The Old Print Shop

Plan of Newburyport Harbor.

  • ARTIST: Edmund Blunt

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: 1806

  • EDITION SIZE: 4 1/4 x 7 5/8" (107 x 195 mm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: A fine early sea chart from Edmund M. Blunt's "American Coast Pilot." Blunt is one of the foremost names in modern navigation. This "pilot" was first issued in Newburyport Mass in 1796 without plates. The first issue to contain maps was issued in 1804. The early versions of the maps are much scarcer than those which appeared later in the century. A fine small chart of Blunt's home town.

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  • CONDITION: Good condition. Black & white.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps