Title: Connecticut [Rare Printer's Proof Copy in full Color]
Map Maker:
Matthew Carey
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Place / Date: Philadelphia / 1795
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Coloring: Hand Colored
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Size: 8 x 6 inches
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Condition: VG
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Price:
SOLD
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Inventory ID: m9497
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Description: Rare full color printer's proof state, from Carey's Pocket Atlas. Shows travel routes, towns, topography, rivers, and harbors. Early boundary with Canada shown. The map is printed on a much larger sheet of paper, approximately 12 x 9.5, with extremely wide page margins on 3 sides. Early American Printer's proof copies are extremely rare on the market, especially with full hand coloring, nearly 20 years prior to The first time Carey offered colored works for sale. Following the publication of Carey's American Atlas in 1795, there were a small group of 18th Century works which included a complete set of state maps, including John Reid's American Atlas, Joseph T. Scott's Gazetteer, Carey's Pocket atlas and works by Jeddidiah Morse. This small group of maps and the few separately issued maps of the region, which are now virtually unobtainable, mark the beginnings of the indigenous cartographic publishing business in America, and are now highly soughtafter.
Related Categories:
Maps of America
Maps of New England
Maps of the Northeast
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