Dec 13, 2018 - Sale 2496

Sale 2496 - Lot 173

Price Realized: $ 11,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
OVERTON, JOHN. A New and Most Exact Map of America. Described by N I Vischer and Don into English Enlarged and Corrected Acording to J Blaeu and Others with the Habits of ye People & ye Manner of ye Cheife Sitties ye Like Never Before. Hand-colored engraved decorative folding map of the Americas. 17 1/2x21 1/2 inches sheet size, upper and right margins wide, lower and left shaved to platemark; very nice with no repairs or restorations. London, 1671

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Scarce and beautiful separately published English map of the Western Hemisphere. Native figures, explorers' portraits and city plans elaborately decorate the border panels. Burden 401, second state.