[ATLASES]. HALL, Sydney. Black's General Atlas: A Series of Fifty-Four Maps from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources, Engraved on Steel in the First Style of the Art. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1840. Folio. Complete with all 54 steel engraved maps (9 of which are double-page - most maps are hand-outlined in color). xiv, 40, 40 pp. Contemporary half dark purple morocco over purple cloth, spine ruled in gilt and black, spine lettered in gilt, five raised bands, yellow-coated endleaves (binding worn and soiled, corners bumped, hinges reinforced, some foxing, soiling to text and maps). Near fine. FIRST EDITION THUS. This edition has maps with hand-colored outlines of countries.