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REID, John (1764-1828). The American Atlas. New York: John Reid, 1796.
2o (408 x 243 mm). 20 full-sheet engraved maps and plan of Washington, D.C. laid loose (some browning, offsetting and spotting throughout, map of New York partly split along fold). (Lower corner of title torn away affecting ornamental border.) Disbound. Provenance: Helen Power (contemporary signature on title).
FIRST EDITION of the second American atlas. Reid's atlas is preceded only by Mathew Carey's General Atlas, also of 1796. Subjects include North America, South America, the United States, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Deleware and Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and the West Indies. This copy includes the folding plan of Washington, D.C. not present with all copies. Evans 31078; Howes R170; Phillips Atlases 1216; Sabin 104830.
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FIRST EDITION of the second American atlas. Reid's atlas is preceded only by Mathew Carey's General Atlas, also of 1796. Subjects include North America, South America, the United States, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Deleware and Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and the West Indies. This copy includes the folding plan of Washington, D.C. not present with all copies. Evans 31078; Howes R170; Phillips Atlases 1216; Sabin 104830.