Composite Atlas], 33 double-page engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline (titled and numbered 1-36 in ink on verso of maps, without nos. 10, 14 and 18), contemporary half morocco, gilt lettered "General Atlas" on spine, worn, upper joint weakened, folio (530 x 373mm.), [Carington Bowles (and others), c.1771]

Footnotes

Maps include: Twin-hemisphere World ("Drawn from the latest observations A.D. 1770"); the four continents; "Map of North America... by L. Delarochette, 1763"; South America; "A General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America" by Lewis Evans, 1771); "The Discoveries Made by the Russians on the North West Coast of America"; Jamaica; Falkland Islands.

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Please note that the atlas contains 34 maps and not 33 as stated in the catalogue. No. 18 (Ireland) is present.

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BOWLES (CARINGTON) AND OTHERS Composite Atlas, [Carington Bowles (and others), maps dated between and 1771]

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