Fine Cartographic and Printed Americana

Small folio (352 x 275 mm). Engraved title, engraved contents leaf, 60 engraved maps and charts with contemporary hand-coloring (2 double-page). (A few pale mostly marginal stains.) Original half red calf, marbled boards, printed label to upper cover dated 1830, smooth spine gilt, printed Finley label to upper pastedown (some overall wear, a few short splits to joints, corner pieces defective).Later edition of Finley's atlas, first issued in 1824, and updated annually through 1834. The double-page maps depict New York and Pennsylvania. In 1824, the North American Review wrote of Finley's first atlas: "The engraving is done almost uniformly with remarkable distinctness and the face of the maps is frequently beautiful." Not in Phillips; not in Rumsey.