H. MOLL. A MAP OF NEW ENGLAND, NEW YORK... LONDON: 1730

Estimate

1,500 - 2,500 USD

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Description

A map of New England New York New Jersey and Pensilvania. London, 1730.

Copperplate engraved map (365 x 385 mm). from David Humphreys's An Historical Account of the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. Containing their Foundation, Proceedings, and the Success of their Missionaries in the British Colonies, to the Year 1728. Matted and framed.

Provenance

Frank J. Kravic, Glastonbury, Connecticut, 1994;
Vogel Collection no. 596.

Literature

Howes H795; European Americana 730/125; JCB Library 452; Simmons 1730 #16; Sabin 33801; Cumming 209; Siebert 141. Decker 41:218

Catalogue Note

The first state of a scarce and highly detailed map of the area, including those towns to which missionaries have been sent.