Two Mid-19th-Century Maps of the World

A. J. Johnson. JOHNSON'S WESTERN HEMISPHERE [and] JOHNSON'S EASTERN HEMISPHERE. [New York]: Johnson and Ward, [1862 or 1863]. Double hemisphere map with hand-coloring; from Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas. Well-presented under a mat and in a gilt wooden frame. Sight size 17 3/8 x 26 1/4 in.; Frame dimensions 29 1/8 x 38 in. (Centerfold, as issued, with two small areas of separation; mild foxing and creasing; a small edge tear; not examined outside the frame.)

S[amuel] Augustus Mitchell. A NEW MAP OF THE WORLD ON THE GLOBULAR PROJECTION. Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell, 1846 (dated). Double hemisphere map with hand-coloring; from Mitchell's A New Universal Atlas. Presented matted and framed. Image size 9 3/8 x 14 1/8 in.; Frame dimensions 18 1/8 x 22 7/8 in. (With some light foxing and staining; slightly loose within frame; not examined outside the frame.)

A Private High Point, North Carolina Collection