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Auction 105, Lot 190

"Boston, and its Environs", Phillips, Richard (Sir)

Subject: Massachusetts

Period: 1806 (dated)

Publication: Marshall's Life of Washington

Color: Black & White

Size:
12.5 x 8 inches
31.8 x 20.3 cm
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Very well-engraved plan of the city and surrounding area during the Revolutionary War. Extends to include Cambridge, Chelsea, Dorchester and the islands of Deer, Gallops, Long, Castle, and Spectacle. Locates roads, forts, powder magazines, batteries, etc.

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Condition: B

Good impression on thick paper watermarked "1806". Trimmed very close and into publishers imprint on bottom edge, as issued, else very good.

Estimate: $120 - $140

Sold for: $350

Closed on 12/3/2003

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