Lot 186
Johnson's World. Showing the Lines of Equal Magnetic Declination and the Circulation of the Winds and the Course of Stor, Two thematic world maps drawn by Professor A. Guyot, c.1858, and published in the rare 1870 edition of A. J. Johnson's Atlas of the World. The first map, "Johnson's World. Showing the Lines of Equal Magnetic Declination," is 5¾ x 10", hand-colored, "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1870 by A. J. Johnson in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York." The second map, "Showing the Circulation of the Winds and the Course of Storms," is 6¼ x 8½" and "Entered according to Act of Congress in the Year 1874 by A. J. Johnson in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington." Attractively framed to 16 x 20" and 16 x 18".
Estimated Value $200 - 300
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| Realized $240 |
