Apr 27, 2017 - Sale 2444

Sale 2444 - Lot 147

Unsold
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
(GEOGRAPHY.) Il Gazzettiere Americano. 39 maps and plans, 39 plates. xxiii, 216, [1]; 256, [1]; 253, [1] pages. 3 volumes. 4to, contemporary 1/4 calf over attractive patterned boards, minor wear; minor foxing; Italian dealer tags on front pastedowns. Livorno [Leghorn] Italy, [1763]
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First Italian edition of the 1762 American Gazetteer, with a greatly expanded complement of plates. A substantial compendium of American geography from northern Canada to Cape Horn, arranged alphabetically. The plates depict both natural history and American industry such as sugar mills (illustrated). Howes A207 ("b"); Sabin 26814.