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Lot 383
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
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[MAP]. TANNER, Henry Schenck (1786-1858). Virginia, Maryland, Delaware. [Philadelphia, 1825].
Engraved map of Virginia with hand-coloring in wash and outline (short tear to fold). Overall sheet 609 x 790 mm). Matted and framed.
Later issue, with "American Atlas" printed in the upper margin, of Tanner's map which was first published in his American Atlas in 1820. According to Ristow, Tanner's American Atlas "raised U.S. commercial map production to a new level of excellence." The map shows West Virginia together with Virginia, and was updated and reissued several times into the 1840s.
Property from the Collection of Richard D. Simmons, Alexandria, VA