Worcester's Ancient Classical and Scripture Atlas
Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Co., 1850. Paperback. "Improved edition." 1 atlas of 7 leaves containing 10 hand-colored maps; 32 cm. Yellow wrappers with wrapper title printed in black within a Greek key pattern border. No date of publication; the firm published as Phillips, Sampson & Co. from 1850 to 1859. Contains 1 double-leaf map: Roman Empire; 3 full-leaf maps: Ancient Italy, Ancient Greece, and Asia Minor; and 6 smaller maps on 2 leaves. The larger maps have the imprint: Lewis & Sampson, Boston. Publisher's advertisement on back wrapper within a Greek key pattern border. Stamped along fore-edge of front wrapper: "From Central S.D.A. Church, 21st & Fairmount Ave." Inscribed on first blank leaf: "To Bessie from Dagmar." In Good+ Condition: wrapper is soiled; 2-cm. closed tear from lower edge of front wrapper; lower corner of front wrapper and first 2 leaves creased with chipping; a few ink marks in the map of the Roman Empire; one ink spot on the map of Asia Minor; otherwise, clean and bright. Good +. Item #004464
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