Dec 05, 2017 - Sale 2464

Sale 2464 - Lot 262

Price Realized: $ 7,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
CAREY, MATHEW. Carey's American Atlas: Containing Twenty Maps and One Chart. 21 double-page engraved maps. Folio, 17x12 inches, modern half morocco to style; title-page supplied in facsimile, washed, scattered staining and repairs, most notably a large closed tear to the map of Virginia. Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1795
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the first american atlas published in america. The present example has the map of Tennessee in its second state, reading "Tennassee State" as opposed to "Tennassee Government"; many of the maps bear the "Engraved for Carey's American Edition of Guthrie's Geography Improved" imprint. Phillips, Atlases 1362; Sabin 10855; Howes C135.