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ARROWSMITH, AARON; and LEWIS, SAMUEL. A New and Elegant General Atlas, Comprising all the new Discoveries, to the present time. 63 engraved maps. Small 4to, 275x230 mm, original 1/4 calf, quite rubbed overall, rear cover loose; variable dampstaining throughout, usual foxing and browning, Contents leaf torn along the gutter through half the sheet but intact, graphite scrawls of a child on the versos of a few maps (removable), map of Europe partially inked in outline by a previous owner. Boston: Thomas & Andrews, May 1812
List of Maps shows 7 maps marked by an () that are new to this 1812 edition compared to the preceding 1805 edition - 5 in South America and 2 in Oceania. They replace an equal number of mostly obscure European maps. None of the North American maps have been replaced or updated from the first 1804 edition, except that the oceans here are not delineated with dark lines as in the earlier editions. There were two editions of this atlas published in 1804, 3rd edition published in 1805, 4th edition (this one) in 1812 and last edition in 1819. Rumsey 28. Phillips Atlases 718. Wheat 259, 260, 261, 262.
