Late edition; first edition 1814. Has unusual extra uncolored map not found in earlier editions: "A Diagram of the United States Shewing the Bearings and Distances of the Principal Places from Washington, and from each other, with a Scale of Time." The outline color U.S. map is changed to a version of the U.S. map used in Carey and Lea's American Atlas. Bound in a wallet style holder with original (?) pencil in holder.
Reference:
Howes M494.
Country:
United States
Full Title:
(Covers to) The traveller's directory through the United States; containing, a description of all the principal roads through the United States ... The whole illustrated by appropriate maps. By John Melish. Philadelphia: Published by the Author. 1822. (on verso) ...on the eighteenth day of September ... 1821, John Melish ... has deposited ... a book ... Pennsylvania.
List No:
0501A
Series No:
1
Engraver or Printer:
Harrison, Samuel, 1789-1818
Publication Author:
Melish, John
Pub Date:
1822
Pub Title:
The traveller's directory through the United States; containing, a description of all the principal roads through the United States ... The whole illustrated by appropriate maps. By John Melish. Philadelphia: Published by the Author. 1822. (on verso) ...on the eighteenth day of September ... 1821, John Melish ... has deposited ... a book ... Pennsylvania.
