AN ATLAS OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY, A New Edition, with the most recent geographical and hydrographical discoveries; with an Index, containing upwards of eight thousand names of places, alphabetically arranged, with latitudes and longitudes carefully collected. By James Wyld, Geographer to Her Majesty and Prince Albert. [Cover title:] WYLD'S GENERAL ATLAS.

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8vo. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. 6 pp. + 26 folding maps + 44 pp. Index to Wyld's School Atlas. Bound in original decorated blind stamped green cloth with gilt title block on front board. Extremities worn and rubbed but a very good interior with a few small neat repairs to maps. Early and later signatures on first free endpaper. Illustrated by 26 hand coloured engraved maps, including 23 double page and 3 folding. An 1857 atlas of the world in twenty six hand coloured maps, primarily intended for use of schools. This title is scarce compared with his A New General Atlas of Modern Geography, although there were earlier editions of 1843 and 1854. James Wyld (1812-87) succeeded his father, James Wyld the Elder, in the family map making business in 1836. He served as one of the MPs for Bodmin, 1847-52. TOPOGRAPHY ATLAS ATLAS 19TH CENTURY TOPOGRAPHY. N° de ref. del artículo 24267

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