Wilkinson, Robert, Publisher. ATLAS CLASSICA: BEING A COLLECTION OF MAPS OF COUNTRIES MENTIONED IN THE ANCIENT AUTHORS BOTH SACRED AND PROFANE. London: Robt. Wilkinson, 1808. Period oe polished calf/marbled paper boards hardcover, Folio (13.5x11?), good/n.a., 53 hand-colored maps and charts (one folding). The engraved title-page is dated 1797, several plates are dated from the later 1790s also, however index page is dated 1808 with several maps approaching that year also. Binding is quite well bumped and rubbed but holding firmly, top front joint is started approx. 3? down from the head, but overall intact; title-leaf soiled, both free fly-leaves are crushed but present, front fly-leaf lacking approx. 4? chip at tail of fore-edge and with previous owner?s signatures thereon, as well as a p.o.s. to head of title page, small (1/4?) tear to index, doodle to final map verso, maps generally quite clean - near fine, despite worn binding. A map of the U.S.A. is not included in this publication. It could have been special ordered, but apparently the initial purchaser did not see the need to do so. This magnificent atlas shows the regions of the world throughout biblical and classical history, with detailed charts corresponding to the peopling of the world and the description set out in the Bible with several maps detailing the geography and ways of the ancient ones as lain out in the classic writings. Herein is a journey into the world at the end of the 18th century and the years before. Quite interesting to see how much things have changed ? and how much they are the same. A very distinctive book have we here ? quite the amazing, Capture of Tyme!