[Connecticut]: Doolittle, Amos:

$1,500 · Offered by William Reese Company

CONNECTICUT FROM THE BEST AUTHORITIES. The earliest issue of Amos Doolittle's map of Connecticut intended for separate sale, not as part of an atlas or other book. The first issue of this map was engraved for Carey's American edition of GUTHRIE'S GEOGRAPHY IMPROVED (1795), and also appeared in Carey's AMERICAN ATLAS that same year. This version is slightly larger than the original state, and the attribution line indicating publication for Mathew Carey has been removed, as has any plate number. Thompson notes: "in this state, the map is on a large sheet with generous margins, apparently issued for separate sale...some time after 1800....Amos Doolittle (1754) was a famous and prolific early Connecticut engraver whose work continued for some three decades after this date." The cartouche for this map of Connecticut is unchanged from the original through the 1814 edition of Carey's world atlas; by 1818 the plate had been retouched and the word "Connecticut" enhanced in the title.

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