[8] pp. + engraved plate of armillary sphere and 38 copper-engraved maps hand-colored in outline, some double-page, a few folding. (sm. folio) 13x9¾, original half calf & marbled boards. Second Edition.

Fine engraved maps of the world and its constituent nations, both ancient and modern, with the usual emphasis on Europe, but with good coverage of the rest of the globe as well. The map of North America (Amerique Septentrionale ou Colombie) has fairly good detail in the northwest including "R. Lewis ou Saptin," "R. Tetes Plates ou Clark," and there is a "R. S. Felipe" crossing the wastes from L. Teguyo to Pt. St. Francois. With ink hand of Capt. T.F. Lancey, Royal Engineers, to the half-title, and laid in is a ms. leaf in his hand with both philosophical and mathematical musings. Phillips 744 (citing 1824 edition).