Description
America.- Arrowsmith (John) The London Atlas of Universal Geography, engraved throughout, title, contents leaf and 68 double-page engraved maps, all with outline hand-colouring, all with finger tabs (dust-soiled) to fore-edge, maps listed and numbered 1-50 and dated 1842 then an additional 18 unnumbered and unlisted maps with some later dates to 1851, one with short tear near tab, another creased at gutter, generally in excellent and clean condition, contemporary diced half calf, gilt-lettered burgundy morocco label to upper cover, spine worn, [Phillips, Atlases 790], folio, 1842.
⁂ One of the great English atlases of the 19th century. Arrowsmith (1790-1870) published his London Atlas originally in 1834, with this new edition appearing in 1842. It was subsequently reissued with the date of the preface and imprints on individual maps revised. This copy is enhanced by an additional 18 Arrowsmith maps, including some of his scarcest and most important:
Sketch of the Acquisitions of Russia, 1842
Ionian Islands and Malta, 1844
West Coast of Africa, 1843
The River Niger, 1843
Eastern Frontier of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, 1851
Asia Minor, 1842
The Caspian Sea, Khivah, and the surrounding country, 1841
The Punjab, 1849
Australia (2 sheets), 1850
The Maritime Portion of South Australia, 1840
New Zealand, 1851
Texas, 8th June 1843
Jamaica, 1842
The Leeward Islands, 1842 (creased)
The Windward Islands, 1842
British Guiana, 1842
Discoveries in the Arctic Sea , between Baffin Bay and Melville Island, 1851
The map of Texas is particularly important. It is considered "probably the first to show the full extent of Texas's claim to the region of the upper Rio Grande, an area included within Texas's boundaries until the Compromise of 1850... [and] the best information on Texas geography available in Europe" (Martin & Martin, Maps of Texas and the Southwest, 32). There are four known issues of the Texas map with varying dates from 1841 to 1843 and one later issue dated 1858. Streeter notes that this issue (8th June, 1843) has a number of names added at various places indicating projected land holdings.
Lot 7
America.- Arrowsmith (John) The London Atlas of Universal Geography, with the rare 1843 map of Texas, 1842.
Hammer Price: £17,000
Description
America.- Arrowsmith (John) The London Atlas of Universal Geography, engraved throughout, title, contents leaf and 68 double-page engraved maps, all with outline hand-colouring, all with finger tabs (dust-soiled) to fore-edge, maps listed and numbered 1-50 and dated 1842 then an additional 18 unnumbered and unlisted maps with some later dates to 1851, one with short tear near tab, another creased at gutter, generally in excellent and clean condition, contemporary diced half calf, gilt-lettered burgundy morocco label to upper cover, spine worn, [Phillips, Atlases 790], folio, 1842.
⁂ One of the great English atlases of the 19th century. Arrowsmith (1790-1870) published his London Atlas originally in 1834, with this new edition appearing in 1842. It was subsequently reissued with the date of the preface and imprints on individual maps revised. This copy is enhanced by an additional 18 Arrowsmith maps, including some of his scarcest and most important:
Sketch of the Acquisitions of Russia, 1842
Ionian Islands and Malta, 1844
West Coast of Africa, 1843
The River Niger, 1843
Eastern Frontier of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, 1851
Asia Minor, 1842
The Caspian Sea, Khivah, and the surrounding country, 1841
The Punjab, 1849
Australia (2 sheets), 1850
The Maritime Portion of South Australia, 1840
New Zealand, 1851
Texas, 8th June 1843
Jamaica, 1842
The Leeward Islands, 1842 (creased)
The Windward Islands, 1842
British Guiana, 1842
Discoveries in the Arctic Sea , between Baffin Bay and Melville Island, 1851
The map of Texas is particularly important. It is considered "probably the first to show the full extent of Texas's claim to the region of the upper Rio Grande, an area included within Texas's boundaries until the Compromise of 1850... [and] the best information on Texas geography available in Europe" (Martin & Martin, Maps of Texas and the Southwest, 32). There are four known issues of the Texas map with varying dates from 1841 to 1843 and one later issue dated 1858. Streeter notes that this issue (8th June, 1843) has a number of names added at various places indicating projected land holdings.