Jun 19, 2008 - Sale 2150

Sale 2150 - Lot 42

Price Realized: $ 14,400
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
REID, JOHN. The American Atlas. 20 engraved maps. Folio, 415x260 mm, contemporary 1/2 calf, rubbed, leather tips lacking, spine ends frayed; scattered small pinholes on initial maps, some browning and foxing, about half the maps partially torn along the vertical folds, scattered marginalia on the blank versos of scattered maps (on subjects other than the maps); early owner's signatures on the front free endpaper. New York: John Reid, [1796]

Additional Details

A very desirable atlas which should be examined. The atlas is rarely in tip-top shape and this copy is no exception. Its faults are those generally associated with existing copies.