height cm:
33
Pub Width cm:
28
Image No:
2643002
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
William D. Ticknor
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
Wiley & Long
Type:
Frontispiece
Engraver or Printer:
Tisdale, E.
Engraver or Printer:
Croome, W.
Engraver or Printer:
Boynton, G.W. & Co.
Engraver or Printer:
Andrews, J.
Publication Author:
Bradford, Thomas G.
Pub Type:
World Atlas
Author:
Bradford, Thomas G.
Date:
1838
Frontispiece: The Five Varieties of the Human Race
