[Sayer, Robert and John Bennett]

The American Military Pocket Atlas; being an Approved Collection of Correct Maps, both General and Particular, of the British Colonies, especially those which are now, or probably may be, the Theatre of War. London: Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, [1776]



8vo (9 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.; 235 x 146 mm). Six folding engraved maps handcolored in outline; early repairs to 2 short fold tears in the "Map of the Southern Colonies" and to 2 short fold tears in "Lake Champlain," light spotting on "Lake Champlain." Contemporary quarter calf, marbled boards; boards rubbed and detached.

Howes A208; Philips, Atlases 1206; Sabin 1147; Schwartz & Ehrenberg, Mapping of America, p. 190; Streeter sale 1:73

8vo (9 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.; 235 x 146 mm). Six folding engraved maps handcolored in outline; early repairs to 2 short fold tears in the "Map of the Southern Colonies" and to 2 short fold tears in "Lake Champlain," light spotting on "Lake Champlain." Contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards; boards rubbed and detached.
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First edition. Called the "holster atlas" because it was advertised by its publisher as "a portable atlas ... calculated in its bulk and price to suit the pockets of officers of all ranks," The American Military Pocket Atlas had a scale too small to be of military use, which perhaps explains why most copies survive in essentially fresh (i.e., unused) condition. The six maps in the Atlas comprise "North America" and "The West Indies" by Samuel Dunn; "The Northern British Colonies" by Samuel Holland and Thomas Pownall; "The Middle British Colonies" after Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson, and Lewis Evans; "The Southern British Colonies" after William de Brahm, Henry Mouzon, John Collett, and Bernard Romans; and "Lake Champlain, including Lake George" by William Brassier. A crisp copy.