Thomson's A New General Atlas (1817)

John Thomson. A NEW GENERAL ATLAS, CONSISTING OF A SERIES OF GEOGRAPHICAL DESIGNS, ON VARIOUS PROJECTIONS, EXHIBITING THE FORM AND COMPONENT PARTS OF THE GLOBE; AND A COLLECTION OF MAPS AND CHARTS, DELINEATING THE NATURAL AND POLITICAL DIVISIONS OF THE EMPIRES, KINGDOMS, AND STATES IN THE WORLD. Constructed from the Best Systemic Works, and the Most Authentic Voyages and Travels. With a Memoir of the Progress of Geography, a Summary of Physical Geography, and a Consulting Index to Facilitate the Finding Out of Places. Edinburgh: Printed for John Thomson and Company; London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; Dublin: John Cumming, 1817. Large folio; with title page, dedication, xxiii (with tables), [1 list of projections, maps, charts], 22pp. (index), a double-page "A Comparative View of the Heights of the Principal Mountains and other Elevations," and (72) of the (74) double-page engraved maps. Maps with hand-coloring or colored outlines. Phillips 731.

21 3/4 x 16 1/4 in.

John Thomson (1777-circa 1840) was a Scottish cartographer and publisher from Edinburgh. His two major publications during his lifetime, including the popular A New General Atlas, feature important and detailed maps.

Being sold as a collection of maps (binding extremely worn with boards detached but present, and endpapers, several leaves including title, and some maps detached); lacking two maps ("Germany, north of the Mayne" and "The Kingdom of Poland, as divided"); ownership information in pencil on free endpaper; with various signs and degrees of wear throughout such as offsetting, foxing, toning, damp staining, chips and tears, separation at centerfold, soiling, trimming, and a few repairs; most maps numbered (with printed number, small pasted label, or hand-numbering). Please contact the specialist for a detailed condition report of individual maps.