1805 · Boston
by MORSE, JEDIDIAH
Boston: printed by J. T. Buckingham, for Thomas & Andrews, 1805. Fifth edition of vol. I, fourth edition of vol. II, 2 vols., thick 8vo, pp. 6, [2], [17]-864; [4], [9]-664; 6 folding maps; some foxing, particularly on the maps, but generally a very good, sound set in contemporary full mottled calf, red morocco labels on spines. The first volume is deals with the Western Hemisphere, and the second to the Eastern Hemisphere and Australasia. The title-page states that the book is "accompanied by a General Atlas of the World, containing sixty-three maps by Arrowsmith and Lewis," but there is no atlas present, and Sabin makes no note of such an atlas. (truncated)