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    Sale 2496 | Lot 8
    Price Realized: $6,250With Buyer's Premium
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    • Sale 2496 Lot 8

      BERRY, WILLIAM. North America Divided into its Principall Parts Where are Distinguished the Severall States Which Belong to the English, Spanish and French. Large double-page engraved map of North America on two sheets joined. 22 1/4x35 inches sheet size, margins trimmed to the neatline; modified original hand-color in outline; light staining, short repairs and small losses within the sheet though not affecting engraved areas; would restore. London, 1680 [but 1681]

      Estimate $3,000 - 4,000

      "the anglicising of the continent" (Burden). Very scarce large-format English map of North America following the Sanson/Jaillot model. Burden 532.


      Price Realized (with Buyer's Premium) $6,250
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