Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Cover: Atlas to accompany System of universal history.

Short Title: 
Cover: Atlas to accompany System of universal history.
Obj Height cm: 
29
Obj Width cm: 
24
Note: 
Scarce atlas with full color maps on the design of Quin's Historical Atlas of 1830 -- the maps have clouds that gradually pull back to reveal the whole Earth as the maps progress from the earliest to the modern period. Heavy blue paper covers with title as above. List of "Valuable school books published by F.J. Huntington, Hartford" with blurbs on back cover.
Full Title: 
(Covers to) Atlas to accompany a System of universal history; containing: I. A chronological picture of nations, or perspective sketch of the course of empire. II. The progressive geography of the World, in a series of maps, adapted to the different epochas of the history. By Emma Willard, Principal of Troy Female Seminary, and author of other geographical and historical works. Hartford: Published By F.J. Huntington. MDCCCXXXVI. Entered ... 1835, by F.J. Huntington ... Connecticut.
List No: 
4545A
Series No: 
1
Pub Date: 
1836
Pub Title: 
Atlas to accompany a System of universal history; containing, I. A chronological picture of nations, or perspective sketch of the course of empire. II. The progressive geography of the World, in a series of maps, adapted to the different epochas of the history. By Emma Willard, Principal of Troy Female Seminary, and author of other geographical and historical works. Hartford: Published By F.J. Huntington. MDCCCXXXVI. Entered ... 1835, by F.J. Huntington ... Connecticut.
Pub Note: 
See note field above.
Pub List No: 
4545.000
Pub Maps: 
10
Pub Height cm: 
29
Pub Width cm: 
24
Image No: 
4545A
Institution: 
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement: 
Copyright 2005
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Publisher Location: 
Hartford
Publisher: 
F.J. Huntington
Type: 
Covers
Subject: 
Historical
Subject: 
School
Publication Author: 
Willard, Emma
Pub Type: 
Historical Atlas
Author: 
Willard, Emma
Date: 
1836