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ARROWSMITH, John (1790-1873, publisher)

The London Atlas of Universal Geography, exhibiting the physical & political divisions of the various countries of the world, constructed from original materials

London: J. Arrowsmith, 1842 [-1854]. Large folio (26 3/8 x 21 1/2 inches). Engraved throughout: title, preface/contents leaf, 67 engraved maps, hand-coloured or hand-coloured in outline (3 with folding strips, 1 folding). Contemporary calf, covers with border of multiple gilt fillets, expertly rebacked to style, lettered in gilt in the second compartment, expert repairs to outer corners, gilt edges. Provenance: Vice-Admiral the Hon. Charles Orlando Bridgeman (1791-1860, presentation inscription on front free endpaper "C.O. Bridgeman from his affectionate daughter, Ursula [Countess] Londesborough, May 8th. 1854").

A unique copy of Arrowsmith's famous atlas: here with all but four of the maps 'in plano' with no folds. This is one of the finest 19th-century English atlases, including Arrowsmith's highly important map of Texas.

Arrowsmith first published his famous map of the Republic of Texas on 16 November 1841, shortly after the Republic was officially recognized by Great Britain. The present example is in the second state, dated 8 June 1843. Arrowsmith's map of Texas `was probably the first to show the full extent of Texas's claim to the region of the upper Rio Grande, an area included within Texas's boundaries until the Compromise of 1850... the map certainly was the best information on Texas geography available in Europe' (Martin & Martin Maps of Texas and the Southwest, 32; see also Streeter Bibliography of Texas, 1373).

This work as a whole is one of the finest examples of English 19th century atlases by one of its greatest geographers, John Arrowsmith, the nephew of Aaron Arrowsmith (1750-1833). The younger Arrowsmith introduced The London Atlas in 1834 and subsequent editions appeared with title pages dated 1840, 1842 and 1858, but as Arrowsmith was continually adding new maps, there is no firm collation for any edition. The contents sheet for this copy, for example, calls for fifty maps, but it has been supplemented with an additional seventeen maps bound in at the end. The maps were also continuously updated and corrected, so that most appear in several states. This example contains no maps in states copyrighted earlier than 1840. The maps are based upon documents supplied by `The Colonial Office, the Hydrographical Office of the Admiralty, the East India Company, the Royal Asiatic Society, the Royal Geographical Society', and numerous other `Offices, Companies, and Societies'.

The later editions of the atlas are the most valuable, as they include a larger number of maps, and many new ones of great importance, such as those in the present example of Texas and also Australia. The Library of Congress, for example, has an 1834 edition, which contains just two maps relating to Australia. The present example has a total of seven maps devoted to Australia and New Zealand and includes some of the most important for the region published during the 19th century.

Phillips Atlases lists the first edition of 1834[-46] with 50 maps (764), an 1840 edition with 61 maps (4322), an 1842[-50] edition with 67 maps (789), an 1842[-53] edition, also with 67 maps (790), and an 1858 edition with 68 maps (4339).

Phillips Atlases 790 (a comparable edition with title dated 1842, containing the additional 17 map sheets dated to 1853).

#17540$57,500.00
 
 
BLAEU, Jan (1596-1673)

[Grooten atlas...] Achtste Stuck der Aerdrycks-Beschryving, welck vervat Spaenien, Africa, en America [Atlas Major, in Dutch, volume VIII, Spain, Africa and the Americas].

Amsterdam: uytgegeven by Joan Blaeu, [No date]-1665-1665. 3 parts in one volume, folio (20 1/2 x 13 3/8 inches). General title printed in letterpress on two slips pasted onto an elaborate hand-coloured engraved surround heightened in gold (as issued), letterpress titles to the second and third parts each with a wood-cut vignette finely hand-coloured and heightened in gilt, 64 hand-coloured engraved maps, plans and views, heightened in gold (56 double-page maps, 3 folding views, 4 double-page views, 1 double-page plan), extra-illustrated with 3 double-page maps by Nicolas Visscher, hand-coloured and heightened in gold (Hispaniae et Portugalliae regna; Africae accurata tabula; and Novissima et Accuratissima Americae descriptio). Contemporary Dutch vellum over pasteboard, covers panelled in gilt with fillets, with large coronet cornerpieces, all surrounding a large central arabesque block featuring Atlas supporting an armillary sphere, spine in ten compartments with raised bands, the bands highlighted with gilt fillets, lettered in the second and third compartments, the others with repeat lozenge-shaped decoration in gilt, gilt edges.

An outstanding extra-illustrated copy of the volume of Blaeu's "Atlas Major" comprising maps of Spain, Africa and the Americas: a sumptuously coloured copy with the maps heightened in gold.

The present volume is presented in three distinct parts. The additional Visscher maps, general maps of Spain, Africa and North and South America, are bound into the atlas following the Blaeu counterparts. The first part, on Spain, comprises 29 maps, including a spectacular series of views and plans of the Escorial Palace, completed in 1584 for Philip II -- the colouring on these is particularly noteworthy. The second part, on Africa, records on 14 maps all that was then known of Africa. The 24 maps in the final section on the Americas are of particular importance, and among these are the following noteworthy maps: Americae nova tabula; Novissima et Accuratissima Americae descriptio (Visscher); Insulae Americanae in oceano septentrionali; Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova; Mappa Aestivarum Insularum, alias Barmudas dictarum; Nova Virginae tabula; Virginiae partis australis, et Floriduae partis orientalis; Nova Hispania et Nova Galicia.

The beautiful, strictly contemporary colouring, the ample gilt highlights, the wide margins and the addition of near-contemporary Visscher maps are all indicators that this volume was originally commissioned by or for a collector of note. Apart from the extra maps, the absence of a date on the general title is the only variation with Koeman's Bl 57 (vol.VIII). The Visscher maps of the Americas titled Novissima et Accuratissima Americae descriptio, is in Burden's second state and can be dated to circa 1677, suggesting that this volume was probably from a set of the Grooten Atlas [or Atlas Major] assembled in the late 1670s.

Blaeu's Atlas Major was the culmination of his family's great cartographic tradition and has been called the "greatest and finest atlas ever published" (Koeman, vol. I, p. 199). The atlas was issued in Latin (1662, 11 volumes), French (1663 and 1667, 11 volumes), Dutch (1664, 9 volumes), Spanish (1658-1672, 10 volumes) and German (1667, 9 volumes). Published in competition to Johannes Janssonius Novus Atlas the publisher intended the atlas to be of the highest quality. That said, the finishing of copies of the atlas, i.e. the colouring and binding, varies greatly among copies, indicating the importance of the original owner. This volume is among the nicest we have seen.

Cf. Koeman Bl 57. For the Visscher map of America see Burden Mapping of North America I, 332, state 2.

#24630$65,000.00
 
 
BLAEU, Willem Janszoon, and Johannes BLAEU

Theatrum orbis terrarum, sive atlas novus in quo tabulae et descriptiones omnium regionum

Amsterdam: G. & J. Blaeu: 1649-[n.d.]-[n.d.]-1646-1654-[n.d]. 6 volumes, folio (20 3/8 x 14 1/8 inches). Letterpress half-title in volume one, 7 engraved titles or divisional titles (vol. I with printed overslip, volumes II-V blank, vol.V with integral engraved title, only volumes I, IV and V dated), 405 engraved maps (3 half-page, 3 single-page, 392 double-page, 6 folding), all finely coloured by a contemporary hand, occasional woodcut or engraved illustrations (some hand-coloured). Early 19th-century calf, covers panelled in blind with fillets and roll tools, the spines in seven compartments with raised bands, blue/green morocco lettering-pieces in the second and fifth compartments, the third compartment with volume number in gilt, the others with repeat overall tooling in blind, the first compartments additionally tooled in gilt with the gilt coroneted monogram of the Dukes of Devonshire, gilt turn-ins, marbled endpapers, marbled edges. Provenance: Dukes of Devonshire (18th century engraved armorial bookplates, by descent to:); Richard Cavendish (Holker Hall, Cark-in-Cartmel, Lancs., sale, Christie’s 28 May 1957, lot 86, Charles W. Traylen, Guildford, Surrey, for Lord Wardington).

A beautifully coloured large paper issue of this fascinating and very rare late edition of Blaeu's landmark work, from the library of the Dukes of Devonshire.

Blaeu's Appendix was followed by the German edition of the Novus atlas in two volumes in 1634/5 and the French, Dutch and Latin edition - the Theatrum orbis terrarum - in 1635. The third volume came out in 1640 while the fourth (England and Wales) first appeared in 1645. The fifth volume (of Scotland) was the first separate atlas of Scotland ever published. The sixth volume, the atlas of China or Novus Atlas Chinensis, compiled by Martino Martini, with a map of Japan, came out in 1655. "So during the thirty odd years leading up to the publication of his Atlas Major, we see that Blaeu published two volume, three, four and six volume atlases, each increasing in size and geographical knowledge" (Wardington Catalogue).

The set comprises:

Volume I, [Part 1: World, Scandinavia and Germany; Part 2: Netherlands]. 1649. Letterpress half-title. Letterpress general title with hand-coloured engraved surround, letterpress title to part II with hand-coloured engraved surround, 121 hand-coloured engraved maps (1 half-page map, 114 double-page, 6 folding [one of these on two folding sheets]), 1 hand-coloured engraved illustration, 5 woodcut illustrations (4 hand-coloured), repaired tear to folding map of the Rhine 'Rhenus Fluviorum'

Includes an additional double-page map 'Caroli magni imperium' belonging to volume II, with its counterpart.

Volume II [Part 1. France; Part 2: Spain, Asia, Africa and America]. Title leaf at front with hand-coloured engraved surround but area for letterpress title left blank, 92 hand-coloured double-page engraved maps only, lacking engraved title to part 2, Koeman's map 65 ('China veteribus'), and signature G (pp. 6-7, with text on 'Iapon Insula'),

The 92 maps include an additional map or sheet from a larger map of Europe during the Dark Ages

Volume III. [Italy and Greece] Title leaf at front with hand-coloured engraved surround but area for letterpress title left blank, 62 hand-coloured engraved maps (58 double-page, 1 single-page, 2 half-page).

Without the Scotia section mentioned in the index (as usual)

Volume IV. [England and Wales]. 1646. Title leaf at front with hand-coloured engraved surround but area for letterpress title left blank, 58 hand-coloured engraved maps (57 double-page, 1 single page).

Volume V. [Scotland and Ireland]. 1654. Title leaf at front with hand-coloured engraved surround but area for letterpress title left blank, 55 hand-coloured engraved maps (54 double-page, 1 single page).

Volume VI. [China and Japan]. Hand-coloured engraved title 'Novus Atlas Sinensis', 17 double-page hand-coloured engraved maps.

Cf. van der Krogt, 2:203, 302, 401 (describing this copy, under *Oxon PC); consistent with Koeman 23B and 21A, 24B, 37A & 36A, 44, 49 (variant C) and 53; Shirley, British Library T.BLA; Wardington Catalogue 60

#18895$495,000.00
 
 
BLAEU, Willem (1571-1638) and Jan BLAEU (1596-1673)

Le Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas Contenant Les Chartes et Descriptions de tous les Pais de la Terre Mis en lumiere

Amsterdam: 1645-46. 4 volumes, folio (20 x 13 1/2 inches). 334 copper-engraved maps with very fine period hand-colouring. Original publisher's vellum, panelled in gilt with central gilt arabesques and corner pieces, cloth ties, modern black morocco-backed cloth boxes, gilt "spines".

An early edition of the greatest world atlas ever produced. The 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' (or Theatre du Monde) marks the intermediary stage in the development of the "greatest and finest atlas ever published" (Koeman).

In 1630, Willem Janzzon Blaeu, the official cartographer of the Dutch East India Company, published his first world atlas, the Atlantis Appendix, with 60 maps. The second expanded edition, with 99 maps, appeared in the following year. Blaeu continued to produce new maps at such a rate that by 1634, he abandoned the single volume format, and announced his intention to publish a new world atlas, entitled the Theatrum. This atlas, which originally incorporated most of the maps from Blaeu's Appendix, was expanded so rapidly that by 1646, when this version appeared, it consisted of four volumes with 334 maps.

The acclaim that Blaeu's atlas has always received is based primarily upon its extremely high production standards. The quality of the engraving, the paper, and colouring are of the highest order, and place it in the first rank among seventeenth century illustrated books.

The maps are embellished in the Baroque style, and many rank among the most beautiful ever made. Of particular note are the famous side-panelled maps of the world and four continents, sixty devoted to Great Britain (Volume IV), the map of the environs of Frankfurt (Volume I), a fine map of China and Japan (Volume III), and a series of thirteen maps of America (Volume III) that includes early and important maps of New England and the Chesapeake Bay.

Volume I. Le Theatre du Monde, ou Nouvel Atlas Contenant Les Chartes et Descriptions de tous les Pais de la Terre Mis en Lumiere Par Guillaume et Jean Blaeu. Amsterdam, Johannem Guiljemi F. Blaeu:1645. Folio, two title pages, 120 maps (Koeman Bl 19B). The number and order of the maps is the same as in the French edition of 1638 (Koeman B1 16A), but with altered signatures and page numbers. Part I: World map, plus 83 maps of Germany, Scandinavia, the Arctic and eastern Europe, several oversized and folding. Part II: 36 maps of the Lowlands.

Volume II. Le Theatre du Monde, ou Nouvel Atlas Mis en lumiere par Guillaume & Jean Blaeu. Seconde Partie. Amsterdam, chez Jean Blaeu: 1645. Large folio, two engraved title-pages with each title printed on slip of paper, laid down, 92 maps. (Koeman B1 18C) Collation is the same as in the French edition of 1640 (Koeman B1 17), but with altered (corrected) signatures and page numbers: Part I: 48 maps of France; Part II: 14 maps of Spain and Portugal, 12 maps of Asia, 5 maps of Africa, 13 maps of America.

Volume III. Le Theatre du Monde, ou Nouvel Atlas mis en lumiere par Guillaume & Jean Blaeu. Troisieme Partie. Amsterdam, Chez Jean Blaeu: 1645. Folio, 62 maps, engraved title-page with title printed on separate slip of paper, laid down. (Koeman Bl 35F) Collation is the same as the first French edition of 1640 (Koeman Bl 35A): 58 maps of Italy and four maps of Greece. The register at the end calls for an additional four maps of Great Britain, which had been added as a supplement to the second French edition (also 1640). With the introduction in 1645 of volume IV, devoted solely to Great Britain, they were removed.

Volume IV. Guil. et Joannis Blaeu Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, sive Atlas Novus, pars quarta. Amsterdam, apud Johannem Blaeu: 1646. Folio, 60 maps, several engravings of British antiquities interspersed throughout the text, engraved title page with title printed on separate slip of paper, laid down. (Koeman B1 42B) "This edition of 1646 is identical with the former [first] edition of 1645" (Koeman Bl 42A). In point of fact, this volume contains two maps, one of Scotland, the other of Ireland, that are not called for in the index. It also varies in that the inlaid title slip is in Latin rather than in French.

Koeman Bl 19B; 18C; 35A; 42B

#6850$240,000.00
 
 
BLAEU, Willem (1571-1638) and Jan BLAEU (1596-1673)

Le Théâtre du monde, ou nouvel atlas....quatrieme partie [Theatrum, volume IV: England and Wales]

Amsterdam: 1648. Folio (20 ¾ x 13 inches). French text, letterpress title on slip within hand-coloured engraved architectural border, heightened in gilt, 60 engraved general and county maps (59 double page) including general maps of Scotland and Ireland preceded by a printed divisional half-title (not called for in the index at end), all finely coloured by a contemporary hand, 71 illustrations (3 hand-coloured). Contemporary red morocco, paneled in gilt with fillets and decorative rolls, the inner panel with elaborate blocked cornerpieces of stylized scrolling foliage, a blocked central oval of scrolling flowers and foliage enclosing a small blank oval, the spine gilt in eight compartments with raised bands, each compartment with a central rose flower-head tool and a small flower-spray tool at each corner, green cloth ties, gilt edges (ties defective), modern tan cloth box, brown morocco lettering-piece.

An unrecorded variant edition of Blaeu's atlas of England and Wales. Not in Koeman; not in Skelton.

The fifty-eight maps normally found in the French editions are supplemented by an appendix with a half-title and two new maps. These new maps are general maps of Scotland and Ireland, which were the first two maps completed for Blaeu's atlas of Scotland. The forthcoming publication of the Scotland atlas is announced on the half-title, but it did not appear on the market until 1654 (as volume 5 of the Theatrum). Neither Koeman nor Skelton mention a French edition with this appendix, which is normally found in the Dutch-text edition of 1647 (Koeman B145B). The ephemeral nature of this edition is confirmed by the fact that the supplement is not mentioned in the index at the end.

The present atlas is volume four of the six-volume French text edition of the Theatrum (or Théâtre du Monde). The volumes of the Theatrum were published separately from 1635 to 1655. Volume 4 was introduced with French text in 1645. In its completed form, the Theatrum was the finest and most accurate atlas yet to have been published. The Atlas of England and Wales consists of a series of lavishly ornamented maps, including a separate map for each county of England and Wales.

Cf. Koeman I, Bl-42 C; cf.Skelton 43. (Neither calling for the Scotland or Ireland maps)

#2590$45,000.00
 
 
BLAEU, Willem (1571-1638) & Jan BLAEU (1596-1673)

Le Théâtre du monde, ou nouvel atlas....quatrieme partie [Theatrum, volume IV: England and Wales]

Amsterdam: 1646. Folio (20 x 13 3/8 inches). Mounted on guards throughout. French text, letterpress title on slip within hand-coloured engraved architectural border, heightened in gilt, 60 engraved general and county maps (59 double-page) including general maps of Scotland and Ireland preceded by a printed divisional half-title (not called for in the index at end), all finely coloured by a contemporary hand, 71 illustrations, (3 hand-coloured.) (L1 browned at inner margin, some light marginal damp-staining). Publisher's vellum gilt with yapp fore-edges, covers paneled with stylized foliage roll, and large central and corner arabesques, spine in eight compartments with repeat tooling in gilt, gilt edges (ties lacking as usual. covers scuffed), modern black morocco-backed cloth box, "spine" gilt.

An unrecorded variant edition of Blaeu's atlas of England and Wales. Not in Koeman; not in Skelton

The fifty-eight maps normally found in the French editions are supplemented by an appendix with a half-title and two new maps. These new maps are general maps of Scotland and Ireland, which were the first two maps completed for Blaeu's atlas of Scotland. The forthcoming publication of the Scotland atlas is announced on the half-title, but it did not appear on the market until 1654 (as volume 5 of the Theatrum ). Neither Koeman nor Skelton mention a French edition with this appendix, which is normally found in the Dutch-text edition of 1647 (Koeman B145B). The ephemeral nature of this edition is confirmed by the fact that the supplement is not mentioned in the index at the end.

The present atlas is volume four of the six-volume French text edition of the Theatrum (or Théâtre du Monde). The volumes of the Theatrum were published separately from 1635 to 1655. Volume 4 was introduced with French text in 1645. In its completed form, the Theatrum was the finest and most accurate atlas yet to have been published. The Atlas of England and Wales consists of a series of lavishly ornamented maps, including a separate map for each county of England and Wales.

Cf.Koeman Bl-42 B; Skelton 43. (Neither calling for the Scotland and Ireland maps)

#5869$38,500.00
 
 
BRADFORD, Thomas Gamaliel (1802-1887)

An Illustrated Atlas, Geographical Statistical, and Historical, of the United States, and the adjacent countries

Boston & New York: stereotyped and printed by Fulsom, Wells & Thurston of Cambridge, Mass. for Weeks, Jordan & Co. of Boston and Wiley & Putnam of New York, 1838. Folio (19 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches). 39 hand-coloured engraved maps and town-plans (34 maps [one folding], 5 town-plans), by G.W.Boynton and others. (Repaired tear to the lower blank margin of the additional title). Contemporary dark green morocco over purple cloth-covered boards, publisher's cream paper title label mounted on upper cover, spine gilt in five compartments with wide raised bands, the bands tooled in gilt, lettered in gilt in the second compartment, marbled endpapers.

A fine atlas, `one of the first American general atlases to supplement the maps with lengthy geographical descriptions.' (Ristow) With detailed maps of the 28 States, and including an excellent early map of the republic of Texas.

Martin and Martin, in their entry on Bradford's 1835 map of Texas, also note that `Bradford published a completely new atlas in 1838, in a larger format, and the map of Texas it contained was even more clearly patterned on [Stephen Fuller] Austin's [Map of Texas, published in Philadelphia in 1830].' It was one of the first atlas maps of Texas as a Republic.

The atlas is made up of a general map of North America, two maps of Canada, a folding map of the United States, 28 maps of States, a map of the Republic of Texas, a map of the islands of the Caribbean and five town-plans of eight U.S. cities (Washington, New Orleans, Louisville and Cincinnati on one sheet, and single sheet plans of Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore). Unlike many atlases of the period, the present work includes extensive text (170pp. in total). Each engraving is accompanied by explanatory articles on the history, economics and geography of the area, as well as a great deal of contemporary statistical information.

Le Gear L33; cf. Martin & Martin p.125; cf. Phillips Atlases 1381

#15855$17,500.00
 
 
BRADFORD, Thomas Gamaliel (1802-1887)

An Illustrated Atlas, Geographical Statistical, and Historical, of the United States, and the adjacent countries

Boston & Cincinnati: stereotyped and printed by Fulsom, Wells & Thurston of Cambridge, Mass. for Weeks, Jordan & Co. of Boston and Edward Lucas & Co. of Cincinnati, [1838]. Folio (19 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches). Engraved additional title with integral hand-coloured decorative pictorial surround, 39 hand-coloured engraved maps and town-plans (34 maps [one double-page], 5 town-plans), by G.W.Boynton and others. Contemporary light brown half morocco over embossed cloth-covered boards, brown morocco title label on the upper cover, lettered in gilt, the spine divided into five compartments by wide semi-raised bands, the bands highlighted with gilt tooling, marbled endpapers. Provenance: Theodore Sutton Parvin (1817-1901, Burlington, Iowa, inscription dated 15 August 1838 on additional title).

A fine copy of "one of the first American general atlases to supplement the maps with lengthy geographical descriptions" (Ristow), with detailed maps of the 28 States, and including an excellent early map of the Republic of Texas.

Martin and Martin, in their entry on Bradford's 1835 map of Texas, also note that "Bradford published a completely new atlas in 1838, in a larger format, and the map of Texas it contained was even more clearly patterned on [Stephen Fuller] Austin's [Map of Texas, published in Philadelphia in 1830]." It was one of the first maps of Texas as a Republic to appear in an atlas.

The atlas is made up of a general map of North America, two maps of Canada, a folding map of the United States, 28 maps of States, a map of the Republic of Texas, a map of the islands of the Caribbean and five town-plans of eight U.S. cities (Washington, New Orleans, Louisville and Cincinnati on one sheet, and single sheet plans of Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore). Unlike many atlases of the period, the present work includes extensive text (170pp. in total). Each engraving is accompanied by explanatory articles on the history, economics and geography of the area, as well as a great deal of contemporary statistical information.

The provenance is particularly interesting: Theodore Sutton Parvin was born in Cedarville, Cumberland County, N. J., on January 15, 1817; and died June 28, 1901. "He was graduated at Woodward College, Cincinnati, in 1836; he studied law; was private secretary of the first governor of Iowa Territory, Robert Lucas, in 1838, and was the first librarian of that territory. Later he was librarian and professor in the Iowa State University; was a founder of the Iowa State Historical Society in 1857, and for the years 1863-65 was its corresponding secretary and editor. He was the founder, in 1844, of the Iowa Masonic Library, and through his exertions this library has its present building at Cedar Rapids. From its foundation until his death, fifty-seven years, he was its librarian" (Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society, [1905]. vol.X, part II, p.871).

Le Gear L33; cf. Martin & Martin p.125; cf. Phillips Atlases 1381

#23932$15,000.00
 
 
BUCHON, Jean-Alexander (1791-1846)

Atlas Géographique. Statistique, Historique et Chronologique des Deux-Amériques et des îles adjacentes

Paris: J. Carez for J.Carez, Verdière and Bossange, père, 1825. Folio (20 ½ x 14 inches). Mounted on guards throughout, title with engraved vignette, 10 double-page letterpress tables (3 hand-coloured). 51 double-page hand-coloured engraved maps and 2 double-page engraved charts (1 hand-coloured of the rivers of the world, 1 uncoloured of world mountain ranges). (7 maps somewhat browned.). Contemporary morocco-backed blue marbled-paper boards, the flat spine in six compartments divided by rolls and fillets in gilt and blind, lettered in gilt in the second compartment, the others with repeat decoration of a single large centrally-placed tool in blind (some scuffing to extremities).

A fine unsophisticated copy of the first American atlas to be reprinted in Europe: the French edition, with additions to 1825, of Carey and Lea's "A Complete Historical...American Atlas" (1822).

The majority of the excellent maps have borders of letterpress text giving geographical, historical and statistical details. There are 34 maps of North America (the majority of individual states but including a plan of Washington, D.C.), 17 of South and Central America and the West Indies. A number of the maps differ significantly from those in the 1822 American edition. Those which have been revised include, no. [5] Etats-Unis; no. [13] New York; and no. [35] Mexique; maps that have been added are no. [3] Carte des possessions russes dressée par Pierron d'apres la carte de Mr. Brué; no. [6] Carte…des États-Unis…1825; no. [36] Guatimala; no. [42] Île de la Guadeloupe dressée par Pierron, d'après la carte publiée par le colonel Boyer-Peyreleau; no. [43] La Martinique; no. [49] Guyanes; and no.[50] Carte du Paraguay dressée par Pierron.

Howes C-133; Phillips Atlases 1176

#2594$9,850.00
 
 
BURR, David H. (1803-1875)

A New Universal Atlas; comprising separate maps of all the principal empires, kingdoms & states throughout the world, and forming a distinct atlas of the United States carefully compiled from the best authorities extant by David H. Burr. A new edition revised and corrected to the present time

New York: Wm. Hall & Co., 1836. Small folio (15 x 12 1/4 inches). Engraved throughout, title, 1p. contents list, 63 hand-coloured engraved plates. Expertly bound to style in dark blue half morocco over contemporary blue embossed cloth-covered boards, title panel blocked in gilt on upper cover, the flat spine divided into six compartments by single gilt fillets, lettered in gilt in the second compartment.

Second edition: a fine copy of this important work from one of the greatest early American cartographers.

David H. Burr was one of the great American mapmakers of the 19th century. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, he began his career leading a road survey through the southern counties of New York for the purpose of building a highway. This led to his being given, in 1829, the responsibility of revising Simeon De Witt's seminal New York State Map of 1804 (under De Witt's direction) to account for the considerable changes that had occurred over the last generation. This and the Atlas of the State of New York he published in 1830 established Burr's prominence in American cartography. The success of his State Atlas persuaded him to aim at wider audience and publish a general atlas. However, Ristow states that Burr completed only eight of the 63 maps by 1832 when his involvement in the project was severely curtailed when he accepted the position of topographer for the United States Post Office Department. His maps were engraved by Thomas Illman and Edward Pillbrow and they took over the responsibility for finishing the work, although it is probable that Burr retained some sort of editorial role, and he was probably able to make use of his new position which gave him access to geographical material sent in from postmasters throughout the land. The present work was first published by D.S. Stone of New York City, under the title of A New Universal Atlas in 1835. The present second edition appeared in the following year.

Cf. Phillips Atlases 1379a (1835 edition); cf. Ristow p.106 (1835 edition); Rumsey 2849.

#18511$17,500.00
 
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