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

Author/creator Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839
Format Atlas, Map, and Print
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Published by M. Carey. 1814. T.S. Manning, printer, N.W. corner of Sixth & Chesnut Streets, [1814]
Description1 atlas (6 pages, 58 unnumbered leaves of plates) : 58 (mostly double) color maps ; 44 cm
Subject(s)
Atlases.
Other author/creatorCarey, Mathew, 1760-1839 publisher.
Other author/creatorBower, John, engraver.
Other author/creatorGridley, Enoch G., engraver.
Other author/creatorDoolittle, Amos, 1754-1832 engraver.
Other author/creatorLewis, Samuel, 1753 or 1754-1822, cartographer.
Other author/creatorWarnicke, John G., -1818, engraver.
Other author/creatorHarris, Harding cartographer.
Other author/creatorHarris, Caleb cartographer.
Other author/creatorBarker, W. (William), active 1795-1803, engraver.
Other author/creatorShallus, Francis engraver.
Other author/creatorScott, J. T. (Joseph T.), engraver.
Other author/creatorTanner, Benjamin, 1775-1848 engraver.
Other author/creatorCarr, Jonas Johnston, former owner.
Other author/creatorCarr, Elias, 1839-1900 signer.
Other author/creatorThackara & Vallance engraver.
Cartographic dataScales vary.
Local noteJoyner-Library's copy imperfect: lacking t.p., most preliminaries, and two maps between no. 29 and no. 33. Several leaves repaired, some with loss of text. Autographed on verso of plate 1 and plate 58: "Jonas J. Carr," verso of plate 26: "Elias Carr." Inscribed on verso of plate 46 to "Mary Carr" from "Lucy A. Burrell." In box, rebound with original binding laid in.
General noteOne of two issues of Shaw & Shoemaker 31087; Shaw & Shoemaker do not differentiate between the issues.
General noteMaps 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.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 31087
References Phillips, P.L. Geographical atlases, 722
Acquisitions source Joyner- Transferred from Elias Carr papers, Manuscript Collection #160, Special Collections Department, J.Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C., 2008.
Genre/formAtlases (Geographic) 1814.
Genre/formIntaglio prints.
Genre/formHand-colored illustrations.

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