Lot 518

Delisle - Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississipi

Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$100 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $200
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000

Guillaume Delisle (1675-1726), Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississipi, 1718, first state, engraving on laid paper with hand color, sheet 19 x 25-1/2 in., overall with backing 19-5/8 x 26 in.; framed, 24-5/8 x 31 in.

Provenance: Private North Carolina Collection

Note: Pritchard & Taliaferro, map 20, pg. 118-122; Cumming, map 70, pg. 212-214

Condition

hinged in on mat, apparently trimmed to plate line and reinforced with paper backing at margins, some tape and adhesive remnants at top edge recto and verso; frame with light wear and abrasions

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Private North Carolina Collection