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Auction 105, Lot 639

"[Lot of 2] Campaigns of the American Revolution an Atlas of Manuscript Maps [together with] American Map and Map Makers of the Revolution", Various

Subject: Reference Books

Period: 1966-75 (published)

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Campaigns of the American Revolution an Atlas of Manuscript Maps, by Marshall and Peckham, is an informative reference atlas reproducing original materials drawn by battlefield participants and cartographers during the course of the American Revolution. Illustrated with reproductions of manuscript maps from American and English archives. Illustrations in color and b/w with color pictorial endpapers. 138 pages. University of Michigan Press, 1966. (10 x 13.5") Hard bound in green cloth with gilt lettering and illustrated dust jacket.

American Map and Map Makers of the Revolution, by Peter J. Guthorn, provides a detailed view of American mapmakers, most of whom had little education in cartography, but provided important information during the battle for independence. Biographies of 51 mapmakers with 18 illustrations, 48 pp. Philip Freneau Press, 1966. (10 x 12.5") Hardbound in buckram with gilt embossed title and decoration on cover, lacking dust jacket.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $70 - $90

Sold for: $50

Closed on 12/3/2003

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