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Morse, Charles W., & Samuel N. Gaston
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description
- Kansas & Nebraska 1856. New York: Morse & Gaston, 1856
- paper, ink
Lithographed pocket map (23 7/8 x 24 1/2 in.; 606 x 622 mm), full contemporary handcoloring, foliate border. Accompanied by the original embossed brown cloth binding, front cover gilt-lettered "Kansas & Nebraska | 1856 | Morse & Gaston."
Handsomely framed with UVIII Plexiglass. Some very minor marginal spotting and restoration including a few closed fold separations.
Handsomely framed with UVIII Plexiglass. Some very minor marginal spotting and restoration including a few closed fold separations.
Literature
Rumsey 4933 (J. G. Wells issue)
Catalogue Note
A SCARCE MAP OF KANSAS AND NEBRASKA FROM THE PERIOD OF THE BORDER WAR. Kansas & Nebraska 1856 was taken from Morse and Gaston's 1856 wall map, New Map Of Our Country Present And Prospective and was also issued over the imprint of J. G. Wells. The map identifies the Oregon Trail as "The Great Emigrant Route to Oregon and California," shows the track of Lewis and Clark, and outlines the proposed "Central Rail Road Route to the Pacific."