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(HOLSTER ATLAS.) Sayer, Robert; and Bennet, John. The American Military Pocket Atlas;
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$2,000 - $3,000
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$4,750
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Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
Description
Description: (HOLSTER ATLAS.) Sayer, Robert; and Bennet, John. The American Military Pocket Atlas; Being An Approved Collection of Correct Maps, Both General and Particular, of the British Colonies; Especially Those Which Now Are, or Probably May Be the Theater of War. Letterpress title-page, dedication, advertisement, map list, and 6 engraved folding maps with original hand-color in outline. 8vo, 9x5½ inches, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, gilt morocco spine label, general wear, 19th-century shelf label pasted to front cover; ink inscription to title-page partially erased, deep ink stain at lower edge, other staining, soiling and offsetting throughout, most maps with various splits along fold lines (Middle British Colonies with sections fully separated and loose, but complete); ink inscription: "Robert H. McNiff, Camp Allegany, 19th July 1800" to rear endleaf. sold as is, but restorable. – London: Sayer and Bennet, 1776