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Auction 155, Lot 223

"Map of Public Surveys in California to Accompany Report of Surveyor Genl.", U.S. Government

Subject: California

Period: 1855 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
31.2 x 36.4 inches
79.2 x 92.5 cm
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This large and remarkably detailed map delineates the progress of public surveys throughout the state on the scale of 18 miles per inch. About one-third of the state, in the north and east, remains unsurveyed. Signed in the plate by John C. Hays, U.S. Surveyor General of California.

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Condition: B

Issued folding with light toning along the folds and a few spots of foxing. Professionally backed in Japanese tissue to repair some short separations along the folds. Trimmed at left with loss of neatline, and now professionally remargined.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $120

Closed on 11/18/2015

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