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Auction 128, Lot 156

"The British Possessions in North America from the best Authorities", Lewis/Carey

Subject: Canada

Period: 1794 (dated)

Publication: Guthries Geography

Color: Hand Color

Size:
17.3 x 15 inches
43.9 x 38.1 cm
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This handsome map focuses on the settled parts of Canada near the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes. The main map covers the Great Lakes, Quebec, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, and the large inset covers Hudson and Baffins Bays with Labrador and Greenland.

References: Kershaw #391.

Condition: B

Mild foxing, mostly in the blank margins. Remargined at binding side with a repair on a binding 3.5" tear entering the map at left parallel to the border.

Estimate: $375 - $450

Sold for: $150

Closed on 5/20/2009

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