3 19th cent. AL, KY, & TN Maps

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Jan 21, 2017 - Jan 22, 2017

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• Lot Description
  1st item: "Map of the States of Kentucky, and Tennessee" by John H. Hinton, engraved and printed by Fenner Sears and Company, published by Issac T. Hinton and Simpkin and Marshall, London, 1832. From "The History and Topography of the United States of America" by John H. Hinton. Steel plate engraving of Kentucky and Tennessee depicting towns and roads, county lines, names of counties, rivers, mountains, and a notation on the location of the "Cherokee Indians", lower right of state of Tennessee. Title and scales of miles, top left. "Longitude West from Washington", centered above map, "Longitude West from Greenwich", centered below map. Map surrounded by scale notations and triple line border. Image - 9 3/4" H x 15 5/8" W. Sheet - 11" H x 17" W. 2nd item: "Kentucky and Tennessee" Map, by Sidney E. Morse, engraved and published by Nathaniel and Simeo Smith Jocelyn, New Haven, 1823. From "An Atlas of the United States" by Sidney E. Morse, A. M. Copper plate engraving with hand colored outlines of Kentucky and Tennessee depicting towns and roads, county lines, names of counties, rivers, and mountains. Title and scale of miles, lower right. Map surrounded by scale notations and triple line border. Image - 7 1/2" H x 9 7/8" W. Sheet - 8 7/8" H x 11" W. 3rd item: Map of Alabama by Anthony Finley, engraved by Young and Delleker, published by Anthony Finley, Philadelphia, 1824. From "A New General Atlas, Comprising a Complete Set of Maps" by Anthony Finley. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring of Alabama depicting towns and roads, county lines, names of counties, rivers, and mountains. Title and scale of miles, lower right. "Longitude West from Washington", centered above map, "Longitude West from Greenwich", centered below map. Map surrounded by scale notations and triple line border. Image - 11 1/4" H x 8 5/8" W. Sheet- 13 3/8" H x 10 1/4" W. All items early 19th century. Provenance: Collection of Charles and Ann Wells, Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)

  Condition

  1st item: Toning impression of map visible on surface of sheet. Slight toning around edge of sheet. 1" piece of sheet missing, lower right corner. Toning impression of text page in cursive script, foxing spots, largest 1/4" top center, visible en verso. 2nd item: Foxing spots, largest 3/8" top left, on surface of sheet. Foxing spots visible en verso. 3rd item: Toning around edges of sheet. Foxing spots, largest 1/8" top right, on surface of sheet. Toning, foxing spots, visible en verso.
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