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Lot 380
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
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[MAP]. HOMANN, Johann Baptist (1663-1724). Virginia, Marylandia et Carolina in America Septentrionali. Nuremberg, [ca 1714].
Engraved map of the Mid-Atlantic with hand-coloring in wash and outline. (Some minor toning and very minor creasing.) Overall sheet 538 x 614 mm. Matted and framed. Decorative cartouche depicting Native Americans, European merchants and goods.
FIRST STATE, without the "Cum Privilegio Sac. Cas. Magest." line beneath "Norimberge." Homann's map was intended to promote German immigration to America, and includes the first appearance of Alexander Spotswood's settlement at the headwaters of the Rappahanock River noted as "Germantown Teutsche Statt." Cumming Southeast 156
Property from the Collection of Richard D. Simmons, Alexandria, VA