Dec 05, 2017 - Sale 2464

Sale 2464 - Lot 185

Price Realized: $ 688
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
PERRIS, WILLIAM. New and Complete Rail Road Map of the United States Compiled from Reliable Sources … Presented by the Home Insurance Company of New York. Hand-colored lithographed map of the eastern half of the United States. 22 1/2x33 inches sheet size; originally folding now flat, tear and small loss of margin at left where removed from folding case. New York, [1858]
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Designed as a promotional item for the Home Insurance Company, the large elaborate cartouche at lower right contains detailed information about the company. The map shows all railroads, finished and under construction, within a decorative border surround incorporating a locomotive in the lower banner. Modelski, Railroad Maps, 35; Rumsey 2617.