Gibson (John). Atlas Minimus, revis'd by Emanuel Bowen, London: J. Newbery, 1758
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Gibson (John). Atlas Minimus, or a New Set of Pocket Maps of the several Empires, Kingdoms and States of the known World, with Historical Extracts relevant to each. Drawn and engrav'd from the Best Authors. Revis'd, corrected and improv'd by Eman[uel] Bowen, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: J. Newbery at ye Bible & Sun in St. Pauls Ch: Yard, 1758, 56 leaves (of 58: advertisement leaf and final blank discarded), engraved throughout, comprising frontispiece, title-page, preface leaf, index leaf, and 52 maps hand-coloured in outline, small worm-hole to inner margins throughout, spreading slightly in maps 51-2, text and images never affected, contemporary ownership inscription ('Anthony Fisher') to head of title, contemporary gift inscription ('Anthony Fisher, The Gift of Philip Mair') and pen-trials to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, covers detached, worn, 12mo (11.4 x 8.4 cm)
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ESTC T163454; Roscoe J146A (1).
This first issue contains an errata at the foot of the index leaf, correcting the caption on the map of Africa. Copies are often encountered uncoloured. Fourteen of the maps are devoted to the Americas.
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Sold for £1,350
Gibson (John). Atlas Minimus, or a New Set of Pocket Maps of the several Empires, Kingdoms and States of the known World, with Historical Extracts relevant to each. Drawn and engrav'd from the Best Authors. Revis'd, corrected and improv'd by Eman[uel] Bowen, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: J. Newbery at ye Bible & Sun in St. Pauls Ch: Yard, 1758, 56 leaves (of 58: advertisement leaf and final blank discarded), engraved throughout, comprising frontispiece, title-page, preface leaf, index leaf, and 52 maps hand-coloured in outline, small worm-hole to inner margins throughout, spreading slightly in maps 51-2, text and images never affected, contemporary ownership inscription ('Anthony Fisher') to head of title, contemporary gift inscription ('Anthony Fisher, The Gift of Philip Mair') and pen-trials to front free endpaper, contemporary calf, covers detached, worn, 12mo (11.4 x 8.4 cm)
(Qty: 1)
ESTC T163454; Roscoe J146A (1).
This first issue contains an errata at the foot of the index leaf, correcting the caption on the map of Africa. Copies are often encountered uncoloured. Fourteen of the maps are devoted to the Americas.
