1854 Mitchell Map Austria (1 results)
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Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
Contact seller4-star sellerVery good. Overall age toning. Minor spotting at places. Size 12.5 x 15.5 Inches. A fine example of Thomas Cowperthwait and S. A. Mitchell's 1854 map of the Austrian Empire. Covers the territories claimed by the once vast Austro-Hungarian Empire, including in whole or part the modern day nations of Austria, Hungary, Germany, Ita…ly, Albania, Croatia, Romania, and the Czech Republic. An inset in the lower right quadrant details the environs of Vienna. The whole is engraved in Mitchell's distinctive style with green border work and vivid pastels. Political and topographical features are noted and color coded with elevation rendered by hachure. This map was prepared by S. A. Mitchell for publication by the Philadelphia firm of Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. as plate no. 53 in the 1854 edition of Mitchell's New General Atlas . Dated and copyrighted, 'Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1850 by Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. in the Clerk's office of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. References: Rumsey 0537.057 (1846 edition). Phillips (Atlases) 814.
