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Auction 120, Lot 178

"Etats Unis de l'Amerique", Blondeau, Alexandre

Subject: Eastern United States

Period: 1798 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8 x 7 inches
20.3 x 17.8 cm
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Nice view of the early United States with its western boundary on the Mississippi River and sixteen states listed. Includes a large unnamed Northwest Territory that extends to the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers and includes Illinois. Everything west of the Mississippi is named as Louisiane. Good detail throughout including locating the several Army lands (Wabash, Illinois, Ohio, and New Jersey Companies) and numerous native tribes.

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Condition: A

Nice impression with original outline color and a few faint spots of foxing.

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $120

Closed on 7/18/2007

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