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FIRST AMERICAN ATLAS PUBLISHED IN AMERICA CAREY, MATHEW. Carey's American Atlas: Containing Twenty Maps and One Chart. 21 engraved folding, double-page, and single-page maps. Folio, 380x245 mm, contemporary 1/2 calf, very worn; title clean except for one small stain, maps varyingly offset throughout, dampstaining in lower margin throughout (generally not affecting maps), final 6 maps heavily dampstained and reaching into images from side margins. Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1795
first american atlas engraved and published in america. The description of its faults may make it sound worse than it is. Professional conservation could work wonders on this rare American atlas.
