MITCHELL\'S PRIMARY GEOGRAPHY ANTIQUARIAN ANTEBELLUM BOOK ENGRAVINGS MAPS 1851 For Sale

1851 MITCHELL\'S PRIMARY GEOGRAPHY ANTIQUE SCHOOLBOOK ENGRAVINGS COLOR MAPS PHILA

Description:

Up for your consideration is this antique 1851 copy of Mitchell\'s Primary Geography, the Second Revised Edition, written by S. Augustus Mitchell and published in Philadelphia by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co. Subtitled \"An Easy Introduction to the Study of Geography,\" it was designed for the instruction of children in schools and families, and it comes from the Mitchell series that ranked among the most widely used American geography texts of the mid-1800s.

This is a true antebellum schoolbook, roughly 175 years old, made in the United States. It is bound in a dark green leather spine with printed paper-covered boards, a classic and economical binding style for schoolbooks of the period. The pictorial cover is printed in black ink on warm tan paper, with a Gothic-style architectural vignette above the title panel and a pair of engraved children at the foot of the design. The title page is dated 1851 and carries a charming vignette of two young scholars walking to their little schoolhouse.

Inside you get 120 engravings and 14 color-tinted maps, plus a frontispiece scene of a teacher pointing out the hemispheres to his class. The book is organized into 77 short geography lessons followed by a set of astronomy lessons, running past page 170. The preface highlights engravings of the Landing of the Pilgrims, William Penn\'s Treaty with the Indians, and Pocahontas saving Captain Smith, all meant to help young minds remember history through pictures.

The real fun is the map work. The Western States and Territories lesson and map cover Minnesota Territory and Indian Territory, and the text also names the Oregon, Utah, and New Mexico Territories. The contents list far-off names like the Ionian Republic, Birmah, Tartary, and Oceanica. It is a snapshot of how a young America taught its children to see the world just as the country was pushing west.

Textbooks of this era were made to be used hard, so surviving examples appeal to collectors of Americana, education history, and early cartography. It would look right at home on a shelf, in a display, or in a classroom-themed vignette.

Class is in session, and this one is unlikely to last until recess, so add it to your shelf before someone else gets top marks.

Features

✅ Mitchell\'s Primary Geography: An Easy Introduction to the Study of Geography

✅ Second Revised Edition, dated 1851

✅ Author: S. Augustus Mitchell, the Philadelphia geographer and mapmaker (1792–1868)

✅ Publisher: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., Philadelphia

✅ Designed for the instruction of children in schools and families

✅ Illustrated by One Hundred and Twenty Engravings with 14 maps that are color-tinted.

✅ Dark green leather spine with printed paper-covered boards

✅ Pictorial cover printed in black ink on tan paper

✅ Cover vignette of Gothic-style architecture with engraved children beneath the title panel

✅ Frontispiece engraving of a teacher pointing to a wall map of the hemispheres

✅ Title-page vignette of two schoolchildren walking to a schoolhouse

✅ Preface describing engravings of the Landing of the Pilgrims, Penn\'s Treaty, and Pocahontas

✅ 77 geography lessons, from the cardinal points through the continents, U.S. regions, and world history

✅ Closing lessons on Progress of Society, Government, and Religion

✅ Astronomy section (lessons 78–84) covering the Solar System, Moon, Planets, Comets, and Fixed Stars

✅ Map No. 7, Western States and Territories (page 59), showing Minnesota and Indian Territories

✅ Period place names such as Ionian Republic, Birmah, Tartary, and Oceanica

✅ Antebellum American imprint, about 175 years old

✅ Period ink ownership inscriptions, including \"Martin K. Kuhn\" and a \"Born 1838 July\" entry

✅ Collectible categories: antique textbooks, Americana, education history, early cartography, juvenile literature

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ADD. INFO: This is an Estate Sale find.

INCLUDED: The actual Geography Book as pictured.

NOT-INCLUDED: No original box, packaging, or paperwork. No props used for size reference.

DIMENSIONS: It measures 5-3/4\" wide x 6-3/4\" tall.

CIRCA: This book is a 2nd Edition and was printed in the 1851.

CONDITION: This antebellum geography book comes to you in overall fair to good condition considering it is 175 years old. The covers are frayed at the edges but are intact and the pages are toned. Plus the inside cover is not attached to the binding of the rest of the book BUT it is attached to the leather spine. There is also some foxing, as can be seen. Also the top half of page 74/5 and the bottom of pages 145/6 have been cut out. Likewise, 147 and 148 have been cut also but the bottom page is in the book. See Photos Please. AUTHENTICITY and your SATISFACTION are UNCONDITIONALLY 100% GUARANTEED!!! Once you get it - if you are not thrilled just let us know - we gladly accept returns. Check our response and buy with complete confidence we have been selling on everyday since 2001.

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