Lot 93

Kitchin, Thomas
A General Atlas describing the whole Universe






Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 07 February 2024 from 10:00 GMT
Description
Being a complete collection of the most approved maps extant... London: Robert Sayer, [n.d.]. Folio, 35 double-page and folding maps, some hand-colouring in outline, contemporary half calf, joints split, spine flaking, a few tears (mostly closed), several maps repaired and strengthened to reverse, fraying and close trimming to the folding northern hemispherical map with slight loss to upper right corner, marginal repairs to Europe, some fraying and slight loss to edges of larger maps, final map (South America) and endpapers dampstained
Footnote
FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE STEVENSON LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS
A note to the title says 1780 but the atlas does not correspond to most descriptions of this date of publication.





