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Auction 93, Lot 56

"[Lot of 2] Northern Regions [together with] Southern Regions", Colton, G.W. & C.B.

Subject: North & South Poles

Period: 1855 (dated)

Publication: Atlas of the World

Color: Hand Color

Size:
26.3 x 15.5 inches
66.8 x 39.4 cm
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Attractive pair of maps on a double sheet. Hand colored in the oceans only. Nicely detailed with notations of 19th century discoveries. Each surrounded in the distinctive Colton scroll border. From a later edition of this atlas published in 1881.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $150 - $180

Sold for: $100

Closed on 12/6/2000

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