[Pocket World Atlas] A New, General, and Universal Atlas.

Seven Years' War Pocket Atlas Featuring Gibson and Kitchin MapsIn a Nice Contemporary Red Calf BindingFirst published in London during the height of the Seven Years' War, Andrew Dury's miniature atlas served as a portabl. 12mo. Contemporary red calf, the covers richly gilt with a broad border of alternating triangular compartments filled with latticework, interspersed with small floral and pineapple-like tools and enclosed by a border of small rosettes, all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Spine rubbed. Engraved double-page title page, double-page presentation leaf, double-page "A Catalogue of Maps in this Book." 30 maps on 44 plates (of 31 on 45). The folding map sheets are given two or more numbers in the map listing, e.g. the world map is numbered 1 & 2 in contents; Germany is 31-36). Lacks the map of Ireland. North America map with paper repair to lower gutter fold (no loss). Seven Years' War Pocket Atlas Featuring Gibson and Kitchin MapsIn a Nice Contemporary Red Calf BindingFirst published in London during the height of the Seven Years' War, Andrew Dury's miniature atlas served as a portable compendium of world geography for British readers following global military campaigns. The atlas features regional maps with bilingual titles and subtitles in English and French, engraved by prominent London cartographers including John Gibson and Thomas Kitchin.The atlas is especially noted for its coverage of North America, exemplified by Gibson's double-page folding map of Canada. This plate details the contested frontier of the French and Indian War, delineating British and French colonial claims, Indigenous tribal territories (including the Six Nations, Hurons, and Outaouais), and crucial military posts such as Fort Duquesne and Fort Niagara. Mythical features of the interior, such as the imaginary islands of Philippeaux and Pontchartrain in Lake Superior, remain recorded alongside accurate hydrography of the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes basin.Dury published the atlas from his shop in Duke's Court, St. Martin's Lane, offering it in collaboration with major print sellers Robert Sayer and Carington Bowles. Issued in multiple editions (sometimes bound in oblong format) in the 1760s, the work reflects the peak of mid-18th-century London map trade collaboration. The present example, in a compact portable duodecimo format, is particularly nice.With the following maps:The WorldEuropeAsiaEast IndiesAfricaThe West Coast of AfricaNorth AmericaSouth AmericaCanadaWest IndiesGreat Britain & IrelandEnglandScotlandLACKS IRELANDSpainPortugalFrance in GeneralFranceFlandersSwitzerland.…