GREENLEAF, Jeremiah (1791-1864)
Sale 503 - Fine Books and Manuscripts
Sep 13, 2017
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GREENLEAF, Jeremiah (1791-1864)
A New Universal Atlas; Comprising Separate Maps of all the Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States Throughout the World and forming a distinct Atlas of the United States. [Brattleboro, VT: G.R. French,] 1843.Folio (362 x 305 mm). Engraved title, 65 hand-colored engraved maps. (Some repairs to margins, a few leaves lightly dampstained, a few small stains.) Original boards, red morocco lettering-piece gilt, modern rebacking and recorning (a few repairs to board edges.) Later edition of Greenleaf's 1842 atlas, which includes a separate map of Texas in its state of independency, and a map of Oregon Territory with the northern border at the 54 40' mark. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, only one other copy of this atlas has appeared at auction in the last 40 years. Phillips Atlases 784 (1842 edition).
Property from the Collection of Richard Coy, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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