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18905166London: J. Braill & Son 1890. Aquatint printed in colours and finished by hand. A fine copy of this excellent late example of the racing aquatint.<br/> <br/> The heyday of the racing aquatint in Britain was probably about 1830 but the present example shows that the art had not died out even sixty years later. The print is unfortunately unsigned but aside from the process used the style of painting is charming and recalls the work of John Frederick Herring and his contemporaries. J. Braill & Son unknown
188737916Chicago IL: Elliott & Beezley Publishers. As New. 1887. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - TEXT PRISTINE Mild cover wear else flawless. Gold-embossed cover and decorated endpapers. Among the many articles authors not cited: The American Indian; Gladiators; Queen Louise of Prussia; and Honest Toil. Among the illustrators: Prudhon Meissonier Giacomelli T. Moran and others. -- with a bonus offer-- . Elliott & Beezley, Publishers hardcover
180466958London: Darton and Baker 1804. 8vo.Map. Unpaginated with 46 double page maps. Recased with cloth spine and original card boards. Wear to the edges of the boards particularly the corners with fragment of original title label tipped to the front reading Atlas. Some pencil notes to the endpapers. Stain affecting the bottom edge of the leaves runs through the volume particularly affecting maps 25-29 and 34-41. Very Scarce title containing 46 hand coloured maps engraved by B. Baker OCLC records just a single copy at Cambridge. This copy lacks the Middlesex map which looks to be inserted later in this copy so perhaps a binders error. Only one auction recorded 45 years ago and that was lacking several maps. . Good. Cloth Spine. 1804. Darton and Baker 1804 hardcover
18883393San Francisco: Published by Bell & Heymans 1888. First Edition. Very good. Folio 350 x 258 mm. 86 ix 1 pp. including fascinating advertisements. Original wrappers chipped and foxed. Wrappers with two-color lithographs 44 b/w lithographs illustrating the text some extending over 2 pages all by Britton & Rey San Francisco. MAP 53 x 71 cm with some short tears at fold intersections. Recto: "Map of Sonoma County Cal'a sic. Showing Boundary Lines of County and Townships Railroads and Public Roads Cities Towns &c. &c." Published by Bell and Heymans 434 California St. San Francisco Copyrighted May 1888. Lithographer: Cal Label & MacCabe Lith Co. San Francisco. Verso: "Map of Verano Sonoma Valley California." Lithographer: H.S. Crocker & Co. San Francisco. Beautifully illustrated promotional materials for the nascent planned community of Verano Sonomy Valley created by the firm of Britton & Rey in their prime. The folio volume and the accompanying map sheet with color illustrations are rare: this is the only complete copy that has been recorded at auction.<br/><br/>Although more commercial than the Thompson & West local histories the present work has the same type of wonderful documentation with the added cache of ads that enhance the historical value. Following a history of Sonoma County and Russian River Valley are essays on industries agriculture orchards viticulture stock raising lumber minerals natural wonders business opportunities social life etc. These promotional materials were apparently aimed at investors from the East Coast and perhaps beyond; at some point our map was inscribed in French: "Californie" sic. <br/><br/>The remarkable lithographs by Britton & Rey depict scenes views panoramas portraits architecture vineyards orchards etc. some after photographs. Included with our copy is the rare folding lithograph sheet with map of Sonoma County on one side and colored illustrations and map of Verano on other side Hooker Falls orange and olive grove General Vallejo's home Sonoma Creek Verano Park. At that time Verano now known as El Verano was a planned community. The present promotional items were no doubt occasioned when a new train depot was built nearby. <br/><br/>The Bancroft copy as recorded by OskiCat does not contain the map but there is a related map greatly reduced defective and apparently printed on one side only by H.S. Crocker with the same title likewise surveyed by P.R. Davis which measures 26 x 46 cm or about half the size as ours. <br/><br/>Auction comparables: Dorothy Sloan Auction 20 2007 lot 6 this copy purchased after the sale for $1410. An ugly copy of the map backed with tissue thus obscuring the entire "Map of Sonoma County Cala" on the verso sold at PBA on June 7 2012 for $600. <br/><br/>Rocq 14850. Published by Bell & Heymans unknown books
187228881Olympia: Murphy & Harned 1872 1872. First edition. Streeter 3258; Graff 2936; Howes M910. Upper hinge skillfully repaired; edges a little rubbed and darkened; very good complete copy enclosed in a chamshell case. 8vo original black calf spine and printed light blue-green paper boards. 1-71 1 116 unnumbered pages; three inserted advertisements printed in color; two title-pages; advertisements on the upper and lower boards and endpapers. The first business directory to Puget Sound printed in Olympia by R. H. Hewitt's Excelsior Job Printing. The directory is divided into two parts. The first contains a general sketch of Washington Territory with descriptions of the abundance of fish plentiful forests beautiful but challenging geography a guide for tourists suggestions for immigrants railroads agriculture and a substantial final section nine pages on Washington's Indians who the compilers maintain "will soon be among the past." The second part with a slightly different title-page contains descriptions of individuals towns with accompanying advertisements for the local businesses including most prominently Seattle Olympia and Port Townsend followed numerous small "milling towns" after which the compilers stretch the boundaries of Puget Sound and Washington Territory to include a few other locations from Portland Oregon to Victoria B.C. Olympia: Murphy & Harned, (1872) unknown
18025174London: Harding 1802. Aquatint coloured by hand on laid paper watermark '1802' Publication line at foot of plate shaved with slight loss some expertly repaired tears to margins. An anonymous work of quality.<br/> <br/>Unusually the present work does not include either the artist responsible for the original or the engraver who worked on the plate. The publication line is very faint: sometimes an indication of a later issue but the early watermark does not support this. None of the standard reference works include either this print or mention of the horse Sacripant. This suggests that this image is rare and the absence of names allied with the early watermark may indicate some sort of proof issue. Harding unknown books
1880elala317Toronto: J.H. Meacham & Co. Printed by F.Bourquin Philadelphia 1880. 1880. folio. pp. 1 p.l. 13 1 15-162 ff. 12. lacking last leaf part of Patrons Directory & pp. 24-25 with right hand side of P.E.I. map on recto verso blank. original cloth calf corners very worn spine wanting covers detached marginal tears to outer leaves & map of Canada which has been trimmed cutting into last letters of lines of text on p. 14 & with loss of page number some soiling & marginal stains. First Edition. A scarce atlas: Amicus cites only four copies. May p. 3. Phillips 10426. 1st Edition. Hardcover. [Toronto]: J.H. Meacham & Co., Printed by F.Bourquin, Philadelphia, 1880. Hardcover
18905166London: J. Braill & Son 1890. Aquatint printed in colours and finished by hand. A fine copy of this excellent late example of the racing aquatint.<br/> <br/>The heyday of the racing aquatint in Britain was probably about 1830 but the present example shows that the art had not died out even sixty years later. The print is unfortunately unsigned but aside from the process used the style of painting is charming and recalls the work of John Frederick Herring and his contemporaries. J. Braill & Son unknown books
18602182Chromolithogr. title with a proscenium with view of a theatre building 23 interior views of theatres opera houses muscial halls of one arena and one circus all in chromolithography and with seatnumbering. Front and rear paste-downs with printed tables with price lists. Publisher's blue cloth richly gilt front cover. Oblong-folio 355 x 275 mm. Covers slightly soiled exremeties rubbed. <br /><br />Not in SMPK Ornamentale Vorlagenwerke des 19. Jahrhunderts. A rare and highly interesting work regarding interior designs and various entrance fees of Paris theatres opera houses and muscial halls which of course is a mark for their prestige. The following theatres are shown on the plates: 1. Opéra. 2. Italiens. 3. Opéra-comique. 4. Lyrique. 5. Francais. 6. Odéon. 7. Gymnase. 8. Ambigue-Comiques. 9. Porte-Saint-Martin. 10. Variétés. 11. Vaudeville. 12. Châtelet. 13. Gaîté. 14. Palais-Royal. 15. Folies-Dramatiques. 16. Cluny. 17. Bouffes-Parisiens. 18. Menus-Plaisirs. 19. Athénée. 20. Folies-Marigny. 21. Cleverman. 2. Cirque Napoléon. 23. Manége Lalanne. Plates with a few brown spots in margins Bulla Frères
186119902New York: Currier & Ives 1861. Hand-coloured lithograph by Charles Parsons signature in image. Expert marginal repairs. Sheet size: 22 1/2 x 32 inches. Image size: 17 1/2 x 27 1/4 inches. A magnificent Currier & Ives portrait of one of the premier yachts in the New York Yacht Club: the yacht that beat the "America" in her speed trials.<br/> <br/>The Stevens brothers listed in the title were members of a prominent American family their father had served in the American Revolution. John Cox Stevens was one of the founding members of the New York Yacht Club the first Commodore and one of five sponsors of the "America" the yacht that went to England in 1851 and won the race thereafter known as the America's Cup Race. His brother Robert L. Stevens designed the "Maria" which beat the "America" during the series of speed trial races to Sandy Hook prior to the latter's epoch-making trip to England. The "Maria" was one of the most beautiful yachts in an era of exceptionally beautiful boats: an icon amongst American yachts. It was estimated that the Stevens spent a total of $100000 on experiments and alterations involving Maria in the 22 years that she was in the family. A 1914 article in the New York Times described her as "a scientific racing machine the first of her kind" cf. NYT 17 May 1914.<br/> <br/>Conningham 6805; Gale 7360. Currier & Ives unknown books
1896LV1550Los Angeles:: Elstner-Morehouse 1896. 1896. Large oblong 4to. Not paginated. 36 full page illustrations of Los Angeles with related adverts on the opposite pages 15 full page photos of individual Los Angeles Buildings. Original full gilt stamped brown cloth; inner hinges neatly repaired. Early inscription to Arthur Ellis 1927. Early Ownership signature of Sam Behrendt Los Angeles 1925. Fine. EXTREMELY SCARCE. BEAUTIFUL COPY OF THIS VERY RARE LOS ANGELES SKETCHBOOK. With 36 full-page plates depicting early Los Angeles buildings. This unequaled record of the central Los Angeles business district was created according to the preface in order ". . .to show the active business portions together with a few of the more pretentious of the office buildings and manufactories". Arthur Ellis was a founding member of the Zamorano Club. Provenance: Sam Behrendt the son of Los Angeles pioneer Caspare Behrendt d.1913 the discovery of gold brought him to California "acquired his education in the Spring Street and Eighth Street Grammar Schools at Los Angeles and after he was fifteen years old spent one year in a business college. For to years he clerked in a grocery and cigar business and remained there until 1900. Selling out and returning to Los Angeles he became connected with the San Gabriel Electric Company later merged with the Pacific Light and Power Company. He was employed as a collector and later solicited new contracts for three years. On leaving that corporation Mr. Behrendt entered the insurance business for himself and in 1907 took in Mr. I. O. Levy as a partner under the name Behrendt-Levy Company and they incorporated the business in 1908. This is a general insurance agency and the establishment now employs twenty-one people. Mr. Behrendt is also a director of the Union Bank and Trust Company and a director of the Shiff Lang & Company." He is a member of Hollenbeck Lodge no. 119 a Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner Elk Corona Parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden West B’nai Birth Los Angeles Athletic Club San Gabriel Country Club City Club Chamber of Commerce Merchants and Manufacturers Association and the Friars Club of New York. At Oakland Ca. he married Sadie Mosbacher. Together they had a son George b.1904. Behrendt was also known to be a friend of film star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle holding a dinner in his honor at the Alexandria Hotel February 12 1917. – McGroarty. John Steven McGroarty Los Angeles from the mountains to the sea: with selected biography vol. II p. 422; James Miller Guinn A history of California and an extended history of Los Angeles and . . . 1915 page 124; Harris Newmark Sixty Years in Southern California. Elstner-Morehouse, 1896. hardcover books
18823554New York: Currier & Ives 1882. Lithograph printed in colours. An excellent Currier & Ives image of a racing yacht at full stretch.<br/> <br/>A valuable pictorial record of this New York Yacht Club vessel owned jointly by H.W. Johnson and William Krebs from a painting by the prolific and highly talented Charles R. Parsons.<br/> <br/>Conningham 1281; Gale 1404. Currier & Ives unknown books
18576284New York: Currier & Ives 1857. Lithograph coloured by hand by Charles Parsons. A dramatic scene after Arthur Tait full of movement: a pair of retrievers quest for their master's quarry one successful holds aloft a bird the second has spotted the second injured bird. In the background their master urges them on.<br/> <br/> Tait spent the first three decades of his life in England and arrived in New York in 1850. A follower of Edwin Landseer and the style of the Pre-Raphaelites he established himself as a realistic painter of animals and sporting scenes. He kept a summer studio at a camp in the Adirondack Mountains where he painted sporting scenes. He and Nathaniel Currier sometimes hunted together. 'These wilderness scenes often composed around an anecdote appealed to a wide popular audience and from 1852 Currier & Ives as well as Louis Prang published a number of lithographs and chromolithographs of his work.' Grove / Artnet<br/> <br/> Conningham 151; Gale 164. Currier & Ives unknown
18673551New York: Currier & Ives 1867. Lithograph coloured by hand. Currier & Ives view of the start of the first Trans-Atlantic yacht race.<br/> <br/>This image recalls the start of modern ocean racing: in 1866 under New York Yacht Club rules three schooners of between 32 and 32.6 metres raced from Sandy Hook N.J. to Cowes Isle of Wight. The Henrietta owned by American newspaper publisher James Gordon Bennett won arriving at 5:45 pm on Christmas day in a time of 13 days and 22 hours. The Fleetwing arrived 8 hours later followed by the Vesta 1 1/2 hours after her.<br/> <br/>Conningham 2634; Gale 2854. Currier & Ives unknown books
184869954New York:: Ensigns sic and Thayer 1848. A few small and unobtrusive losses in the area of the portraits with old reinforcements on verso; some shallow marginal chipping. Generally bright and very attractive. . 29 x 21 inches. Printed ornamental borders; portraits of George Washington and Generals Taylor and Scott at top with patriotic views at the lower edge; Table of Distances in Mexico at the lower left corner; and border panels listing statistics of the States and Territories. . This map was issued several times from 1846-51 reflecting border changes resulting from the Mexican-American War. Ensigns [sic] and Thayer, unknown
1852WRCAM16070Nashville 1852. Two volumes. viii374 i.e. 376; vii376pp. plus thirty-one plates. Later three-quarter black morocco and cloth spines gilt. Corners lightly worn. Ownership inscription on verso of each frontispiece bookplate on rear pastedowns. First volume with ink stamp on pastedown and titlepage. Lightly foxed. Some light wear and soiling. Very good. A very rare complete set of this interesting and important Tennessee periodical containing all twelve articles entitled "Early History of the Southwest" which constitute the main interest of the magazine for modern readers. After the magazine ceased publication with the December 1852 issue the editors followed their intention stated in their last editorial and gathered all of the narratives into a book issued in January 1853 entitled INDIAN BATTLES MURDERS SEIGES sic AND FORAYS IN THE SOUTH- WEST. ".This was a collection of narratives by various authors. These had appeared separately as articles in the SOUTH WESTERN MONTHLY MAGAZINE printed in Nashville during the years 1851-52. The magazines are considered frontier periodicals of extreme rarity - the 1853 book.is all but unobtainable. Apparently few copies of the book were printed judging from the very few times one finds records of its sale." - Allen. The actual first appearances in print of all of the items in the book are the periodical versions. <br> <br> Articles include "Sketch of the Captivity of Col. Joseph Brown" "The Indian Massacres in the Vicinity of Bosley's Spring." "Indian Murders around Nashville - Narrative of John Davis Esq." "Scalping of Thomas Everett and his two sisters near Buchanan's Fort." "Indian Battles and Murders - Narrative of General Hall" "Perils attending emigration from Virginia to the West.burning of Sigler's Fort. Narrative of John Carr" "The levy of men sent out from North Carolina.narrative of Mr. Samuel Blair" "Narrative of John Rains" "Massacre at Cavet's Station." Virtually all of the narratives describe Indian fights in Tennessee between the 1780s and the War of 1812. <br> <br> An important rarity of Indian warfare on the Old Southwest frontier. This set has a remarkably large number of plates; other sets we know of have far fewer. All seem to be remainders from New York publications used as illustrations without regard to text. HOWES W30 ref. ALLEN RARITIES 47. ALLEN IMPRINTS 3160. hardcover books
182729764Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea 1827. Folio. Mounted on guards throughout. Letterpress title copyright notice on verso 1p. "Advertisement" to Third Edition dated "January 1827" verso blank 1p. "Contents" and "Index" verso blank plus forty-six double-page handcolored copper engraved maps most with descriptive letterpress in margins and many with supplementary text pages following; one double-page engraved plate of mountains uncolored; and one double-page colored plate of river lengths. Titlepage remargined minor foxing some faint staining along bottom edge. Later 19th-century three-quarter calf and original plain paper boards later gilt morocco label. Boards slightly rubbed.<br/> <br/>One of the most important early atlases printed in the United States: a handsome atlas of the Americas with individual colour maps of each state in the Union including a seminal map of the West by Stephen H. Long.<br/> <br/>At the time of publication this was the best and most detailed atlas to be produced in the United States. Fielding Lucas the major Baltimore printer was the principal engraver and substantial historical background text accompanies each map. Among the most noted maps in the atlas is Major Stephen H. Long's "Map of Arkansa and other Territories of the United States." That map which depicts the Missouri basin between Nashville in the east the Mandan villages in the north and the Rocky Mountains in the west was based on the surveys conducted by Long on his expeditions of 1819 and 1820. On this famous map is the printed legend which would perpetuate a myth for many years to come identifying the high plains as the "Great American Desert." The 1827 edition "Third edition Corrected and Improved" of Carey & Lea's historic atlas first published in 1822 includes much new material with all the maps and text updated except for the Washington D.C. and Michigan maps. This was the first American atlas that was modeled on Le Sage's plan of having explanatory text surrounding the maps. The maps for the most part by Fielding Lucas are beautifully drawn and colored.<br/> <br/>Howes C133 "aa"; Phillips 1373a; Sabin 15055; Wheat Transmississippi West 348 and 352. H.C. Carey & I. Lea unknown books
1823WRCAM43415APhiladelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea 1823. Letterpress title copyright notice on verso 1p. advertisement verso blank 1p. table of contents verso blank. Forty-six double-page handcolored engraved maps of the United States all but one with borders of letterpress descriptive text; uncolored double-page engraved view showing the comparative heights of mountains throughout the world; handcolored double-page engraved table showing the comparative lengths of the principal rivers worldwide; five letterpress tables four double-page three of these handcolored; 18pp. of letterpress text. Mounted on guards throughout. Modern half calf and marbled boards spine gilt leather label. Dampstaining along lower edge causing chipping to initial leaves. Closed tear in bottom margin of first map repaired with tissue. Very light offsetting from maps. Some dust soiling light tanning and foxing. Good plus. A handsome atlas of the Americas with individual color maps of each state in the Union including a seminal map of the West by Stephen H. Long. At the time of publication this was the best and most detailed atlas to be produced in the United States with substantial historical background text accompanying each map. Fielding Lucas the major Baltimore printer was the principal engraver. <br> <br> Among the most noted maps in the atlas is Major Stephen H. Long's "Map of Arkansa and other Territories of the United States." That map which depicts the Missouri basin between Nashville in the east the Mandan villages in the north and the Rocky Mountains in the west was based on the surveys conducted by Long on his expeditions of 1819 and 1820. The map published in Carey & Lea's atlas preceded the official account of that expedition by expedition botanist Edwin James which includes a smaller map with similar detail titled "Country drained by the Mississippi Western Section." Carey & Lea's 1823 publication of James' ACCOUNT perhaps explains the prior inclusion of this map with Long expedition information in their atlas. <br> <br> On this famous map is the printed legend which would perpetuate a myth for many years to come identifying the high plains as the "Great American Desert." Carey & Lea's atlas was first issued in 1822; this is the second issue with revised states of three maps Maine North Carolina and Louisiana with the same printing of the remaining maps and a cancel title. HOWES C133 "aa." PHILLIPS ATLASES 1373a. SABIN 15055. WHEAT TRANSMISSISSIPPI 348 352. H.C. Carey & I. Lea hardcover books
182325085Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea 1823. Folio. 17 1/2 x 11 7/8 inches. Mounted on guards throughout letterpress title copyright notice on verso 1p. Advertisement verso blank 1p. Contents verso blank 46 double-page hand-coloured engraved maps of the United States all but one with borders of letterpress descriptive text 1 uncoloured double-page engraved view showing the comparative heights of mountains throughout the world 1 hand-coloured double-page engraved table showing the comparative lengths of the principal rivers worldwide 5 letterpress tables 4 double-page 3 of these hand-coloured 18pp. of letterpress text. Expertly bound to style in half calf over contemporary marbled paper covered boards flat spine in six compartments divided by gilt roll tools red morocco label in the second compartment the others with a repeat decoration in gilt.<br/> <br/>One of the most important early atlases printed in the United States: a handsome atlas of the Americas with individual colour maps of each state in the Union including a seminal map of the West by Stephen H. Long.<br/> <br/>At the time of publication this was the best and most detailed atlas to be produced in the United States. Fielding Lucas the major Baltimore printer was the principal engraver and substantial historical background text accompanies each map. Among the most noted maps in the atlas is Major Stephen H. Long's "Map of Arkansa and other Territories of the United States." That map which depicts the Missouri basin between Nashville in the east the Mandan villages in the north and the Rocky Mountains in the west was based on the surveys conducted by Long on his expeditions of 1819 and 1820. The map published in Carey & Lea's atlas preceded the official account of that expedition by expedition botanist Edwin James which included a smaller map with similar detail titled "Country drained by the Mississippi Western Section". Carey and Lea's 1823 publication of James Account perhaps explains the prior inclusion of this map with Long expedition information in their atlas. On this famous map is the printed legend which would perpetuate a myth for many years to come identifying the high plains as the "Great American Desert." Carey and Lea's atlas was first issued in 1822; this is the 1823 second issue substantially the same as the first but with a new title and revised states of several maps and text leaves generally minor revisions including additional shading to maps and improved resetting of several text leaves though this copy with first state settings of the Maryland and Virginia text leaves.<br/> <br/>Howes C133 "aa"; Phillips 1373a; Sabin 15055; Wheat Transmississippi West 348 and 352. H.C. Carey & I. Lea unknown books
186820565New York: Currier & Ives 1868. Hand-coloured lithograph by James Merrit Ives after Fanny Palmer. A poignant image demonstrating the triumph of the human spirit and depicting the twin stack steam paddle wheel and riverboat "Stonewall Jackson."<br/> <br/>In the foreground uprooted trees bob in the current using a roof as a raft two men pole themselves and nine others to safety one of their companions holds tight to reins of a mule swimming beside the roof whilst two others rescue furniture and a barrel. In the mid-ground: a large white-painted house with second-floor balconies front and back and a smaller cook-house off to the right side. Two men in a row boat approach the back of the house a lady stands on the balcony speaking to the men; on the widow's walk on the roof a man and a woman stand: the man waves a handkerchief to the twin-stack riverboat. The riverboat "Stonewall Jackson" is travelling at speed: the near-side paddle creates a substantial wake the flags fly in the stiff breeze and the smoke from the stacks steams backwards: passengers line the rails attracted by the human drama they are passing. The overall impression is of a crisis that is being survived and dealt with by man's ingenuity whilst life continues.<br/> <br/>Conningham 2819; Gale 3057. Currier & Ives unknown books
180119020London: Printed and Published by Robert Laurie and James Whittle 1801. Folio. 21 1/8 x 15 1/4 inches. Mounted on guards throughout letterpress title verso blank and 1p. index verso blank otherwise engraved throughout. 59 engraved maps on seventy-five mapsheets all hand-coloured in outline 1 map on 3 folding sheets; 14 on 2 folding sheets; 9 on single folding sheets; 34 on single double-page sheets; 1 on a one-page sheet. Contemporary tree calf covers with roll-tool border in gilt the flat spine divided into seven compartments by gilt fillets and roll-tools blue morocco lettering-piece in the second the other compartments with repeat neo-classical decoration of a single centrally-placed tool marbled endpapers<br/> <br/>A very fine copy of the fifth edition of this important atlas of the world including a newly revised chart of world and nine other maps that were not available in the early editions of this spectacular work.<br/> <br/>Eight editions of this work were issued on an almost annual basis from 1796 until 1807. The publishers constantly changed and improved the atlas in an effort to outdo not only their competitors but also to improve on the previous edition. Maps were added the first edition included only 66 map sheets maps were replaced the present work includes two maps dated 1800 including 'A New Chart of the World' dated 25 November 1800 and maps were updated eight maps are dated 1799. The scale of some of the maps is truly spectacular: this atlas contains 15 maps that if joined would form large scale wall maps: 'Asia and its Islands' on three folding sheets ranging from the Arctic regions in the north down through Russia Indonesia and Australia would measure approximately 56 x 46 inches if assembled. The remaining maps on two folding sheets would all be approximately 40 x 46 inches if joined: these include three maps of American interest: 'A new map of the whole continent of America'; 'A new map of North America with the West India Islands'; and 'A map of South America'. The remaining areas that are covered by large scale maps are 'A general map of the World'; England & Wales; Scotland; Ireland; the Netherlands; Germany; Hindoostan; Bengal Bahar etc; Delhi Agrah Oude and Allahabad. This atlas was originally created by Thomas Kitchin. Sayer and Bennett had published the work in 1773 and Laurie and Whittle took over the Sayer business in 1794. They subsequently enlarged the work adding maps and changing the name from the General Atlas to A New Universal Atlas. The maps are based on the work of a variety of mapmakers and surveyors: Thomas Kitchin Thomas Jefferys John Rocque Robert Campbell John Armstrong John Roberts L. S. d'Arcy Delarochette James Rennell Andrew Dury Thomas Pownall and Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville. Also included is the information gathered as a result of the important Pacific voyages of Captain James Cook George Vancouver and Jean Francois Galaup de La Perouse.<br/> <br/>Phillips Atlases 3534. Printed and Published by Robert Laurie and James Whittle unknown books
