Dec 08, 2015 - Sale 2401

Sale 2401 - Lot 273

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(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. 1700x1880 mm overall; varnish a bit yellow, small portions missing from lower left edging, not affecting image. Syracus, 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).