[Rarebooks] FS: 1763 American Gazetteer with 79 Engraved Plates & Maps

[Charles Agvent]

IL GAZZETTIERE AMERICANO CONTENENTE UN DISTINTO RAGGUAGLIO DI TUTTE LE 
PARTI DEL NUOVO MONDO DELLA LORO SITUAZIONE, CLIMA, TERRENO, PRODOTTI, 
STATO ANTICO E MODERNO, MERCI, MANIFATTURE, E COMMERCIO CON UNA ESATTA 
DESCRIZIONE DELLE CITTÀ, PIAZZE, PORTI, BAJE, FIUMI, LAGHI, MONTAGNE, 
PASSI, E FORTIFICAZIONI IL TUTTO DESTINATO AD ESPORRE LO STATO PRESENTE 
DELLE COSE IN QUELLA PARTE DI GLOBO, E LE MIRE, E INTERESSI DELLE 
DIVERSE POTENZE, CHE HANNO DEGLI STABILIMENTI IN AMERICA. Livorno: Marco 
Coltellini, 1763. First Edition. Three folio (9-1/2" x 12") volumes 
bound in twentieth century half green morocco leather with marbled 
boards and endpapers and matching morocco corners. First Italian Edition 
of THE AMERICAN GAZETTEER, published in London in three duodecimo 
volumes by J. Millar in 1762, which Sabin 26814 refers to as "A 
meritorious work." Illustrated with engraved title vignettes and 78 
engraved plates and maps (including engraved frontispiece, 20 folding 
maps, 19 maps, 35 plates, 3 folding views). This work covers parts of 
South America, Cuba, New England, and up to Newfoundland. The natural 
history plates include bison, penguins, and many others. A handsome 
presentation. Half-title with marginal repair, one leaf (Ll1) with a 
small repaired hole affecting text, first folding map with repair to 
verso, some light staining, mostly marginal; binding close to Fine with 
a little spotting to the leather. Overall Near Fine.

Borba, page 347: "This translation of the American Gazetteer [3 vols., 
London, 1762], is practically a new work, having been greatly enlarged, 
and with eighty plates and maps engraved for this edition"; Howes, A 
207. (#018452)        $7,500.00

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