Dec 05, 2017 - Sale 2464

Sale 2464 - Lot 301

Price Realized: $ 2,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
SCOTT, JOSEPH. The United States Gazetteer. Engraved title-page, 19 engraved folding maps. 12mo, 6 1/2x4 inches, original tree calf a bit rubbed, sympathetically rebacked; small portion of upper title page clipped not affecting printing, mild foxing and offsetting as usual, horizontal fold of frontis map expertly reinforced on verso, N.W. Territory map with later outline hand-coloring. Philadelphia: F. and R. Bailey, 1795

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A nice example of the first U.S. gazetteer published in America. Howes S237; Sabin 78331.