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Lot 1188

Seutter-Lotter - Plan von Neu Ebenezer (Georgia)

Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000

Bid Increments

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$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
Matthäus Seutter (German, 1678-1757) and Tobias Conrad Lotter, (German, 1717-1777), Plan von Neu Ebenezer.. from Samuel Urlsperger's Ausfuhrliche Nachtricht von den Saltzburgischen Emigranten, Augsburg, 1747, hand colored engraving on laid paper in two sheets, sheets 20-7/8 x 23-1/2 in.; gilt wood frame with black panel, 32-1/8 x 35-1/2 in.Note: Seutter's scarce plan of the Georgia colony, Augsburg, 1747, shows a plan of Ebenezer, the German Salzburger settlement on the Savannah River, a map of the coast of Georgia with an inset of Jekyll Island and St. Simon's Island and a plan of a water mill and the town plan of New Ebenezer.Cummings, William P. The Southeast in early maps. 2014. Pages 260, 261. Maps 264 and 265.  , Provenance: W. Graham Arader III; Estate of Carl R. Hartrampf Jr., Atlanta, Georgia

Condition

strong color, full sheet tacked at edges with adhesive tape, some wear to ink at edges, light toning and foxing, binding edge present at left, ink inscription at bottom middle, small stains in margin; frame with abrasions