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THBExceptionally Rare Price-Strother Survey of North Carolina Map, c. 1808
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Asheville, NC 28802
United States
Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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LiveOct 17, 2024
Features a remarkable selection of historic Americana, including important 18th-century American furniture and Delft from the collection of Constance & Dudley Godfrey; an exceptionally rare North Carolina survey map; New England & Philadelphia furniture, including an exceptional Philadelphia easy chair & a rare Connecticut Chippendale carved cherry chest in undisturbed surface; from a Revolutionary & patriotic-focused New England collection are rare prints & documents, early brass, ceramics, furniture, & accessories; a group of early portraits features Sully, Stuart, & Sharples; & much more Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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- Lot Description
Jonathan Price and John Strother, To David Stone and Peter Brown Esqrs The First Actual Survey of the State of North Carolina..., Philadelphia, 1807-1808, in three sheets: Western sheet second state, Piedmont sheet first state, Eastern sheet first state, inscribed "...S. Taylor... 2 (rest of inscription faded and illegible)" lower left corner verso, engraving on wove paper with hand color, 30-1/2 x 59-1/2 in.
Provenance: A Historic Edenton Family Collection
Note: ".... The map was compiled by Jonathan Price from surveys he and John Strother had undertaken as early as 1789. The entire preparation and publication was financed by subscribers. An error of one degree of latitude in the western part of the map led to distortions of natural features in this region on general maps of the United States until corrected by Henry S. Tanner in his New American Atlas of 1823." (See Schwartz & Ehrenberg, The Mapping of America, p.224)
This rare and important North Carolina map is the result of the remarkable undertaking of surveyors Jonathan Price and John Strother, who through their monumental efforts produced the most accurate to-date map of the state (excepting an error of one degree of latitude) for its time over a period of more than fifteen years. Published in three sheets, which were revised independently of one another, the map exists in various combinations of sheet states, this example being comprised of one second state sheet and two first states. This landmark example of North Carolina cartography is exceedingly rare and seldom comes to auction. There are only perhaps a dozen and a half copies of this map extant.
- Provenance
A Historic Edenton Family Collection
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- Condition
The family recently had the map expertly conserved by Michal Piechl Paper Restoration Studio in Houston, Texas. Professionally cleaned, laid on linen, scattered areas of staining and toning throughout, water staining to linen verso mainly along top edge, a few small holes visible in lower left section, minor handling creases throughout. Pre-conservation photos available.
