Very attractive sheet with two maps, a Chart of the World as known to the Ancients on Mercator's Scale and Division of the Earth among the Posterity of Noah, dated 1820, from the 1821 edition of Lavoisne's Historical Atlas. Hand colored, surrounded by geographical and statistical information.
Lavoisne's Historical Atlas. A Complete Genealogical, Historical, Chronological, and Geographical Atlas; being a general guide to ancient and modern history: Exhibiting an accurate account of the origin, descent, and marriages the principal royal families, from the earliest authentic records; together with various possessions, wars, celebrated battles, and remarkable events, to the year 1821; according to the plan of Le Sage, greatly improved. The whole forming a complete system of history and geography. By M. Lavoisne. From the last London edition, improved by C. Gros, of the University of Paris, and J. Aspin, Professor of History, &c. Enlarged by the addition of several new maps of American history and geography Extended to the beginning of the year 1821. Third American Edition, carefully revised and corrected. Philadelphia: Published by M. Carey and Sons. May 22, 1821. Printed by T.H. Palmer, on the Ruthven Press, and on J. & T. Gilpin's Machine Paper.