"[Lot of 2] The City of Charleston, South Carolina, Where the Democratic Nominating Convention will be Held [and] Charleston, S. C. and its Vicinity",
Subject: South Carolina - Charleston
Period: 1863-63 (dated)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Lot of two handsome bird's-eye views of Charleston. 1) Wood engraving from Harper's Weekly, April 21, 1860 (14 x 9"). 2) Steel engraving by W. Ridgway from a drawing by J. Wells with 16 locations identified below the scene (8 x 5" ). It was published in Virtue & Yorston's History of the Great Civil War, 1863.
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Condition:
First has an extraneous fold down the center with a tear in bottom margin repaired with archival tape. Second is fine.