$5,000
London: R. Sayer and J. Bennet, [1776]. 8vo, 3/4 dark brown calf over marbled boards. First edition of the "holster atlas," designed "to suit the pockets of officers of all ranks" for use on the field during the American Revolution. The maps are those "that the British high command regarded as providing essential topographical information in the most convenient form" (Schwartz & Ehrenberg). Complete with six large engraved fold-out maps, hand-colored in outline. Rubbing to boards; contemporary pen ex-libris, Samuel Cowley, to f.f.e.p.; light brownspotting and toning to maps; most maps reinforced at creases with archival tape; minor marginal chipping to maps; light offsetting.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2015-08-05
