Jul 09, 2020 - Sale 2540

Sale 2540 - Lot 245

Price Realized: $ 1,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
ELLICOTT, ANDREW. The Journal of Andrew Ellicott, Late Commissioner... for Determining the Boundary Between the United States and the Possessions of His Catholic Majesty in America. 14 engraved folding maps and diagrams. 4to, 10x8 inches, lightly worn contemporary tree calf, spine defective but a nice candidate for rebinding with portions of the original backstrip preserved; a few short closed tears, general foxing, offsetting and staining. Philadelphia: Budd & Bartram for Thomas Dobson, 1803

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First edition of the "first thorough American survey of the lower Mississippi and Gulf regions" (Howes E94).