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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''A New and Elegant General Atlas: Comprising All the New Discoveries, to the Present Time: Containing Sixty-Five Maps''}}
===by Aaron Arrowsmith and Samuel Lewis===
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''A New and Elegant General Atlas'' was created by [[wikipedia:Aaron Arrowsmith|Aaron Arrowsmith]] (1750 &ndash; 1823), a renowned eighteenth century cartographer and Samuel Lewis (1753/54 &ndash; 1822) of whom nothing else is known. A man of high standards, Arrowsmith was constantly making revisions to ensure that his maps were as up to date because the admiralty and the throne of England used many of them. Arrowsmith personally completed the artwork for the maps as well, leading his maps to be well-known for their artistic beauty. After his death in 1823, his son Aaron continued Arrowsmith's work.<ref>Elizabeth Baigent, "[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/698?docPos=1 Arrowsmith, Aaron, the elder (1750)-1823), cartographer and map publisher]" in ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', accessed October 9, 2013.</ref>

[[File:ArrowsmithANewAndElegantGeneralAtlas1804Inscription.jpg|left|thumb|350px|<center>Inscription, front free endpaper.</center>]]
Arrowsmith's ''New and Elegant General Atlas'', published in 1804, contains sixty-five maps. It exemplifies the simplistic beauty for which Arrowsmith’s maps were known and incorporates recent discoveries made at the time it was published.

==Evidence for Inclusion in Wythe's Library==
[[Thomas Jefferson]] listed "Atlas by Arrowsmith & Lewis 4to." in his [[Jefferson Inventory|inventory]] of [[Wythe's Library]], noting that he kept the volume himself. He later sold a copy of the first American edition to the Library of Congress. A copy of this edition exists within the library's collection and is thought to be Jefferson's (and therefore, also Wythe's).<ref>E. Millicent Sowerby, ''Catalogue of the Library of Thomas Jefferson'', (Washington, D.C.: The Library of Congress, 1952-1959), 4:97 [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015033648125;view=1up;seq=111 [no.3836]].</ref> Brown's Bibliography<ref>Bennie Brown, "The Library of George Wythe of Williamsburg and Richmond," (unpublished manuscript, May, 2012) Microsoft Word file. Earlier edition available at: https://digitalarchive.wm.edu/handle/10288/13433.</ref> references this copy at the Library of Congress while [http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe George Wythe's Library]<ref>''LibraryThing'', s.v. "[http://www.librarything.com/profile/GeorgeWythe Member: George Wythe]," accessed on June 28, 2013.</ref> on LibraryThing) lists it as the "probable edition". The Wolf Law Library followed Sowerby and Brown's advice and purchased a copy of the first American edition.

==Description of the Wolf Law Library's copy==
Bound in modern calf backed marbled paper boards. Inscribed "Brice's atlas 5 mo. 19<sup>th</sup> 1816" on the front free endpaper. Purchased from Arader Galleries. 

Images of the library's copy of this book are [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wolflawlibrary/sets/72157637698210545 available on Flickr.] View the record for this book in [https://wm.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01COWM_INST/g9pr7p/alma991026000799703196 William & Mary's online catalog.]

===Full text===
*[http://lawlibrary.wm.edu/wythepedia/library/ArrowsmithLewisNewAndElegantAtlas1804.pdf ''A New and Elegant General Atlas''] (84MB PDF)

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File:ArrowsmithNewElegantGeneralAtlas1804Map2.jpg|<center>Map of Italy.</center>
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==See also==
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*[[George Wythe Room]]
*[[Jefferson Inventory]]
*[[Wythe's Library]]
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==References==
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