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Auction 160, Lot 306

"A New Map of the State of Missouri", Desilver, Charles

Subject: Missouri

Period: 1856 (dated)

Publication: New Universal Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
16.1 x 13.2 inches
40.9 x 33.5 cm
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This handsome map of Missouri shows towns and cities, counties, roads, railroads, canals, and more. Despite the copyright date of 1856, county configuration is only current to 1851, with new counties such as Vernon, Bollinger, and Dent delineated. Numerous Indian tribes are named in neighboring Kansas and Indian Territory.

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Condition: A

Original color with some binding holes in the top blank margin.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $100

Closed on 11/16/2016

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