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I am posting this announcement by request. If you have any information
about this missing item, please contact the numbers given in the
announcement. --ECW
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Atlas description: Philadelphia: H.S. Tanner, 1823. Folio (22 5/8 x 15 3/4
inches). Letterpress half-title, 1p. index and 18pp. text. Engraved title
with vignette of the "First Landing of Columbus in the New World", 22 fine
hand-coloured double-page engraved maps. Contemporary red half morocco, the
flat spine divided into six compartments by double fillets, lettered in the
second, the other compartments with repeat decoration of a single
centrally-placed square arabesque tool, modern cloth box with morocco
lettering-piece on its spine.
The atlas was stolen between April 20 and April 22, 2007. Unfortunately, our
institution had yet to agree on what to do with the atlas (keep or
deaccession/sell at an auction), so it does not have any markings on it. It
does have a library catalog sticker with a number (we did not have a chance
to record this number) on its binding a quarter of the way from the top.
There are specific condition notes to this atlas: a majority of the pages
have some sort of water-like stains both large and small throughout, which
are mostly contained along the edges of the 18 pages of text. All of the
maps are in good condition with a few water stains, with the exception of
the large map on the last pages. This fold-out map has binding tape holding
it together, when folded open the pages are crisp along the creases. The
exterior has general wear throughout both red leather coverings. The
binding has some damage and a library catalog sticker. As expected with a
piece this old, there are the usual fading and yellowing marks throughout.
We are working with the Clarkstown Police Department of Rockland County, NY.
Their general line is (845) 639.5800. This incident has been reported to
the FBI, who will report it to Interpol among other international forces
they work with. We highly suspect it is still in the downstate NY region
and if sold, among the same region.
Julia Hickey
julia.s.hickey@gmail.com
(920) 366.1695