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Collection of Jean and Jim Barrow | May 20, 2023

Sat, May 20, 2023 09:00AM EDT
Lot 70

A Rare Early Volume Containing Early Maps of Carolina and Other American Colonies

Estimate: $300 - $500

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An Historical Account of the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Containing their Foundation, Proceedings, and the Success of their Missionaries in the British Colonies, to the Year 1728 by David Humphreys, London: Joseph Downing, 1730, octavo, first edition, contemporary gilt tooled calf, gilt decoration to spine and cover, five raised bands, with two engraved folding maps, one of Carolina and the other of New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania

Condition

binding is delicate and may continue to separate further, bumped corners, foxing, fading, general distress along spine, light interior inscriptions 

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Collection of Jean and Jim Barrow