Carey's general atlas, improved and enlarged: being a collection of maps of the world and quarters, their principal empires, kingdoms, &c.

ID 21173
Title Carey's general atlas, improved and enlarged: being a collection of maps of the world and quarters, their principal empires, kingdoms, &c.
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Signed Author Carey's General Atlas
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Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 122
Date of Publication 1814
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Imprint Published by M. Carey. 1814. T.S. Manning, printer, N.W. corner of Sixth & Chesnut Streets.
Colophon
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Location of Printing Philadelphia US
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Length (cm) 44
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Notes AAS Notes:
One of two issues not distinguished in Shaw; the present issue has prefatory remarks numbered in arabic numerals. Some maps and engravers vary from the other issue.
Maps signed: Thackara & Vallance sc; Bower sc; W. Robinson sc; Gridley sc; Amos Doolittle; Compiled by Samuel Lewis; John G. Warnicke; Harding Harris; Caleb Harris; Wm. Charles sc; W. Barker sculp.; Shallus sc.; Kneass & Delleker sc.; J.T. Scott sculp. Philada.; B. Tanner sc. N.York.
Nipps notes that Lydia R. Bailey was responsible for the composition only of the preface. Nipps does not note that two settings of this text exist; Bailey have been responsible for both settings, or for one setting only.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress,
Nipps, K. Lydia Bailey,
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Condition reviewed
American Antiquarian Society copy rebound; has hand-colored maps. Inscribed: Samuel Walker.
Hand-Verified No
Verified Yes
Attempted Verification No

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Carey, Mathew. Carey's general atlas, improved and enlarged: being a collection of maps of the world and quarters, their principal empires, kingdoms, &c.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 21173, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/21173. Accessed 2024-04-26. 

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  title={Carey's general atlas, improved and enlarged: being a collection of maps of the world and quarters, their principal empires, kingdoms, &c.},
  publisher={Mathew Carey [121 Chesnut Street] \& },
  address={Philadelphia},    }

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