BURR DAVID H An Atlas of the State of New York

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BURR, DAVID H. An Atlas of the State of New York. Engraved vignette title and 51 hand-colored engraved maps on 52 sheets each accompanied by a leaf of descriptive letterpress text. Large folio, 22x18 inches, contemporary half calf over marbled paper boards, spine and extremities rubbed, upper cover just starting but holding firm; endpapers creased, map of Steuben County with a small tear in lower margin, final few maps with some light foxing and soiling; contemporary ownership inscription of Willard Richardson of Steuben County in ink on front endpaper. Ithaca: Stone and Clark, 1839

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Compiled by Burr with support of Surveyor General Simeon DeWitt and the New York State Legislature, this is only the second printed atlas dedicated entirely to a single state, following only Robert Mills' atlas of South Carolina which appeared in 1825. Including large folding maps of Manhattan and Long Island, the atlas contains beautifully hand-colored detailed maps of the entire state by county. The general state map is dated 1840, all others dated 1839. Phillips, Atlases 2206; Ristow, pages 104-105.