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Jefferys, Thomas
Bequia or Becouya, the north
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1775
Regional Atlas
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Jefferys, Thomas |
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Bequia or Becouya, the northernmost of the Granadilles, surveyed in 1763. (By Thomas Jefferys). London, printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, no. 53 in Fleet Street, as the Act directs, 20 Feby. 1775 |
| List No |
4723.036 |
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Engraved map. Shows buildings, fortifications and roads. Relief shown by hachures. |
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Colles, Christopher
Title Page: Survey of the ro
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1789
Guide Book
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Colles, Christopher |
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(Title Page to) A Survey of the Roads of the United States of America by Christopher Colles. 1789. C. Tiebout, Sculpt. |
| List No |
2467B |
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This is the first American "road book" and shows great detail in a series of strip maps of various routes around the middle Atlantic states. See the last image in this series for a key map showing the areas depicted by the maps. This set has 66 of 83 published maps. Rare - Ristow estimates only 30-35 copies extant. See Ristow's reproduction edition of this book for a complete discussion of Colles. With the volume are nine unbound maps from the set: 23, 24, 25, 33, 40, 41, 42, 44, and 45. Maps have been rebound in hardbound green leather covers with Colles's Roads in gilt on spine. Original blue paper covers bound at the back with title label "Colles's Survey of the Roads." |
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Colles, Christopher
Text Page: A survey of the r
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1789
Guide Book
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Colles, Christopher |
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(Text Page to) A Survey of the Roads of the United States of America by Christopher Colles. 1789. C. Tiebout, Sculpt. |
| List No |
2467C |
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Page entitled, "Proposals for Publishing a Survey of the Roads of the United States of America." Proposal lays out the condition of printing, for example the use of copper plate and the correct scale. Cost to subscribers listed, which differs for subscribers and nonsubscribers. |
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Cary, John
Title Page: Cary's Survey of
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1790
National Atlas
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Cary, John |
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(Title Page to) Cary's Survey of the High Roads From London to ... On a Scale of one Inch to a Mile, wherein Every Gentleman's Seat, situate on, or seen from the Road, (however distant) are laid down, with the name of the Possessor, to which is added The Number of Inns on each separate route, also, the different Turnpike Gates, shewing The Connection which one trust has with another. London: Printed for J. Cary, Engraver & Map seller, the corner of Arundel Street, Strand. July 1st, 1790. |
| List No |
2724B |
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Maps in color showing roads with houses, rivers, hills, heaths and commons, and gentlemens' seats. |
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Melish, John
Title Page: Traveller's dire
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1822
Guide Book
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Melish, John |
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(Title Page 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. |
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0501B |
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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. |
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