12th Mar, 2026 11:00

Books & Works on Paper
 
  Lot 71
 

Harrison (John) A School Atlas Upon a New and Improved Plan, 1791

Harrison (John)

A School Atlas Upon a New and Improved Plan, with Letter-press Conveniently Prefixed to Describe each Map…, 9 maps, hand-coloured in outline, featuring a map of the terrestrial globe and North America with California as a peninsula, 28pp. letterpress, near-contemporary ink signature of Wm. Tolbutt to title, some soiling, spotting and staining, [ESTC N62280], original marbled boards, worn and detached, oblong folio, 1791;

With: Maps of the English Counties, 38 county maps, coloured in outline, numbered in margin, lacking title page and all before p. 7 (although the table of distances is also present in the first title), each map with letterpress description, final text leaf and map of Wales torn with loss, [Chubb CCXCI], 1791 (2)

***ESTC lists only one copy of the first title in UK libraries (Marsh's Library, Dublin). No auction records found.

Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

 

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