Forwarding of an important announcement about a stolen atlas ...

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Subject:        Re: [] MapHistTanner atlas stolen
Date:   Sun, 06 May 2007 16:42:32 -0400
From:   Joel Kovarsky <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To:       Discussion group for map history <[log in to unmask]>
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Tony Campbell wrote:
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> ExLibris reports the theft of a H.S. Tanner atlas of 1823, with 22
> maps. Many details of the volume are given but not its title. I do not
> have access to the appropriate reference sources but I dare say this
> is the 'New American Atlas'.
>
> The library, from which the atlas was apparently removed between 20
> and 27 April, is also unnamed, though reference is made to "Clarkstown
> Police Department of Rockland County, NY".
I am sure this is correct, and the atlas collations often vary:
http://www.davidrumsey.com/maps1666.html .

       Joel Kovarsky