Lot 245: REID, John (1764-1828). The American Atlas . New York: John Reid, 1796.

REID, John (1764-1828). The American Atlas. New York: John Reid, 1796.

2υo (408 x 250 mm). 20 full-sheet engraved maps and plan of Washington, D.C. (some light spotting and occasional pale offsetting, a few short tears at edges). Original calf-backed marbled boards, printed paper label on front cover (rebacked, rubbed); quarter morocco slipcase.

FIRST EDITION of the second American atlas. Reid's atlas is preceded only by Mathew Carey's General Atlas, also of 1796. Subjects include North America, South America, the United States, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and the West Indies. This copy includes the folding plan of Washington, D.C. not present in all copies. Evans 31078; Howes R-170; Phillips Atlases 1216; Sabin 104830.