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CAREY, Matthew. Carey's General Atlas, Improved and Englarged. Philadelphia: M. Carey, 1817. 2 o (438 x 293 mm). 55 (of 58) engraved maps (lacks the World map and two European maps), all colored in outline (perforated library stamp on title, small stamp on first leaf, light browning and staining to some plates). Contemporary sheep-backed boards (very worn). Provenance : J.W. Reigart, Philadelphia January 3, 1814 (ownership inscription on title). Later edition of Carey's important atlas of 1796, the first atlas printed in America. This copy includes 26 regional maps of North America. A few slight additions compaired to the 1814 edition were made to: map 14 Pennsylvania ; map 18 North Carolina ; map 19 South Carolina ; map 20 Georgia; map 21 Kentucky; map 22 Tennessee ; map 23 Mississippi and Alabama Territory ; map 24; Ohio ; map 25 The Upper Territories ; map 26 Louisiana and others.