Lot 12
  • 12

Emory, William H.

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Map of Texas and the Countries Adjacent: Compiled in the Bureau of the Corps of Topographical Engineers, from the Best Authorities, for the State Department, Under the direction of Colonel J.J. Abert, Chief of the Corps. [Washington:] Published by the War Department by order of the U.S. Senate., 1844
  • paper, ink
Engraved map (16 7/8 x 23 1/4 in.; 428 x 592 mm), uncolored as issued, engraved by William J. Stone.

Handsomely framed and glazed with UVIII Plexiglass. Some marginal soiling and restoration, a few closed tears, one affecting a line of engraved text in the Pacific Ocean.

Literature

Martin & Martin 33; Rumsey 0262; Streeter, Texas, 1543; Wheat, Transmississippi 478

Catalogue Note

The smaller-format of the first separate United States Government map of Texas (see preceding lot).