DUNN SAMUEL A General Map of the World or Terraqueous Globe

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DUNN, SAMUEL. A General Map of the World or Terraqueous Globe. Large engraved double-hemispheric world map on 4 sheets joined . 42x49 inches overall; original outline hand-color with later additions; upper and lower margins skillfully extended with minimal portion of upper right neatline replaced in ink, few closed tears at left edge, some strengthening to original fold lines. London: Robert Sayer, 1787

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First edition of this attractive wall map, surrounded by ancillary decoration of celestial charts and diagrams, a selenographic map of the Moon's surface, and a smaller inset chart of the world on Mercator's projection. The entirety is detailed with plentiful descriptive text.