With 63 engraved maps with hand-colored outlines; 3 engraved plates with hand-colored borders (one with 15 U.S. city maps, one with 6 maps and one with 4 maps of major cities from around world); 5 engraved plates (3 with hand-colored outlines); 4 engraved plates (2 with several vignette scenes); hand-colored frontispiece with tissue-guard; and an engraved title page. (4to) 12¾x10¼, period quarter sheep and marbled boards, marbled endpapers.

With several important early maps, including 27 full-page maps pertaining to the United States and the Americas. Contains: a map of the United States including the Oregon Territory, but the Southwest portion including Texas shown as still belonging to Mexico; United States (eastern portion) exhibiting the railroads and canals; Michigan (with the U.P. still as Michilimackinac land); plus several other separate state maps and maps from around the world, including Europe and it’s various countries, Africa, Asia, Turkey and the Middle East, India, Oceanica, the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, etc. Phillips Atlases 770.