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Auction 126, Lot 317

"Neueste Karte von New York…", Meyer, Joseph

Subject: New York

Period: 1844 (dated)

Publication: Grosser Zeitung Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
14.5 x 11.5 inches
36.8 x 29.2 cm
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This is the German edition of the Tanner/Mitchell New York map from the New Universal Atlas, with a German title but still retaining the English place names. The map shows the profile of the Erie Canal at the bottom and at the right are the steam-boat routes from New York to Albany, Niagara Falls and the Hudson River and Philadelphia.

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Condition: B+

Nice impression with original outline color and a few, scattered spots of foxing confined primarily to the margins.

Estimate: $140 - $180

Sold for: $100

Closed on 12/3/2008

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