Philadelphia: CAREY, Matthew, 1800. Map. Engraving. Uncolored. Image measures 12.5" x 14", sheet measures 13.75" x 14.75". In very good condition. Plate 19 from Carey's American Edition of Guthrie's Geography improved. A highly detailed map, is centered on the Bay of Bengal. Includes the Sea of Korea and Paracel islands. MMathew Carey (1760-1839) was an Irish-born American publisher, bookseller, and economist, as well as one the most important figures of early American cartography. Carey was based in Philadelphia, where he..... More

Philadelphia: Matthew Carey, 1814. Map. Engraving with outline hand coloring. 17 x 21 inches. Beautifully engraved map of Germany during the The Confederation of the Rhine. Some stains, toning and offsetting. but otherwise in good condition. Austria is shown as part of the Germany. Mathew Carey (1760-1839) was an Irish-born American publisher, bookseller, and economist, as well as one the most important figures of early American cartography. Carey was based in Philadelphia, where he apprenticed for Benjamin Franklin before establishing..... More

Philadelphia: M. Carey, 1814. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 10" x 10", sheet measures 10 3/8" x 17" This 1814 map of the North Pole is centered on the Arctic Circle, labeled as "Frozen Ocean", and oriented along the meridian of Philadelphia, where this map was published. The northern coast of Eurasia is carefully delineated, while the northern edge of North America is less clear. Notations in the northwest indicate the sea extending to the 70th degree of..... More

Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1805. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 5 7/8" x 7 3/4" Scarce map of Massachusetts published in 1805. Shows cities, towns, waterways, and main roads. The coastline is rendered in beautiful detail, showing islets, sandbars, and capes. Published in Carey's "American Pocket Atlas" and engraved by W. Barker. In very good condition, with wear to original fold lines. Archival tape repairs at margins. Otherwise clean and bright. Mathew Carey (1760-1839) was an Irish-born American publisher, bookseller, and..... More

Philadelphia: Carey, Mathew, 1801. Map. Color engraving. Image measures 5.75" x 7.5". Charming early double page map of New York State. Shows towns, major routes, waterways and topographical details. From "Carey's American Pocket Atlas", which was originally published in 1796. Minor offsetting and scattered staining. Cropped margins. Mathew Carey (1760-1839) was an Irish-born American publisher, bookseller, and economist, as well as one the most important figures of early American cartography. Carey was based in Philadelphia, where he apprenticed for Benjamin..... More

Philadelphia: CAREY, Matthew, 1814. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 13.25" x 16.5". Very nice map of the Iberian Peninsula including Ibiza, Majorca and Minorca as well as the tip of Africa. Minor aging in margins, crease to upper left corner. Mathew Carey (1760-1839) was an Irish-born American publisher, bookseller, and economist, as well as one the most important figures of early American cartography. Carey was based in Philadelphia, where he apprenticed for Benjamin Franklin before establishing his..... More

Philadelphia: Carey, Mathew, 1813. Map. Uncolored engraving. Image measures 5.75" x 7.5". Charming early double page map of Virginia. Shows towns, major routes, waterways and topographical details. From "Carey's American Pocket Atlas", which was originally published in 1796. Minor offsetting and scattered staining. Cropped margins. Mathew Carey (1760-1839) was an Irish-born American publisher, bookseller, and economist, as well as one the most important figures of early American cartography. Carey was based in Philadelphia, where he apprenticed for Benjamin Franklin before..... More

Philadelphia: 1817. 1 page, 10 x 8 inches, Philadelphia, August 23, 1817, exchanging surplus book stock with another book dealer, in part: "...Your favor of the 19th is just received, Smith & Little, payable one half in quarto Bibles, and the other half in miscellaneous books. I wish you to find immediately as many of the Smith & Little as you have ready. It is our intention to ship a considerable portion of the miscellaneous in two or three days..."..... More

Philadelphia: Carey, 1793. 112pp. plus tables and a list of the names of the persons buried, 8vo, leather backed boards; covers detached and worn, foxed, early ink notations in the list, library stamp on inside front cover and front endpaper. Philadelphia: Printed by the Author, 1793. Third edition, improved. GM 5451, Sabin 10884. More