COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Cover: Fitch's mapping plates.
Obj Height cm:
27
Obj Width cm:
21
Note:
Maps exquisitely drawn by Lydia S. Weeks & others. Has a lock of hair between two pages - Ms. Weeks'? The school atlas contains 15 plates. Twelve of the maps are drawn in pen-and-ink without color; the Southern Europe Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean maps are not drawn. Covers are tan cards with the above title printed in black. "Directions for mapping" appears on back cover.
Full Title:
(Covers to) Fitch's mapping plates, designed for learners in geography, being a collection of plates prepared for delineating maps of the World, and countries forming its principal subdivisions ... By George W. Fitch. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman and Company, 115 Nassau Street. Entered ... 1850, by Huntington and Savage ... New York.
List No:
0289A
Series No:
1
Pub Date:
1850
Pub Title:
Fitch's mapping plates, designed for learners in geography, being a collection of plates prepared for delineating maps of the World, and countries forming its principal subdivisions ... By George W. Fitch. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman and Company, 115 Nassau Street. Entered ... 1840, by Huntington and Savage ... New York.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
0289.000
Pub Maps:
12
Pub Height cm:
27
Pub Width cm:
21
Image No:
0289A
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
Publisher Location:
New York
Publisher:
Blakeman, Sheldon & Co.
Type:
Covers
World Area:
World
Subject:
School
Publication Author:
Fitch, George W.
Pub Type:
School Atlas
Author:
Fitch, George W.
Date:
1850
Cover: Fitch's mapping plates.
