Dec 01, 2011 - Sale 2263

Sale 2263 - Lot 217

Price Realized: $ 240
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
PAYNE, JOHN. New and Complete System of Universal Geography. 20 (of 22) folding maps and one plate. Volume IV (of 4) only. 8vo, contemporary calf, needs binding; early repairs and wear to many of the maps, dampstaining, lacking maps of Maine and Northwest Territory and the final 2 leaves of subscriber list; early owners' signatures on front endpapers. sold with all faults. New York, 1799
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The most desirable volume in this set, devoted entirely to America, with maps engraved by Alexander Anderson and others, and the supplemental "Description of the Genesee Country." Evans 36047; Sabin 59284.