Jun 19, 2003 - Sale 1974

Sale 1974 - Lot 80

Price Realized: $ 4,140
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
DES BARRES, J. F. W. Port Royal in South Carolina Taken from Surveys deposited at the Plantation Office. Large engraved map, 835x610 mm, ample margins; hand-colored; 140x30 mm area of loss replaced in manuscript facsimile at the lower center of the map, small portion of the S in the title in manuscript facsimile, 260-mm repaired tear extending from the left margin, 240-mm repaired tear extending from the top margin, other minor repaired edge tears; matted and framed. London, 1777

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The second state with the town of Beaufort named, and with the addition of soundings, shoals, tides, etc. Even with the aforementioned restoration, a very presentable copy of a scarce and desirable map. Sellers and Van Ee 1533.