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Sale 2706 - Lot 242

Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
(AMERICAN ATLAS.) John Melish, et. al. A General Collection of Maps, Charts, Views, &c. Letterpress title-page/contents leaf and 30 engraved maps and plans (many double-page or folding). Folio, 18½x12 inches, publisher's calf-backed plain boards with spine lettered "Atlas" in gilt, well-worn and weathered, disbound; contents variously stained and torn, with several sustaining areas of printed loss. A good candidate for restoration. Philadelphia, 1824
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Composite of early nineteenth-century American (mostly Philadelphia) map engraver and publisher stock including output of John Melish, Robert Desilver, James Thackara, Henry Schenck Tanner, Alexander Lawson, John Warr, Jr., John Bower, Cornelius Tiebout, Samuel Hill, and Moses Thomas.

One auction record, 1982; OCLC locates two copies, not including Rumsey 2803 (which seemingly lacks the Constitution and Pilgrim's Progress plates).

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