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Auction 192, Lot 315

"[Lot of 2] L'Ancien et le Nouveau Mexique, avec la Floride et la Basse Louisiane. Partie Occidentale [and] ... Partie Orientale", Bonne, Rigobert

Subject: Southern United States, Mexico & Central America

Period: 1787 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Encyclopedique

Color: Hand Color

Size:
9.3 x 13.6 inches
23.6 x 34.5 cm
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This handsome pair of maps covers the southern United States, Mexico, and Central America. It provides a good amount of information along the Gulf coast, including the Mississippi to above its conjunction with the Ohio. There also excellent detail of the Jesuit missions in Mexico and the Southwest, and of the numerous Indian tribes. The map locates San Diego, Santa Fe, Taos, Acapulco, Cabo St. Lucas and many towns along the Sea of Cortez and Baja Peninsula. Engraved by Andre.

References: Phillips (Atlases) #666, Vol. 2 #115 & 116.

Condition: B+

Bright, watermarked sheets with modern coloring, light offsetting, and light dampstains along the centerfolds and surrounding the coloring.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $180

Closed on 4/26/2023

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