Books by CAREY Mathew

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... more information

Philadelphia: engraved for and published by Mathew Carey, 1805. Folio. (17 1/8 x 10 7/8 inches). Letterpress title (incorporating a list of the maps) printed on wove paper, otherwise engraved throughout on laid paper. 21 engraved maps (11 double-page, 5 folding, 3 with period hand-colouring in outline). Expertly bound to style in diced russia over the original marbled paper-covered boards, flat spine in compartments divided by gilt double fillets, lettered in the second compartment. An exceedingly rare iss... more information

Philadelphia: M. Carey, 1800. Folio. (17 x 14 inches). 49 engraved maps, (including 26 double-page or folding, 'A Map of the part of the N.W. Territory of the United States' printed on heavy paper and coloured in outline in a contemporary hand.) (Occasional expert repairs to margins and folds). Expertly bound to style in half russia over contemporary speckled paper-covered boards, the flat spine divided into six compartments by double gilt fillets, red morocco lettering-piece in the second compartme... more information

Philadelphia: Published by Mathew Carey, May 1, 1796. Folio. (16 7/8 x 11 1/4 inches). 45 engraved maps (2 single page, 42 double-page, 1 folding). Lacking the letterpress title. Contemporary brown sheep-backed marbled paper-covered boards, the whole covered with a contemporary sail cloth chemise. Housed in a black chemise and black morocco backed folding box. An unsophisticated copy of this important American atlas, including the first appearance of the very rare, large-scale map of the United States by S... more information

hardcover. very good. Second Edition, Greatly Improved and Enlarged. 19 double-page folding maps. 2 folding tables. [8], 114pp. of text. 8vo, 1/2 modern calf, leather label; (light foxing, including most of the maps; tables are foxed and dampstained, map of Massachusetts lacks part of blank margin). Philadelphia: Printed by H. Sweitzer for Mathew Carey, 1801. Contains a large map of the United States and detailed maps with cities, towns, rivers and roads of the following: Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Ma... more information