Dec 10 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2689 -

Sale 2689 - Lot 56

Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
(COLONIAL NORTH AMERICA.) Johann Baptist Homann. Amplissimae Regionis Mississipi seu Provinciae Ludovicianae. Double-page engraved map of North America centered on the Mississippi River and ornamented with scenes of industrious beavers at Niagara Falls and native figures standing with a bison. 20x24 inches sheet size, upper margin narrow, others ample; original hand-color delineating French, Spanish and British possessions; moderate foxing and soiling, short closed tears at upper edge. Nuremberg, circa 1720