Dec 05, 2017 - Sale 2464

Sale 2464 - Lot 273

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
FINLEY, ANTHONY. A New General Atlas, Comprising a Complete Set of Maps Representing the Grand Divisions of the Globe. Engraved title-page, index, 58 hand-colored engraved maps and 2 hand-colored engraved comparative tables. Small folio, 13 1/2x10 1/2 inches, publisher's half red roan over marbled boards with original green printed paper title label on upper cover, spine and corners consolidated, small chip to spine foot; contemporary gift inscription in ink on verso of front endpaper, maps generally very clean with bright original color. Philadelphia: Anthony Finley, 1824

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A handsome copy of the first edition of Finley's first atlas. Ristow, pages 268-269; Phillips Atlases 4314.