May 19, 2015 - Sale 2384

Sale 2384 - Lot 121

Price Realized: $ 2,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(UNITED STATES.) Schneider und Weigelschen. Die Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika nach Ebelings Beschreibung, Arrowsmith's u. Lewis Charten entworfen v. D. F. Sotzmann Revidirt und Berichtigtn von I. N. Diewald. Detailed engraved map of the United States, compiled from Arrowsmith's, Lewis', and Sotzmann's maps. 530x660 mm; hand-colored. Nuremburg, 1819

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Map includes an exceptionally large depiction of the Illinois Territory, extending to Lake of the Woods and far into Canada. Although it is evidently very well researched, there are several fascinating idiosyncrasies in the depictions of American states and territories.