Dec 08, 2016 - Sale 2434

Sale 2434 - Lot 155

Unsold
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(NEW YORK.) French, John Homer; and Smith, Robert Pearsall. The State of New York. Large lithographed wall map, backed on original canvas with original wooden dowels top and bottom. 67x74 inches overall; varnish a bit yellow, small portions missing from lower left edging, not affecting image. Syracuse, NY: Robert Pearsall Smith, 1860

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Overall a nice example of this important map, one of the last great Legislature-sponsored maps of the 19th century, for which Ristow dedicated an entire chapter of American Maps and Mapmakers (pages 355-378).