RENNELL, James. A Bengal Atlas, [London: 1781], 4°, enlarged edition, printed title, contents leaf, 6 pages of advertisements, 46 pages of tables, engraved title to maps and only 20 (of 22) numbered folding plates (all but one are maps), plus the map of inland navigation (lacking the first numbered map - Delta of the Ganges and the plan of the Battle of Buxar, though the latter is seldom if ever present, 6 short tears in maps mostly along folds, final plate with (?) glue deposit on verso, maps generally with light dampstains at bottom, a few creases, some browning and soiling, minor repairs to upper margin of title and inner margin of 2 preliminary leaves, repaired wormholes in margin of several text leaves occasionally affecting a letter at top or bottom), contemporary marbled calf (worn). [Gole pp.86-87]

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RENNELL, James. A Bengal Atlas, [London: 1781], 4°, enlarged edition, printed title, contents leaf, 6 pages of advertisements, 46 pages of tables, engraved title to maps and only 20 (of 22) numbered folding plates (all but one are maps), plus the map of inland navigation (lacking the first numbered map - Delta of the Ganges and the plan of the Battle of Buxar, though the latter is seldom if ever present, 6 short tears in maps mostly along folds, final plate with (?) glue deposit on verso, maps generally with light dampstains at bottom, a few creases, some browning and soiling, minor repairs to upper margin of title and inner margin of 2 preliminary leaves, repaired wormholes in margin of several text leaves occasionally affecting a letter at top or bottom), contemporary marbled calf (worn). [Gole pp.86-87]

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