Jun 07, 2018 - Sale 2481

Sale 2481 - Lot 24

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
BOWLES (FAMILY); after EVANS, LEWIS. Bowles's New One-Sheet Map of the Independent States of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pensylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island &c. Comprehending Also the Habitations & Hunting Countries of the Confederate Indians; by Lewis Evans. Double-page engraved map of the mid-Atlantic states with an inset of the Western (Ohio) Territory. 21 1/4x27 1/4 inches sheet size, wide margins; original outline hand-color; minor edge chip and partial strengthening to verso of center fold. London: Bowles & Carver, circa 1796

Additional Details

A bright and attractive example of Bowles's pirated edition of Lewis Evans' highly influential "General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America". Here with several changes to the original 1755 map, notably the appearance of the names Kentucky, Tennessee and Vermont.