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1834 Anthony Finley
$ 450.00
Description

Very rare Tanner's Geographical Establishment map of the state of Georgia, reworked from the plate first issued in Anthony Finley's Universal Atlas, in 1824.

The map is hand-colored by counties and shows towns, roads, rivers, mountains, and other geographical features.

Henry Schenk Tanner's New General Atlas was issued following Tanner's sale of his Universal Atlas to Samuel August Mitchell.  The Universal Atlas, which had been published in Philadelphia from 1836 to 1845.  Tanner's New General Atlas, for which Anthony Finley was also a collaborator, is one of the rarest 19th-century American atlases.  To view the complete atlas in the David Rumsey collection, click here.

Rarity

The map is very rare.  This is the first example we have ever seen on the market.

Condition Description
19th-century paper. Hand-coloring. Very minor foxing.