- 113
Phelps, H.
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
Log in to view results
bidding is closed
Description
The Great West Embracing its Population, Productions, Extent, Places and Distances on the Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri Rivers ... Boston: Joseph Ward, 1847
Handcolored engraved broadside (30 3/4 x 23 in.; 781 x 584 mm). Four inset portraits of Ferdinand De Soto, Daniel Boone, Thomas Hart Benton, and Henry Clay, 14 shields with statistical information on numerous western states and territories including Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin, a representation of the confluence of the Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri Rivers, with tables of distances for each river, panorama of the route to China along the top margin, decorative border; some minor discoloration, a few marginal tears expertly repaired. Floated on a linen mat, glazed, and framed.
Handcolored engraved broadside (30 3/4 x 23 in.; 781 x 584 mm). Four inset portraits of Ferdinand De Soto, Daniel Boone, Thomas Hart Benton, and Henry Clay, 14 shields with statistical information on numerous western states and territories including Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin, a representation of the confluence of the Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri Rivers, with tables of distances for each river, panorama of the route to China along the top margin, decorative border; some minor discoloration, a few marginal tears expertly repaired. Floated on a linen mat, glazed, and framed.