Subject: New England - United States
Period: 1804 (circa)
Publication: A New and Elegant General Atlas...
Color: Black & White
Shortly after the turn of the century, Samuel Lewis joined with Aaron Arrowsmith (an English map publisher) to produce A New and Elegant General Atlas. The title page states the maps are "intended to accompany the new improved edition of Morse's Geography…" Several editions were published from 1804-1819. This lot includes the following six copper engraved maps of the Northeast from this atlas:
A. Massachusetts, (9.8 x 7.9").
B. Connecticut, (9.8 x 7.9").
C. Maine, (9.8 x 7.9").
D. New Hampshire, (7.9 x 9.6").
E. Rhode Island, (7.9 x 9.8").
F. Vermont, (7.9 x 9.8").
References: Phillips (A) #702.
Condition: A
Near fine with minor printer's ink residue and an occasional faint spot of foxing.