Scarce First Edition of Finley's A New General Atlas, Complete with all Maps

Anthony Finley. A NEW GENERAL ATLAS, COMPRISING A COMPLETE SET OF MAPS, REPRESENTING THE GRAND DIVISIONS OF THE GLOBE, TOGETHER WITH THE SEVERAL EMPIRES, KINGDOMS AND STATES IN THE WORLD; COMPILED FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES, AND CORRECTED BY THE MOST RECENT DISCOVERIES. Philadelphia: Anthony Finley, 1824. First edition, second issue. Original half red leather over marbled paper-covered boards, with green printed paper title label on the upper board, and gilt-lettered spine. Small folio; complete with title page, index, (58) hand-colored engraved maps, and (2) hand-colored engraved tables presenting comparative heights of the principal mountains and rivers; all engravings by Young and Delleker. Phillips Atlases 4314.

13 5/8 x 10 3/4 in.

Anthony Finley (1784-1836) was an important American map publisher in Philadelphia. While he published several atlases, he is most famous for A New General Atlas which was issued in numerous editions over many years. It features world maps, maps of various countries, and a large number that feature the United States including maps of individual states.

Extremely sturdy binding though with shelf and age wear to boards including rubbing, scuffing, staining, a few indentations in leather, chipping to paper, and bumped corners; spine with some rubbing and light creasing; hinge cracking; endpapers with staining and writing; damp staining and heavy soiling mostly impacting front endpapers, title, and index; interior with foxing (heaviest in margins), toning, expected offsetting, and occasional stain, grime, debris, and small tear; maps and tables with bright hand-coloring. Overall good condition.