Description:
First Deluxe Limited Edition thus. One of 200 copies printed, (this one unnumbered), on the occasion of the American Bicentennial, this copy being unnumbered. A stunning work. Fine in dark blue half-bound goatskin over beautiful hand-marbled boards by Barnard & Jackson, lettered in gilt within a circular leather onlay on the front cover. Presented in a near fine lightly rubbed blue cloth slipcase. Illustrated with 30 hand-colored maps, all but one of which fold-out, and many of which are two pages. Pages are hand-numbered. First published in 1776, this was one of the first major atlases of the Americas.This extremely high quality facsimile was based on the hand colored copy of the original held by the Royal Geographical Society and was issued to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. The Maps cover the whole of the Americas, but the majority focus on the then known areas of North America. This beautiful copy is quite large and heavy, and may require additional postage.
