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Thu, Jul 16, 2015 05:00PM EDT - Fri, Jul 17, 2015 05:00PM EDT
Lot 184

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Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000

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Mississipi by Guillaume Delisle (French, 1675-1726), the Covens and Mortier reprint, 1742, Cumming #208, with a small amount of hand-coloring in outline, Delisle's important map, a main source of many later maps of the Mississippi River, also an early reference to the state of Texas, a seminal map for Americana collectors, 19-1/4 x 26 in. (sight); matted and framed in a gilt wood frame foxing to the lower right corner margin and to the upper center fold otherwise very good. Provenance: Atlanta, Georgia Collection

Condition

foxing to the lower right corner margin and to the upper center fold otherwise very good