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Auction 112, Lot 111

"[Lot of 2] West Canada [and] East Canada and New Brunswick", Tallis, John

Subject: Canada

Period: 1850 (circa)

Publication: The Illustrated Atlas…

Color: Hand Color

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Matched pair of decorative steel engraved maps showing all of what was then called East and West Canada. Both maps are surrounded by fancy engraved borders. The former (12.6 x 10") covers the region of present-day Ontario and includes uncolored vignettes of Niagara Falls, an Indian encampment, Indians hunting bison, and river otters. The latter (13.4 x 10.3") is a fine map of the St. Lawrence River and New Brunswick. Two large and finely engraved vignettes: a group of North American Indians; and a lovely view of Quebec with numerous sailing ships and boats in the foreground. A third smaller vignette shows a bison.

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Condition: B

Both with good impressions and original outline color. Vignettes and borders uncolored, as issued. Toning at edges.

Estimate: $120 - $160

Sold for: $95

Closed on 9/28/2005

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