Aegyptus Antiqua. Published by Cummings & Hilliard, No. 1, Cornhill, Boston. M. Butler, Sc. (to accompany) An Ancient And Modern Atlas, Containing Thirteen Ancient And Eight Modern Maps. An Ancient And Modern Atlas, Containing Thirteen Ancient And Eight Modern Maps ... Published By Cummings And Hilliard, At The Boston Bookstore, No. 1, Cornhill. Aegyptus Antiqua

Engraved outline hand color map. Inset: Libya. Relief shown pictorially. Cummings’ Atlas, published by Cummings and Hilliard. A very well printed edition of the same eight modern maps as the "School Atlas" (6th edition) plus thirteen ancient maps and a plan of the Temple of Jerusalem. Outline hand color maps, engraved by M. Butler, T. W. Wightman, and W. B. Annin. Showing political and administrative divisions, major cities and town, rivers, canals, lakes and mountains. Relief shown by hachures and pictorially. Prime meridian: Greenwich. The plate marks are clearer and the impressions much stronger and the paper better than the school atlas. The content on title page listing 2 fewer ancient maps. Covers are half leather, marbled paper covered boards with no title.