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Auction 184, Lot 210

"Carte de la Partie Sud des Etats Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale", Bonne, Rigobert

Subject: Colonial Southeast United States

Period: 1782 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
12.6 x 8.4 inches
32 x 21.3 cm
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A basic copper-engraved map that covers the states of Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia in the new United States. All settlement is confined east of the Appalachians with les Cherokees the only note in the otherwise blank region west of the mountains. There are four distance scales located on the left side of the map.

References: Sellers & Van Ee #1406.

Condition: B+

A nice impression on watermarked paper with light toning and small wormholes along the sheet edges, away from the map. A short centerfold separation is confined to the bottom blank margin.

Estimate: $120 - $150

Sold for: $90

Closed on 9/15/2021

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