(UNITED STATES HISTORY) Timothy and Edward Hooker Ensign

Sale 2591 - Lot 223

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Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

(UNITED STATES -- HISTORY.) Timothy and Edward Hooker Ensign. Ensign's Travellers' Guide, and Map of the United States. Large engraved map of the United States bordered with inset city plans, tables, presidential portraits and patriotic historical vignettes. 5 sheets joined, 27 1/2x41 inches overall; original hand-color; original linen backing with ebonized wooden rollers; age toned, but generally nicer than commonly found. New York: T. & E.H. Ensign, [1840] 1846

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Unusually well-preserved example of Ensign's decorative historical wall map - an uncommon edition of 1846 (of the many editions, the first to represent Texas statehood). A few notable modifications here being Humphrey Phelps's credit erased from the title and the portrait of George Washington at lower right has been replaced by the newly elected James K. Polk.