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Mr. Philip D. Burden
P.O. Box 863,
Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks HP6 9HD,
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 (0) 1494 76 33 13
Email: enquiries@caburden.com
Nineteenth century double hemisphere map of the world pasted inside front cover. With several leaves of notepaper bound at the back. This is the smallest of the three county atlases produced by John Cary and was first published in 1790. It was described by Cary as being an abridgement of the ‘New and Correct Atlas’ of 1787. Provenance: private English collection. Chubb 281; Fordham (1925) p. 39; Smith ‘The Map Collector’ 43 pp. 40-47.
CARY, John
Cary's Traveller's Companion
London, 1819
Octavo (175 x 115 mm.), full contemporary half calf, marbled boards. With gilt bands and label to spine. Engraved title, advertisement, contents leaf, general map and 42 county maps, that of Yorkshire folding and restored as usual, all in early outline colour and clean.
Stock number: 4808
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