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Scott, Joseph (fl. circa 1795) The United States Gazetteer: Containing an Authentic Description of the Several States. Philadelphia: F. and R. Bailey, 1795. First edition, 12mo, lacking the large folding map of the United States, with approximately seventeen maps (map of New Jersey torn in half with the torn half missing),a well-worn copy with most maps torn or stained, title page engraved, bound in full contemporary sheepskin, ex library, with a few stamps, inscriptions, etc., possibly missing text leaves in signature N (see collation),6 1/2 x 4 in.
[pi]4, single blank unsigned leaf, A-M6, N4, O-Z6, Aa6, Bb2.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
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