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

ID 21174
Title Carey's general atlas, improved and enlarged [cartographic material] being a collection of maps of the world and quarters, their principal empires, kingdoms, &c.
Contributors
Signed Author M. Carey
Pseudonym
Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 124
Date of Publication 1814
Edition Statement
Edition Number 1
Date of First Publication 1814
Imprint Published by M. Carey. 1814. T.S. Manning, printer, N.W. corner of Sixth & Chesnut Streets.
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing Philadelphia US
Format
Length (cm) 44
Width (cm)
Price (pound)
Price (shilling)
Price (pence)
Total Price (in pence)
Non-UK Price US$15.00
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Notes From AAS: One of two issues not distinguished in Shaw 31087; the present issue has prefatory remarks numbered in roman 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; W. Barker sculp.; Shallus 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 may 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,
American Antiquarian Society copy has hand-colored maps.
Hand-Verified No
Verified Yes
Attempted Verification No

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. Carey's general atlas, improved and enlarged [cartographic material] being a collection of maps of the world and quarters, their principal empires, kingdoms, &c.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 21174, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/21174. Accessed 2024-11-22. 

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