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Lot 239
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"Kentucky", Arrowsmith & Lewis

Subject: Kentucky

Period: 1804 (circa)

Publication: A New and Elegant General Atlas

Color: Black & White

Size:
9.8 x 8 inches
24.9 x 20.3 cm
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This county map shows towns, early roads, rivers, and topography. Indian Lands are noted within Livingston and Madison counties and within Indiana. The county configuration is quite unique with some notable counties missing, such as Jefferson and Nelson, which were two of the first counties established in the state. Drawn by Samuel Lewis and engraved by William Harrison Jr.

See also lot 705 for Phillips & LeGear's A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress with Bibliographical Notes that notes this map.

References: Phillips (Atlases) #702-51; Rumsey #2436.051.

Condition: B+

A bright sheet of wove paper with a faint dampstain at bottom right, show-through at top left of map number (51) written in old manuscript ink on verso, and binding holes in the bottom margin.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Price: $150

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