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CAREY, Mathew (1760-1839)
Carey's American Pocket Atlas; containing nineteen maps.... with a brief description of each State. Second edition, greatly improved and enlarged
Philadelphia: Printed by H. Sweitzer, for Mathew Carey, 1801. Octavo (8 x 4 7/8 inches). 4pp. list of subscribers. 19 folding engraved maps, 2 folding letterpress tables. Contemporary sheep, expertly rebacked and cornered to style, the flat spine divided into six compartments by double gilt fillets, original red morocco title label in the second compartment.
A fine copy of the rare second edition of one of the best contemporary guides to the United States
The first edition was published in 1796. The text and illustrations consist of maps and descriptions of the United States as a whole, and the states of New England, the mid-west, and the south. The text provides useful information on each state, including history, topography, educational institutions, descriptions of leading towns, etc. The folding tables provide an account of the Federal census (of 'free white males' and 'free white females') for 1801, and a summary of the value of the exports by State from 1791-1800. The publisher notes that in 'the present edition, the Maps have been very considerably improved. The chief roads through out the United Statese laid down - and nearly seven hundred places added, none of which were in the former edition'. The maps are captioned as follow:
1) "The United States of America." (the map extends west to the Mississippi, with the trans-Mississippi region labeled only as "Louisiana.")
2) "Vermont, from actual Survey."
3) "The State of New Hampshire, by Saml. Lewis."
4) "Province of Maine."
5) "Massachusetts."
6) "Rhode Island."
7) "Connecticut."
8) "New York."
9) "New Jersey."
10) "Pennsylvania."
11) "Delaware."
12) "N.W. Territory."
13) "Maryland."
14) "Virginia."
15) "Kentuckey."
16) "North Carolina."
17) "Tennassee [sic.]: lately the S.Wn. Territory."
18) "South Carolina."
19) "Georgia."
Howes C137; Phillips 1172; Rumsey 127; Shaw & Shoemaker 277; Sabin 10856.
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