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Auction archive: Lot number 412

The American Universal Geography; or, a View of the Present State of All the Kingdoms, States, and Colonies in the Known World, and of the United States of America in Particular...

Estimate
US$200 - US$300
Price realised:
US$120
Auction archive: Lot number 412

The American Universal Geography; or, a View of the Present State of All the Kingdoms, States, and Colonies in the Known World, and of the United States of America in Particular...

Estimate
US$200 - US$300
Price realised:
US$120
Beschreibung:

Title: The American Universal Geography; or, a View of the Present State of All the Kingdoms, States, and Colonies in the Known World, and of the United States of America in Particular... Author: Morse, Jedidiah Place: Boston Publisher: Printed by J. T. Buckingham, for Thomas & Andrews Date: 1805 Description: 2 volumes. 6, [2], (17)-864; [4], (9)-664 pp. Six engraved folding maps, period full calf, red morocco labels, lettered in gilt. Fifth Edition of Volume 1; Fourth Edition of Volume 2. First published in 1789. The title-page states that the book is "accompanied by a General Atlas of the World, containing sixty-three maps by Arrowsmith and Lewis," but there is no atlas present, and Sabin makes no note of such an atlas. Sabin 50926. Lot Amendments Condition: Bindings with some wear and rubbing; foxing throughout; very good. Item number: 251669

Auction archive: Lot number 412
Auction:
Datum:
9 Oct 2014
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: The American Universal Geography; or, a View of the Present State of All the Kingdoms, States, and Colonies in the Known World, and of the United States of America in Particular... Author: Morse, Jedidiah Place: Boston Publisher: Printed by J. T. Buckingham, for Thomas & Andrews Date: 1805 Description: 2 volumes. 6, [2], (17)-864; [4], (9)-664 pp. Six engraved folding maps, period full calf, red morocco labels, lettered in gilt. Fifth Edition of Volume 1; Fourth Edition of Volume 2. First published in 1789. The title-page states that the book is "accompanied by a General Atlas of the World, containing sixty-three maps by Arrowsmith and Lewis," but there is no atlas present, and Sabin makes no note of such an atlas. Sabin 50926. Lot Amendments Condition: Bindings with some wear and rubbing; foxing throughout; very good. Item number: 251669

Auction archive: Lot number 412
Auction:
Datum:
9 Oct 2014
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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