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Auction 122, Lot 117

"North America", Wilkes, J.

Subject: North America

Period: 1796 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
7.3 x 9 inches
18.5 x 22.9 cm
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Finely engraved small map of North America featuring a River of the West reaching close to the headwaters of the Mississippi. A series of four mountain ranges rise in the western basin.

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Condition: A+

A clean impression on a sheet with some minor chips on the right binding side.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Sold for: $80

Closed on 12/5/2007

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