Spain and Portugal
by CAREY, Mathew
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- very good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: CAREY, Matthew, 1814. unbound. very good. Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 13.25" x 16.5".<br/> <br/> 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. <br> <br> 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 own book shop and publishing firm. He is credited with publishing the first American atlases, producing some of the best quality maps and most informative depictions of the United States in the early period after it gained independence.<br/> <br/>
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Details
- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 206848
- Title
- Spain and Portugal
- Author
- CAREY, Mathew
- Format/Binding
- Unbound
- Book Condition
- Used - very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- CAREY, Matthew
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1814
- Keywords
- Iberia, Iberian Peninsula, Strait of Gibraltar
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- Unbound
- A book or pamphlet which does not have a covering binding, sometimes by original design, sometimes used to describe a book in...