Jun 14, 2007 - Sale 2118

Sale 2118 - Lot 64

Price Realized: $ 3,120
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
GASTON and JOHNSON. A New Map of Our Country, Prospective and Present. Lovely large wall map showing the United States from Atlantic to Pacific and a portion of lower Canada, as well as Latin America as far south as upper South America, 1440x1670 mm (56 1/2x65 1/2 inches); varnish somewhat browned but virtually free of cracking and disruption, cloth sizing at edges frayed but not affecting map; original linen backing; original wooden dowels top and bottom. New York and Cleveland, 1855

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A highly unusual map in very nice condition as compared with others of its generation. Texas is fully formed and the West deliniated as it would soon become under Federal control.