Delaware. / Carey, Mathew / 1795

Delaware. Carey, Mathew, 1795

Delaware. / Carey, Mathew / 1795

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Full Title: Delaware, from the best Authorities. W. Barker, sculp. Philada. Engraved for Carey's American Edition of Guthrie's Geography improved.

Author: Carey, Mathew

Date: 1795

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Author: Carey, Mathew

Date: 1795

Short Title: Delaware.

Publisher: Philadelphia: Mathew Carey

Type: Atlas Map

Object Height cm: 41

Object Width cm: 23

Scale 1: 443,529

Note: Uncolored.

Reference: P1172-11.

State / Province: Delaware

Full Title: Delaware, from the best Authorities. W. Barker, sculp. Philada. Engraved for Carey's American Edition of Guthrie's Geography improved.

List No: 2542.011

Series No: 13

Engraver or Printer: Barker, William

Published In: Carey's American Atlas: Containing Twenty Maps And One Chart ... Philadelphia: Engraved For, And Published By, Mathew Carey, No. 118, Market Street. M.DCC.XCV. [Price, Plain, Five Dollars-Coloured, Six Dollars.]

Publication Author: Carey, Mathew

Publication Date: 1795

Publication Reference: P1172; Walsh p33; NMM 480; Howes C135.

Publication Note: First atlas of America printed in America. First edition. These maps were also published in Carey's American edition of Guthrie's Geography (1795) and most of the maps say "engraved for Carey's American edition of Guthrie's Geography improved." The maps were again used for the 1796 edition of Carey's General Atlas, unchanged except for the Tennessee map, which is titled "Tennassee State" instead of "Tennassee Government" which is the title in both the American Atlas and the Guthrie Atlas -see Wheat and Brun, and has several counties delineated in the eastern part of the state which do not show in the 1795 edition of the map. NMM 480 (American Atlas) has "Tennassee State" indicating that Carey was not consistent. This atlas was the model for John Reid's American Atlas of 1796. This copy's maps have very strong impressions. Rebound quarter leather, marbled paper covered boards.

Publication List No: 2542.000

Publication Type: National Atlas

Publication Maps: 21

Publication Height cm: 37

Publication Width cm: 24

Image No: 2542011

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