Hermann Moll 1723 Atlas of World complete Atlas with Maps
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This is a vintage book titled "The Compleat Geographer: or the Chorography and Topography of all the Known Parts of the Earth". It is by Herman Moll and was published by J. Knapton, R. Knaplock, J. Wyat and several others. It is dated MDCCXXIII(1723)and is a fourth edition. The book is leather bound and measures 13" x 3" x 9". The first four pages have been professionally stablized with a fiber tape. There is still a fold-out map attached inside of the book. There are a few pieces of paper inside the book with a handwritten letter, a paper with deaths, births and marriages and another piece that we can not make out. There is some handwritten footnotes on a few pages. One page indicates that this book belonged to Robert Hunter and another paper shows some Hunter geneology written down including some births and deaths. There are several places where the "s" in a word is written with a "f" as the older books do. The pages have yellow spots on them but most are in good condition although there is foxing and discoloration; the inside book plates has foxing, discoloration, etc. The pages are still attached to the spine. The cover shows wear in several places. North and South America is referred to as "America" in the book. Florida is shown as extending over to Texas, Africa has four maps. As far as I can tell, all or most of the maps are
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