$1,440
Philadelphia: Charles DeSilver, 1855 Folio, 3/4 leather-backed marbled boards. Bookplate of Mr. Samuel Pruyn to front pastedown. Inscribed "Col. Samuel Pruyn Please accept this Atlas as a slight token of regards from your sincere friend Amos Pilsbury Albany Dec. 23 1854" to f.f.e.p. Contains 129 color maps, ranging in size from 12 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches to 16 x 26 inches. Wear to edges and extremes of boards and backstrip; front board, f.f.e.p., frontispiece, title page, table of contents, and first six pages separated; lacking morocco gilt label from front board; lacking backstrip; light foxing but plates otherwise clean.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2007-03-15