Atlas Von Nord-Amerika. Nach den neuesten Materialien ... in 18 Blattern mit erlauterndem Texte herausgegeben von Henry Lange (Signed by the author)

Henry Lange

Braunschweig [Germany] : G. Westermann, 1854

[Presentation Copy: Inscribed by the author to Professor Benjamin Silliman, Yale College.] Bound in contemporary marbled boards, with 1/4 cloth spine. 28 x 37 cm. 28 p. : 18 maps. Hand colored or outlined. Front cover wrap bound in, with some Yale restoration.  Yale University engraved bookplate and stamp. Maps generally in very good condition, clean and unmarked. According to David Rumsey: "The cartography is elegant and understated. The eighteen maps and text comprise a general atlas of North America, with special emphasis on Texas and California. The Texas map shows in colored outline the lands granted to the Adelsverein and has the post road from Indianola to New Braunfels marked in red. The map of Oregon, California, Utah, New Mexico, etc. shows the gold regions in California and has an inset map of San Francisco Bay. There is also a striking separate map of San Francisco Bay titled "Bai San Francisco und Vereinigung des Sacramento mit dem San Joaquin." It has a lovely inset view of San Francisco and shows the routes by river to Sacramento and San Joaquin. Also issued under the title of "Kartenwerk zu dr. Karl Andree's Nord-Amerika," see P1231. Outline color. Bound in patterned paper covered boards with dark blue cloth spine with "Lange Atlas von Nord-amerika" stamped in gold. <br> Refs:  Wheat Gold 264; cf Graff 2851 (Mollhausen Map); Tooley Dictionary p 375.