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Auction 160, Lot 165

"Carte Dressee pour l'Intelligence du Voyage au Pays des Mormons / Map Designed to Accompany the Journey to Mormon Land", Remy, Jules

Subject: United States

Period: 1861 (published)

Publication: A Journey to Great-Salt-Lake City by Jules Remy and Julius Brenchley…

Color: Black & White

Size:
17.7 x 6.8 inches
45 x 17.3 cm
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This rare map shows the United States nearly in its entirety to illustrate a book devoted the new American Mormon religion. The map is simple, with major cities named, including Fillmore, Salt Lake City, and Cedar City in Utah and Nauvoo in Illinois. Remy and Brenchley traveled from San Francisco to Salt Lake City in the summer of 1855, staying in the city for a month and researching the Mormon religion. This map is from the second edition of the book, published in London. The map was drawn by Vuillemin and engraved by Lemaitre.

References: Wagner-Camp 364:2; cf. Wheat #1014.

Condition: B

A crisp impression issued folding with faint offsetting and scattered foxing. The map has separated completely along the left-hand fold, which has been repaired on recto with archival material.

Estimate: $180 - $210

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Closed on 11/16/2016

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