Bradford.A Comprehensive Atlas.....Boston, etc. 1835

Bradford (Thomas Gamaliel)

A Comprehensive Atlas: Geographical, Historical & Commercial.

first edition, first issue, 76 engraved maps, diagrams, and plans with hand-coloured outlines, foxing throughout, contemporary speckled sheep, rubbed and worn at extremities, [Sabin 7260], sm. Folio, Boston, New York, Philadelphia: William D. Ticknor, Wiley & Long, T.T. Ash, 1835.

***“One of the first American general atlases to supplement the maps with lengthy geographical descriptions” (Ristow). With several maps showing Texas as part of the Mexican state of Tamaulipus.