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Auction 191, Lot 280

"Kentucky", Finley, Anthony

Subject: Kentucky

Period: 1824 (published)

Publication: A New General Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.3 x 8.7 inches
28.7 x 22.1 cm
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Finely's maps employ a delicate and elegant engraving style and provided extensive topographical and watershed information. He was the dominant map maker in the United States in the early 1820s into the 1830s. His atlases were very successful, outselling rival atlases by Carey & Lea, and Tanner. His maps were printed on high quality paper and were routinely corrected and updated.

Attractive map of the state that details the roads, towns, and settlements of the day. County configuration is current to approximately 1823, prior to the addition of Spencer County (1824) from Shelby, Bullet, and Nelson counties in the central part of the state. Engraved by Young & Delleker. Finley published his atlases nearly annually between 1824-1834, with one final edition appearing in 1836 (Ristow states his last atlas was 1834).

References: Ristow, pp. 268-70.

Condition: B

Contemporary color with scattered foxing.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Sold for: $75

Closed on 2/8/2023

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