Specialist Book, Maps & Prints Sale - Wednesday 23rd February 2011

lot 149 - 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, six folding engraved maps handcoloured in outline, contemporary quarter calf, marbled boards, spine and joints chipped and cracked. This was known as the 'Holster Atlas' as it was designed to be carried around in officers' pockets, though ended up often being carried on their holsters.

The maps are those "that the British high command regarded as providing essential topographical information in the most convenient form" (Ref. Schwartz & Ehrenberg) Est: £3000-5000