CAREY'S AMERICAN POCKET ATLAS; Containing Nineteen Maps...with a Brief Description of Every State

Book Description

Philadelphia, PA: Mathew Carey, 1801 [viii], 114 pages of text. Lacks all nineteen folding maps. Contains two folding tables at rear of text; 1) (numbered page 113) "Census of the United States for 1801. Complete, excepting Tennessee, and one allotment in Maryland." 2) (numbered page 114) "Summary of the Value of Exports from the several States, for Ten Years." Attractively and professionally rebound in full gilt-ruled leather with maroon spine label with gilt lettering. New marbled endpapers. One folding table expertly repaired at fold. Contains statistics and descriptive information on the states of Vermont, New Hampshire, District of Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, North-Western & Indiana Territories, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, and Mississippi Territory. One leaf of text is loose, but is safely laid-in. Text is homogenously age-toned, with a few instances of foxing, and offsetting from maps. An attractive copy of this text only copy of this publication.. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Octavo (8vo).

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