WELLS EDWARD A New Sett of Maps both of Antient and Present

Sale 2217 - Lot 31

Price Realized: $ 3,840

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

WELLS, EDWARD. A New Sett of Maps both of Antient and Present Geography. 41 double-page engraved maps, all hand-colored in outline. Folio, 395x280 mm, modern calf; scattered defects throughout, most important faults detailed below. London, R. Bonwicke, J. Walthoe, R. Wilkin, and T. Ward, circa 1720

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Antient world map backed with paper and with some loss; Modern world map backed with paper and trimmed just inside neat line in upper margin; British Isles map trimmed to neat line in upper margin; North American map trimmed to neat line in lower margin; South American map trimmed to neat line in upper margin; Plantation of the English in America map with loss in right margin extending to neat line and affecting gradients in right margin, small hole in inset of Nova Scotia; other minor faults throughout. sold as is.