Laurie (Robert, & James Whittle). Laurie and Whittle's New and Elegant General Atlas; chiefly intended for the Use of Schools. And Convenience of Gentlemen's Libraries ... Comprising all the New Discoveries of the Present Time: being more Copious than any Atlas published of this Size. Containing Thirty-Eight Maps printed on a Fine Wove Elephant Paper, London: Robert Laurie and James Whittle, 1803. 4to (330 x 270 mm), contemporary red half roan, engraved frontispiece, engraved additional title-page, [6] pp. (comprising letterpress title-page, index leaf and 'Explanation of the Elementary Map' leaf), 38 engraved maps with fine contemporary hand-colouring (all dated 1801, one double-page: 'The Russian Empire' in Asia'), covers detached, spotting and marginal tide-marks to frontispiece and additional title (qty: 1) No institutional copies of this edition traced on Library Hub. Notable maps include 'China from the most recent Authorities', 'North America and the West Indies with the Latest Discoveries', 'The United States of North America' (including West Florida and the Indian Territories), and 'The West Indian Islands with the Adjacent Part of the Spanish Continent'. Provenance: 1) Benjamin Flounders (1768-1846), noted Quaker and industrialist (bookplate; ink-stamps to both title-pages); 2) Thomas Sowerby (contemporary ownership inscription to engraved title).