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A complete genealogical, historical, chronological, and geographical atlas : being a general guide to history, both ancient and modern : exhibiting an accurate account of the origin, descent, and marriages of all the royal families, from the beginning of the world : together with the various possessions, foreign wars, battles of renown and remarkable events, to the battle of Waterloo, and general peace of 1815 : according to the plan of Le Sage, greatly improved : the whole forming a complete system of history and geography

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A complete genealogical, historical, chronological, and geographical atlas : being a general guide to history, both ancient and modern : exhibiting an accurate account of the origin, descent, and marriages of all the royal families, from the beginning of the world : together with the various possessions, foreign wars, battles of renown and remarkable events, to the battle of Waterloo, and general peace of 1815 : according to the plan of Le Sage, greatly improved : the whole forming a complete system of history and geography / by M. Lavoisne.
Author
Lavoisne, C. V.
Publication
Philadelphia : M. Carey and Son, Sept. 1, 1820.

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Additional Authors
  • Gros, C.
  • Aspin, Jehoshaphat, active 18th century-19th century.
  • Paguenaud, E.
  • Melish, John, 1771-1822.
  • Yeager, Joseph, approximately 1792-1859.
  • Kneass, William, 1780-1840.
  • Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848.
  • Kneass, Young & Co.
  • Young & Delleker.
  • Joshua & Thomas Gilpin (Firm)
Description
1 atlas (71 [i.e. 139] leaves) : 39 col. maps, geneal. tables; 45 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • "Printed by T.H. Palmer, on the Ruthven Press, and on J. & T. Gilpin's machine paper." This work is "probably the first publication to be printed on American machine-made paper"--Hunter, D. Papermaking history and technique, p. 351.
  • "Advertisement to the first American edition" dated May 22, 1820; "Preface to the present edition" dated October 10, 1820.
  • Comprises 71 numbered sheets, each folded to 2 leaves and mounted on a flange, each containing map(s) and text (28) or charts, geneal. tables, etc. with text (40), except nos. 17, 50 and 70 (1 leaf (2 p.) each).
  • Maps chiefly by Gros and Aspin; maps on leaves 38, 43, 46, 51, 65, 67 and 71 by E. Paguenaud; that on leaf 68 by John Melish.
  • Maps engraved by J. Yeager, W. Kneass, Kneass, Young & Co., Young & Delleker and B. Tanner.
  • All maps, and many other leaves, are hand colored.
Indexed In (note)
  • Shoemaker
Call Number
Schlosser 452
LCCN
map57000275
OCLC
NYPG91-B3241
Author
Lavoisne, C. V.
Title
A complete genealogical, historical, chronological, and geographical atlas : being a general guide to history, both ancient and modern : exhibiting an accurate account of the origin, descent, and marriages of all the royal families, from the beginning of the world : together with the various possessions, foreign wars, battles of renown and remarkable events, to the battle of Waterloo, and general peace of 1815 : according to the plan of Le Sage, greatly improved : the whole forming a complete system of history and geography / by M. Lavoisne.
Imprint
Philadelphia : M. Carey and Son, Sept. 1, 1820.
Edition
2nd American ed., carefully rev. and corr.
Cartographic Data
Scale not given.
Indexed In:
Shoemaker 1913
Local Subject
Book paper -- Specimens.
Paper, Machine-made -- Specimens.
Added Author
Gros, C.
Aspin, Jehoshaphat, active 18th century-19th century.
Paguenaud, E.
Melish, John, 1771-1822.
Yeager, Joseph, approximately 1792-1859.
Kneass, William, 1780-1840.
Tanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848.
Kneass, Young & Co.
Young & Delleker.
Joshua & Thomas Gilpin (Firm)
Research Call Number
Schlosser 452
BAI+ (Lavoisne, C. V. Complete genealogical, historical, chronological, and geographical atlas. 1820. (2d amer. ed.))
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