* LAVOISNE, C. V. A Complete Genealogical, Historical, Chronological, and Geographical Atlas; Being a General Guide to History. Philadelphia: M. Carey and Son, 1820.

4to (443 x 305 mm). 71 maps, tables, and letterpress leaves, most with hand-coloring, including 28 double-page maps, mounted on stubs. (A few short marginal tears or splits at centerfolds, some light overall browning or spotting.) Contemporary calf gilt (rebacked preserving original spine, some overall wear, joints starting, upper hinge with old repair). Second American edition, published in the same year as the first American edition. The map of the United States, by John Melish, includes detailed views of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers based on information from Lewis and Clark's expedition, and also includes the new state of Missouri. Phillips 131; see Rumsey 1642; Wheat Transmississippi 338 (map of the United States).


Estimate $400-600

Provenance: P. Berwin (signature, New Orleans, March 13 1878); B. Groce (gift inscription from P. Berwin, Boston, December 22 1885); Alexander Phillips (family genealogy on verso of a few maps, note acknowledging his gift to); Judson S. Bemis (signature dated 1927).

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