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Auction 120, Lot 234

"Amer. Sep. Partie des Etats Unis. No. 55", Vandermaelen, Philippe Marie Guillaume

Subject: Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas

Period: 1825 (dated)

Publication: Atlas Universel de Geographie…

Color: Hand Color

Size:
20 x 18.3 inches
50.8 x 46.5 cm
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Interesting sheet describing the Red River portion of northern Texas and part of the Territory of Arkansas, which included a portion of future Oklahoma. The Atlas Universel was the first atlas to present all the maps on the same scale (1: 1,641,836), with each map covering an area of approximately 20 degrees longitude (from Paris) and 6 degrees of latitude. It is also considered to be the first lithographic atlas ever published. The maps were meant to be joined together to form a huge globe measuring 7.775 meters in diameter. There was only one edition of the atlas, published in 1825-27, and the subscription list shows that only 810 copies were sold.

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Condition: B+

Original outline color with a few faint spots of foxing.

Estimate: $550 - $650

Sold for: $325

Closed on 7/18/2007

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