Jun 07, 2012 - Sale 2280

Sale 2280 - Lot 52

Price Realized: $ 270
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(MANUSCRIPT ATLAS.) Elemente der Geographie [from the cover label]. Manuscript atlas prepared in Germany by H. Werner. [74] pages, including 23 full-page ink, pencil, and color maps of various parts of the world. Oblong folio, 275x350 mm, original 1/4 roan, very worn; scattered minor dampstaining, several leaves defective. Germany, 1850s?

Additional Details

The maps are obviously copied from another source and the atlas was possibly created as a school project. Based on those states shown as admitted to the American Union, the atlas dates from the 1850s. This presumes, however, that Werner was copying fairly contemporary maps.