von Mentzer, T. A.
T. A. von Mentzers kartbok för skolans lägre klasser. Innehållande tjugofyra kartor. (.....).
Third edition. Stockholm. L. J. Hiertas förlagsexpedition. 1873. 22 x 28 cm. Title (wrapper) + 24 maps. With a folding map of Scandinavia (the first edition has 2 separate maps of the same area). This edition has the map "Europas hög- och lågländer".
Contemporary half calf. Marbled boards. Inscription on front fly leaf. Somewhat worn binding. Some rubbing to the boards. Some of the maps and the paste downs with the occasional brown spots. Front fly leaf, title and a couple of maps with more spots. The folding map of Scandinavia foxed and with tear in the margin.
An atlas for primary schools, massproduced at low cost with simplistic maps. An effort to bring geographical knowledge to the less fortunate in society. Mentzer was the architecht behind a number of swedish atlases in the second half of the 19th. century. In 1856, he published his famous historic atlas of Sweden. In 1860 he published a world atlas in folio, several editions were printed. Mentzer also joined forces with C. F. Wiberg to publish a historical world atlas in folio for the schools, also printed in several editions.
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