A General Atlas Describing the Whole Universe

by Thomas Kitchin

$10,000 · Offered by Biblioctopus

First edition

London: Sayer & Bennett, 1782-1787. First Edition. Hardcover. 1st edition. Folio 16” X 22” , 23 maps on 35 double sheets, all hand colored in outline, with some areas fully colored. A milestone on the trail of progressively expanded versions, a lineage that evolved from Kitchin’s single country atlases to the entire world starting in 1773 the same year he was appointed royal hydrographer to King George

• Binding: Hardcover

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