Description:
North America. Franz Ludwig Guessefeld (1744-1807)Charte uber die XIII vereingte Staaten von Nord-America. Nuremberg: Homann Heirs, 1784.
Large double-page folio map, copper-plate engraving, with faint hand-tinting, barely visible, the sheet evenly toned, mounted on canvas, 23 1/2 x 19 1/4 in.
The first map of the newly independent states published in Germany after the American Revolution, executed with remarkable detail.
Estimate $600-800
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