May 26, 2016 - Sale 2417

Sale 2417 - Lot 116

Price Realized: $ 875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
A SUPERB COPY OF THIS IMPORTANT LARGE SCALE COUNTY MAP. (NEW YORK.) Hunter, B. J. Map of Oswego County, New York, from actual surveys under the direction of Samuel Geil ... by B.J. Hunter. Engraved map, full original hand-coloring, folding in 36 sections, backed onto linen, edged with green silk ribbon. 51 3/4x57 inches sheet size. Philadelphia: Gillett, Matthews, [copyright date 1854]
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The map is here presented as a case map, sectioned and linen-backed at a contemporary date, rather than in wall map form, thus preserving the beauty of the original coloring, and without the varnish that tends to be such an unwelcome feature of wall maps of the period.