MORSE, Jedidiah (1761-1826). The American Gazetteer. Boston: S. Hall, 1797.
8vo (212 x 137 mm). 7 engraved folding maps. (Some browning as usual, a few short tears to folds of a few maps, Map of the Northern Part of the United States with tears to folds and associated old tape repairs to verso.) Contemporary calf, red morocco lettering-piece gilt (some chipping with losses to spine ends, rubbed). FIRST EDITION, with the rare "Georgia Western Territory" map, not published in time to be included in all copies, which depicts the area that would eventually become Mississippi and Alabama. Morse's Gazetteer, one of the first published in the United States, includes descriptions of rivers and towns, as well as a "Statement of the Claims upon the Georgia Western Territory." Evans 32509; Howes M-839; Sabin 50923; Wheat 244.
Provenance: Samuel Tuttle (contemporary letterpress bookplate dated 1798); James Samson (signature dated 1864); Leopold Maynard (signature).
