Adam's THE LIBRARY COLLECTION 1st May 2024

138 MICHAUX, François André [1770-1855] OAKS of the United States and of Canada Philadelphia (n.d) folio, sold by S. Bradford and Inskeep/Bernard Mac-Mahon, nurseryman, price three Dollars, with 26 black and white en- graved plates after P.J. Redouté by Bessin, with fold-out index, the plates matched by actual dried leaves. Original boards, scuffed, lacking spine For more information on this lot, please see www.adams.ie € 1,000 - 2,000 139 CAREY’S General Atlas Improved and Enlarged, being a Collection of Maps of the World and Quarters, folio, Philadel- phia, published by M. Carey, No. 121 Chestnut Street 1815, 58 hand-coloured maps, most dou- ble-page, in plain brown boards (stained) leather spine (worn) with signature in ink ‘Tho. C. James’ 425 x 270 mm € 3,000 - 5,000 140 H.C CAREY AND I.LEA (publishers) A Complete Historical, Chronological and Geographical AMERICAN ATLAS being a Guide to the History of NORTH and SOUTH AMERICA and the WEST INDIES...TO THE YEAR 1822 1st ed. Philadelphia, H.C. Carey and L. Lea, Chestnut Street 1822. 53 double page coloured maps, charts and an engraving ‘Comparative Height of the Principal Mountains’, all surrounded by letter text (possibly lacking maps 6-7) 450 x 300 mm € 3,000 - 5,000 Lot 139 Property from Dawesfield, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania