SAYER, Robert and John BENNETT. The American Military Pocket Atlas, being an approved Collection of Correct Maps, both General and Particular, of the British Colonies, especially those which now are, or probably may be the Theatre of War. London: Sayer and Bennet, [1776].

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SAYER, Robert and John BENNETT. The American Military Pocket Atlas, being an approved Collection of Correct Maps, both General and Particular, of the British Colonies, especially those which now are, or probably may be the Theatre of War. London: Sayer and Bennet, [1776].

8o (225 x 135 mm). 6 engraved folding maps, hand-colored in outline (all mounted on linen, splitting along folds). Modern quarter morocco. Provenance: Charles Barnett (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION of "a portable atlas... calculated in its bulk and price to suit the pockets of officers of all ranks..." Also known as the "holster atlas." Howes A208; Schwartz and Ehrenberg Mapping of America 190; Sabin 1147.

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