BLOME RICHARD A New Mapp of America Septentrionale

Sale 1974 - Lot 56

Price Realized: $ 2,760

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Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500

BLOME, RICHARD. A New Mapp of America Septentrionale. Engraved folding map, approximately 390x550 mm, trimmed to the platemark but outside the neat line; hand-colored in outline; several nicely repaired tears in the image. London, 1669

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An attractive map of North America, with California as an island. Tooley's first state with the dedication to Lord Baltimore, Burden's second state (calling for a preceding 1668 proof, this state with the date altered to 1669). "The map of North America is derived from that of Nicolas Sanson . . . It is the first English map to depict all five of the Great Lakes . . . Maryland is prominently named, reflecting the dedication To the Right Honourable Coecilius Calvert Baron Baltemore"--Burden 397; McCorkle 669.1; Tooley, California as an Island 26.