[Rarebooks] FS: Bickham's THE BRITISH MONARCHY, 1748, engraved throughout and illustrated with maps and views including a section on the American Colonies

[Charles Agvent]

BICKHAM, George. THE BRITISH MONARCHY: OR, A NEW CHOROGRAPHICAL 
DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE DOMINIONS SUBJECT TO THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN... 
London: G. Bickham, 1748. Folio (7-1/2" x 12-1/2") bound in recent 
buckram boards with a dark brown calf spine and maroon gilt-lettered 
leather spine label. Complete with frontispiece of Britannia, title 
page, note to the reader, two pages of subscribers, and 190 numbered 
pages, all pages entirely engraved and printed on the recto only, with 
most pages illustrated. Among the illustrations are four maps, numerous 
scenic views, and vignettes of people engaged in various activities. 
Seperate tiles dated 1744 for the British Counties and 1747 for the 
American Colonies. The section on the American Colonies includes 21 
pages with illustrations of Native Americans, colonists, ships, etc., 
with descriptions of Carolina, New England, Georgia, New York, 
Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. Africa and India are also 
represented, though very briefly. Occasional and minor browning, small 
pinhole in the outer margin of the last half of the book. The folding 
map of the Dominions, including the eastern portion of America, with old 
tape reinforcement on the verso. The map of Scotland has a jagged piece 
torn from the bottom outside corner with loss of text and border below 
the map but not affecting the image. Occasional marginal losses neatly 
repaired. Generally clean, Very Good copy in attractive binding.         
$7,500.00

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