Sale 591: Rare Americana & Travel, with Books & Maps from the Warren Heckrotte Collection (#591) 07/28/2016 11:00 AM PDT CLOSED!

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Lot 342 of 541:
Three cartobiographies by P.L. Phillips  

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$720
Estimate:
$300 - $500

Title:
Three works on early American regional maps

Author:
Phillips, Philip Lee

Place:
Washington

Publisher:
W.H. Lowdermilk & Company

Date:
Various dates

Description:

Includes:

  • The First Map of Kentucky by John Filson. A Bibliographical Account with Facsimile Reproduction from the Copy in the Library of Congress. 22 pp. 1908.
  • The Rare Map of the Northwest 1785 by John Fitch Inventor of the Steamboat. A Bibliographical Account with a Facsimile Reproduction including some account  of Thomas Hutchins and William McMurray. 43 pp. 1916.
  • The First Map and Description of Ohio 1787 by Manesseh Cutler. A Biographical Account with reprint of the "Explanation." 41 pp. 1918.

Together, 3 volumes. Each with a folding facsimile map. (large 4to) 31.5x24 cm (12½x9½"), gilt-lettered cloth.

Scholarly works with excellent facsimiles of rare and important maps. Phillips was the first Superintendent of Maps at the Library of Congress when the Hall of Maps and Charts was established in 1897. Each of the volumes is quite scarce.


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Condition:
First volume with wear to extremities; very good or better condition.


 
Item number:
273199
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