Sale 672: Rare Americana, including California & the West (#672) 05/02/2019 11:00 AM PDT CLOSED!

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Lot 355 of 455:
Guide to Mid-West with map, 1850  

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$300
Estimate:
$500 - $800

Title:
The Western Tourist, or Emigrants Guide, through the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa and Wisconsin, and the Territories of Minesota (sic), Missouri and Nebraska. . . Accompanied with a large and minute Map...

Author:
[Smith, John Calvin]

Place:
New York

Publisher:
J.H. Colton

Date:
1850

Description:

89, 16 ad pp. With hand-colored folding copper-engraved map at rear, 45x58 cm. plus decorative border. 6x3¾", original pictorial cloth lettered and decorated in gilt and blind.

Nice example of the Colton/Smith Guide. The brightly colored map covers Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin, etc.; there is a small vignette view of a Mississippi River scene at the bottom. Howes S615


Lot Amendments

Condition:
Some fading and staining to cloth; previous owners' signatures and inscriptions on first blank; several tape repairs to map; overall very good.


 
Item number:
306597
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