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DELISLE, GUILLAUME. 'CARTE DE LA LOUISIANE ET DU COURS DU MISSISSIPI'. PARIS: CHEZ L’AUTEUR, SUR LE QUAY DE L’HORLOGE, JUIN 1718
估價
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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描述
- 'Carte de la Louisiane et du Cours du Mississipi'. Paris: Chez l’Auteur, sur le Quay de l’Horloge, Juin 1718
- paper, ink
Full-sheet engraved map of Louisiana (19 3/4 x 26 5/8 in.; 501 x 677 mm). Partially handcolored in outline; foxed at margins. Handsomely framed with UVIII Plexiglass.
出版
'Charting Louisiana' 58; Cumming 170; Martin & Martin 19; Rumsey 4764.098; Wheat, 'Transmississippi' 99
Condition
Full-sheet engraved map of Louisiana (19 3/4 x 26 5/8 in.; 501 x 677 mm). Partially handcolored in outline; foxed at margins. Handsomely framed with UVIII Plexiglass.
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The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The condition report is provided to assist you with assessing the condition of the lot and is for guidance only. Any reference to condition in the condition report for the lot does not amount to a full description of condition. The images of the lot form part of the condition report for the lot provided by Sotheby's. Certain images of the lot provided online may not accurately reflect the actual condition of the lot. In particular, the online images may represent colours and shades which are different to the lot's actual colour and shades. The condition report for the lot may make reference to particular imperfections of the lot but you should note that the lot may have other faults not expressly referred to in the condition report for the lot or shown in the online images of the lot. The condition report may not refer to all faults, restoration, alteration or adaptation because Sotheby's is not a professional conservator or restorer but rather the condition report is a statement of opinion genuinely held by Sotheby's. For that reason, Sotheby's condition report is not an alternative to taking your own professional advice regarding the condition of the lot.
拍品資料及來源
The first issue, prior to the location of New Orleans, of this seminal map: the first to reveal the significance of the Missouri River; the first to provide an accurate delineation of the Mississippi Valley; the first to credibly indicate the expedition routes of Hernando de Soto, Luis de Moscoso Alvarado, René-Robert Cavelier (Sieur de La Salle), Henri de Tonti, and Louis Juchereau de Saint-Denis; and the first to use the place name Texas ("Mission de los Teijas, etablie in 1716").