THE AMERICAN GAZETTEER, EXHIBITING, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, A MUCH MORE FULL AND ACCURATE ACCOUNT, THAN HAS BEEN GIVEN, OF THE STATES.INDIAN TRIBES, & NEW DISCOVERIES, ON THE AMERICAN CONTINENT, ALSO OF THE WEST- INDIA ISLANDS.AND THOSE NEWLY DISCOVERED IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

Morse, Jedidiah

Verlag: Boston, 1797

viii,[619]pp. printed in double columns, plus seven maps (six folding) and errata. Contemporary tree calf boards, expertly rebacked in modern calf, gilt, gilt leather label. Boards lightly rubbed and edge worn. Moderate tanning, offsetting from maps, one map with two-inch closed tear. Contemporary bookplate on front pastedown. Good plus. This copy bears the bookplate on the front pastedown of Francis Johonnot Oliver of Boston, an attractive bookplate with a laurel design and a delicate engraving of a bird. Francis Johonnot Oliver (1777-1858) attended Harvard and was a merchant, a banker, and first president of the American Insurance Company. He was also a Mason, and was involved in local politics, serving in the Massachusetts legislature, and on the Boston Common Council. First edition of Morse's ambitious work. The maps depict the southern U.S., the northern U.S., South America, North America, the "Georgia Western Territory," the West Indies, and the "New Discoveries East of New Holland and New Guinea." A marvelous geographical compendium. HOWES M839. SABIN 50923. EVANS 32509. FORBES 276. BEINECKE, LESSER ANTILLES COLLECTION 491. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers WRCAM30813

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Titel: THE AMERICAN GAZETTEER, EXHIBITING, IN ...
Verlag: Boston
Erscheinungsdatum: 1797