Subject: Map of the central part of the United States showing the middle Atlantic states, and the Ohio River Valley region. Includes anecdotes on the different Indian nations and the lands. Shows dates of settlements and agreements, locations of quarries,
Alternative Title:
Middle British colonies.
Description:
Differs from other copies in extension of the Connecticut River north beyond "Great Falls." Differs also in coloration of boundaries: Ohio River is colored as a boundary: Pennsylvania is shown as extending north to Lake Ontario, etc. and Shows "West longitude
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles,
Subject (Geographic):
Canada--Maps--Early works to 1800, Middle Atlantic States--Maps--Early works to 1800, Northeastern States--Maps--Early works to 1800, and Ohio River Valley--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793, publisher
Subject (Topic):
British--America--Maps--Early works to 1800 and Chron.--1771
Bookplate of Frederick W. Williams., Large issue; v. 1-2 are 30 cm. tall, and v. 3 58 cm., P. 141-142 and p. 353-354 bound out of sequence., and The maps are on folded leaves.
Publisher:
Printed for G. Nicol, bookseller to His Majesty, Pall-Mall,
Subject (Geographic):
China--Description and travel, China--Foreign relations--Great Britain, and Great Britain--Foreign relations--China
Subject (Name):
Gower, Erasmus, Sir, 1742-1814, Macartney, George Macartney, Earl, 1737-1806, and Williams, Frederick Wells,--1857-1928--Bookplate
"The slight analysis drawn up as an accompaniment to Retsch's [!] Outlines being out of print, the publishers felt desirous to supply its place with a more careful abstract ..., "With this view the most striking passages and scenes ... have been translated into blank verse, and connected by a detailed description in prose.", Errata on p. [2] at end., Published also on large paper with the plates engraved by Moses from Retzch's Outlines., Translated by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. See the 2007 edition edited by Frederick Burwick and James C. McKusick., and With half-title.
Publisher:
Boosey and Sons : and Rodwell & Martin,
Subject (Name):
Boosey and Sons, publishers., Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834, translator., Moses, Henry, 1782?-1870, engraver., Retzsch, Moritz, 1779-1857, illustrator., and Rodwell and Martin (Firm), publishers.
"The most striking passages and scenes have been translated into blank verse and connected by a detailed description in prose ..."--Introd. and Frontispiece drawn and engraved by Henry Moses. Port. (of Goethe) engraved from the port. by Ferdinand Jagemann.
Publisher:
Tilt and Bogue,
Subject (Name):
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von,--1749-1832.--Faust--Illustrations., Moses, Henry, 1782?-1870, and Retzsch, Moritz, 1779-1857
A handbill announcing Master Humphrey's Clock, "now wound up and going, preparatory to its striking, on Saturday, the 4th of April, 1840." Three paragraphs printed here--the first of which begins: "Master Humphrey earnestly hopes"--are attributed to Dickens.