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CAREY, Henry Charles (1793-1879), and Isaac LEA. A Complete historical, chronological and geographical American Atlas. Philadelphia: Carey and Lea, London: John Miller, Leipzig and Paris: Bossange Freres, 1827.
2° (450 x 310mm). Letterpress title, advertisement and contents leaf, 46 hand-coloured engraved maps of the United States and South America by Young and Delleker after Finlayson, Lucas and others, each map with borders of letterpress descriptive text, engraved tables of the comparitive heights of mountains and the principal rivers, several historical tables hanf-coloured. (Endpapers spotted, small library plates to each plate.) Contemporary half morocco (rubbed). Provenance: Yorkshire Philosophical Society (library stamps). Third edition. Phillips Atlases 1177
2° (450 x 310mm). Letterpress title, advertisement and contents leaf, 46 hand-coloured engraved maps of the United States and South America by Young and Delleker after Finlayson, Lucas and others, each map with borders of letterpress descriptive text, engraved tables of the comparitive heights of mountains and the principal rivers, several historical tables hanf-coloured. (Endpapers spotted, small library plates to each plate.) Contemporary half morocco (rubbed). Provenance: Yorkshire Philosophical Society (library stamps). Third edition. Phillips Atlases 1177