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EDWARDS, BRYAN. A New Atlas of the British West Indies.
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Description
Description: EDWARDS, BRYAN. A New Atlas of the British West Indies. Letterpress title, list, and 11 engraved maps (3 folding). 4to, 11½x10½ inches, lightly worn original marbled boards rebacked preserving original spine label; uncut; moderate foxing and offsetting, upper margin of title with early ownership inscription excised, the paper reinstated and a later name added to another place, bookplate partially removed from front pastedown. – Philadelphia: James Humphreys, 1806
Footnote: Scarce atlas published to accompany the Philadelphia edition of Caribbean planter and merchant Bryan Edwards' History of the West Indies. The fine maps are engraved by early American tradesman Joseph H. Seymour.
Footnote: Scarce atlas published to accompany the Philadelphia edition of Caribbean planter and merchant Bryan Edwards' History of the West Indies. The fine maps are engraved by early American tradesman Joseph H. Seymour.