05-31-201405-31-2014
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Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2730BBoston
May 31, 2014 11:00 AMCalender
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New England, Three Maps.

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$461$375
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2730BLocation: BostonDate / Time: May 31, 2014 11:00AM

Description:

New England, Three Maps.
Daniel Neal's (1678-1743) A New Map of New England According to the Latest Observations, dated 1720 in the cartouche, [from] The History of New England, soft wear with loss along one fold, with repair to verso; adhesive tape in bottom blank margin, old folds, toning, small tear to right margin, and slight loss of outermost printed border, 14 x 10 1/2 in.
Boston with its Environs, Philadelphia: by J. Vallance for C.P. Wayne, 1806, [from] The Life of Washington, folded folio-sized engraving, slight breakage along the fold, reinforced on the verso with adhesive tape, 17 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.
[and] Map of the Northern, or New England States of America, by John Russell, London: Symonds, 1795, old folds, repairs to verso, marginal crumpling outside of the plate mark, offsetting to the Atlantic Ocean, 19 1/4 x 15 1/2 in. (3)
Estimate $300-500


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Keywords

New England, Daniel Neal, Philadelphia, John Russell, London, Atlantic Ocean