The Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena, for the use of colleges, academies, and families
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1850. Hardcover. Navy blue buckram, gilt letters on spine, 122 text pp., 24 colored map plates., plus double-page colored map as frontispiece. G (Rebound in buckram from original leather by former art library owner; book has average age and wear overall; plate pages may have very light foxing in spots; all plates are present; includes mark from former individual owner on plate page margins.). Item #154516
A terrific copy of Johnston's early physical atlas, although in rebound form. This copy once belonged to American journalist and Egyptologist Charles Edwin Wilbour (1833-1896), and his name stamp appears in the margins of the map plate pages. Scarce.
Price: $375.00