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Wyld, James
Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description
- Mexico The British Possessions In North America And The United States. London: Published By Jas. Wyld, Geographer To The Queen, 1846
- paper, ink
Engraved case map (56 7/8 x 53 in.; 1445 x 1347 mm), printed on two sheets, dissected into 36 sections and mounted on linen, edged in green silk, contemporary outline handcoloring, inset maps “North America” and “Islands in the Pacific Ocean.”
Handsomely framed and glazed with UVIII Plexiglass. Occasional very light browning, a few light spots. Case rubbed, spine faded.
Handsomely framed and glazed with UVIII Plexiglass. Occasional very light browning, a few light spots. Case rubbed, spine faded.
Literature
Rumsey 2747
Catalogue Note
“A VERY BEAUTIFUL MAP IN THE BEST OF WYLD'S CARTOGRAPHIC STYLE,” which is in actuality a reduced reissue of his 1824 Map of North America without the top sheet of the Arctic region (Rumsey). This version “updates some of the western geography, showing the Tule Lakes in California, Fremont's or South Pass, F[or]ts Hall and Boise and the Oregon Trail. However, it keeps the outdated topography of the Great Basin and California used in the 1824 edition” (Rumsey). Accompanied by the original diaper-patterned maroon cloth case with Wyld’s paper label lettered “Mexico.” QUITE SCARCE.