£4,536
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 725
Auction: 8 February 2023 at 10:00 GMT
describing the whole Universe, being a Complete Collection of the Most Approved Maps Extant, corrected with the greatest care and augmented from the last edition of d'Anville and Robert... engraved on sixty-two plates, comprising thirty-seven maps. London: Robert Laurie and James Whittle, 1795. Folio, (538 x 367mm), 37 engraved map sheets, some double-page, some folding, most hand-coloured in outline, a few with areas hand-coloured, modern red half morocco, raised bands, lettered in gilt on spine, map no. 34 ["A New Map of North America with the West India Islands. Published by Laurie & Whittle, 1794"] lacking the right hand section with the title cartouche, a few repairs, generally to versos, mostly comprising strengthening along folds, occasional very minor loss, small stains to title, some very light soiling