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Important Historic Americana | October 17, 2024

Thu, Oct 17, 2024 10:00AM EDT
Lot 1181

Arrowsmith - 19th Century Map of Africa

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500

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Aaron Arrowsmith (1750-1823), Africa. To the Committee Members of the British Association, for Discovering the Interior parts of Africa..., London, circa 1802, first state, engraving on wove paper with old color, 49 x 57-1/4 in., dowel 64-1/2 in.

Provenance: A Historic Edenton Family Collection

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A Historic Edenton Family Collection

nailed in on dowel, dowel along lower edge, laid on linen, holes to upper left, holes and pest damage to upper right, cracking, fraying, and tearing to edges (mostly along top edge), staining, heavy varnish