first edition Hardcover
1857 · New York
by MORSE, Charles
New York: Samuel N. Gaston, 1857. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor foxing here and there, but maps mostly very clean. Leather from spine lacking; front cover a little loose but firm. Good. Small square quarto (6-1/4" x 7-1/4") in original publisher's binding of full red morocco leather with heavy gilt decorations; 239 pages. Illustrated with 29 (of 31) full-page hand-colored maps of the world, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. (Inventory #: 020424)