1797 RARE FIRST EDITION BY THE FATHER AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY With All 7 MAPS - RARE




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Reference Number: Avaluer:1092796Year Printed: 1797
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
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1797 RARE FIRST EDTION BY THE FATHER OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY
COMPLETE WITH ALL 7 MAPS.
The American Gazetteer, 1797 by Jedidiah Morse, Boston: S. Hall, etc., 1797, illustrated with seven "new and neat" maps, six are folding, all are present, plus errata.  FIRST EDITION of Morse's ambitious work,   Period calf, very worn and evidence of fire as depicted, but internally quite good; internally toned and foxes as almost always, some fold tears to maps, some marginal losses &n...bsp;and some sections detached, but all generally complete and present.  The First Edition is Rare  complete.  Howes M839, Sabin 50923,

Jedidiah Morse (August 23, 1761 – June 9, 1826) was a notable geographer whose textbooks became a staple for students in the United States. He was the father of the telegraphy pioneer and painter Samuel Morse, and his textbooks earned him the sobriquet of "father of American geography."



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