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ARROWSMITH, AARON; and, LEWIS, SAMUEL. A New and Elegant General Atlas. 63 engraved maps, several of which folding, [complete, as issued]; title, and list of maps. 4to, 280x235 mm, original marbled boards, worn and reinforced with cloth and string (i.e., needs rebinding); spotting and toning, as usual, and a few short tears. Ink ownership inscriptions on title. Maps numbered in ink manuscript in upper right corners. Philadelphia; Baltimore; Washington City; Petersburg; Norfolk: Conrad, 1804.
true first edition. Although the list of contents calls for 65 maps, only 63 were issued in the atlas, as Arrowsmith apparently failed to provide Lewis with the plates for England and the Asiatic Isles.
Wheat considers 4 of the maps included in this atlas to be very important and devotes 8 pages to the discussion of them, Louisiana (Wheat 259), British Possessions in America (Wheat 260), Spanish Dominions in North America (Wheat 261) and North America (Wheat 262). See Rumsey 2436, which is technically not a true first.
