Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862; Gauld, George.
Date:
1827
Short Title:
The Bahama Banks and Gulf of Florida (West sheet)
Publisher:
E. & G.W. Blunt. New York
Type:
Chart Map
Obj Height cm:
98
Obj Width cm:
62
Scale 1:
910,000
Note:
Western sheet of 2-sheet engraved nautical chart, with inset. Depths shown by soundings. Light house coloring added by hand in red.
Reference:
cf Guthorn, United States coastal charts, p. 10, 156 -158 (1834-1860 eds.)
State/Province:
Florida
Full Title:
The Bahama Banks and Gulf of Florida by Edmund Blunt, hydrographer. (West sheet). (with) Chart of Key West by George Gauld. Engd. by R.M. Gaw, N.Y. Entered according to Act of Congress , the 30th day of October 1826 by E. & G.W. Blunt, of the State of New York. New York: published by E. & G.W. Blunt, 1827.
List No:
4662.011
Series No:
12
Engraver or Printer:
Gaw, R. M.
Publication Author:
E. & G.W. Blunt (Firm)
Pub Date:
1828
Pub Title:
(Atlas of 4 charts on 10 sheets) The north eastern coast of North America from New York to Cape Canso including Sable Island by Edmund Blunt. Published & Sold by E. & G.W. Blunt, No. 154 Water Street ... G. Ely Sct. Engd. by D.R. Harrison. Entered ... 22nd day of July 1828, by Edmund Blunt ... New York (3 sheets); The coast of the United States of North America from New York to St. Augustine: drawn and regulated according to the latest surveys and astronomical observation: by Edmund Blunt ... (4 sheets, 1827); The Bahama Banks and Gulf of Florida by Edmund Blunt Hydrographer ... (2 sheets, 1827); The coasts of West Florida, Alabama, Mississippi & Louisiana: Drawn from the surveys of Gauld, and improved from other authorities by Edmund Blunt (1 sheet, 1828).
An unusual made up atlas of Blunt's charts in excellent condition, bound in quarter leather marbled paper covered boards for a French owner, with a small leather label on the spine: "Blunt. Ameriq. Septentrionale." ; The four charts on 10 sheets are all in first editions. Atlases of Blunt's charts are rare, with the Library of Congress atlas of 14 charts on 29 sheets the only other one we have seen.
