May 29 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2706 -

Sale 2706 - Lot 235

Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(WORLD -- REPUBLIC OF TEXAS.) J.[ohn] & C.[harles] Walker. To Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, This Map of the World on Mercator's Projection is Most Respectfully Dedicated. Oversize engraved case map of the world surrounded by a border of separately printed tables relating statistics for scores of individual nations and geographic regions. 2 panels, 57x27½ and 57x36½ inches overall, each segmented, backed on original linen, and folding into elaborately embossed roan covers; spine lost and the two sections separated; moderate to heavy foxing. London, 1844
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Attractive world map offering a wealth of contemporary international statistical information. Notable for the presence of Texas as an independent Republic, separately colored, and with its own listing in the text panels (population 38,000).

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