Malte-Brun, Conrad “British America”

After Conrad Malte-Brun.  “British America.” 

From A New General Atlas.  Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliot, 1832.  8 x 9 ¾.  Engraving by J.H. Young.  Full original hand color.  Full margins.  Very good condition.  A/A  

In 1832, Philadelphia publishers Grigg & Elliot issued their New General Atlas.  This was intended to illustrate Danish geographer Conrad Malte-Brun’s Universal Geography.  The maps are well engraved by J.H.Young, and hand colored in the style of the period.