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Auction 123, Lot 389

"West Indies [on sheet with] Cuba, Hayti and Jamaica", Colton, Joseph Hutchins

Subject: Greater Antilles

Period: 1858 (dated)

Publication: Illustrated Cabinet Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
10.8 x 12.8 inches
27.4 x 32.5 cm
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Very nice steel engraved sheet with two maps contained within a common border. The maps show numerous place names, cities, railroads and topography. The map of Cuba, Hayti and Jamaica includes a small profile of Jamaica, and between the two maps is another, larger Profile of the Principal Islands in the West Indies. Decorative floral borders. From the rarely seen Cabinet Atlas.

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Condition: B+

Fine original color on crisp impression. A couple small stains and spots in the maps, more in margins.

Estimate: $120 - $160

Sold for: $120

Closed on 2/20/2008

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