1st item: "Tennessee" Map, 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 Tennessee depicting towns and roads, county lines, names of counties, rivers, mountains, and railroads. Title, top center, scale of miles, bottom center. "Longitude West from Washington", centered above map, "Longitude West from Greenwich", centered below map. Map surrounded by scale notations and triple line border. Housed in a wooden frame with matte. Image - 8 3/8" H x 11 1/2" W. Sight - 8 3/4" H x 11 3/4" W. Framed - 14 1/8" H x 17 1/4" W. 2nd item: "Kentucky and Tennessee" Map, by Thomas Illman after David Burr, published by William Hall and Company, New York, 1836. From "A New Universal Atlas" by David Burr. Copper plate engraving with hand colored outlines of Kentucky and Tennessee depicting towns and roads, county lines, names of counties, rivers, mountains, and railroads. Title and scale of miles, top left. "Longitude West from Greenwich", centered above map, "Longitude West from Washington", centered below map. Map surrounded by scale notations and triple line border. Housed in a black wooden frame with matte. Image - 10 1/2" H x 12 1/8" W. Sight - 11 1/2" H x 13 1/8" W. Framed - 17 3/4" H x 19 1/4" W. 3rd item: "Kentucky and Tennessee" Map, by George W. Colton, published by Joseph H. Colton and Company, New York, c. 1857. From "Colton's General Atlas" by Joseph H. Colton. Steel plate engraving with hand coloring of Kentucky and Tennessee depicting towns and roads, county lines, names of counties, rivers, mountains, and railroads. "The State of Ohio" text page en verso. Title, scale of miles, and explanations, top left. "Longitude West from Greenwich", centered above map, "Longitude West from Washington", centered below map. Map surrounded by scale notations and triple line border. Housed in sealed plastic sleeve. Image - 11 3/4" H x 16 1/2" W. Sheet - 14" H x 17" W. Sleeve - 16" H x 19" W. 4th item: "J. H. Colton's Map of Kentucky and Tennessee", by Joseph H. Colton, published by Johnson and Ward, New York, 1863. From "A Chronological History of the Civil War in America" by Richard S. Fisher. Steel plate engraving with hand coloring of Kentucky and Tennessee depicting towns and roads, county lines, names of counties, rivers, mountains, and railroads. Title and scale of miles, top left. Map surrounded by scale notations and double line border. Housed in a black wooden frame with matte. Image - 7 5/8" H x 10 1/8" W. Sight - 8 1/8" H x 10 5/8" W. Framed - 13 3/8" H x 16" W. All items early/mid 19th century. Provenance: Collection of Charles and Ann Wells, Nashville, Tennessee. (Higher-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com)
Condition
1st item: Foxing spots, largest 14" lower right, on surface of sheet. Not examined outside of frame. 2nd item: Two minute foxing spots, top left and right on surface of sheet. Wrinkling on surface of sheet. Not examined outside of frame. 3rd item: Toning around edges of sheet. Minute foxing spots on surface of sheet. Paper tears, largest 1/4" top left, on top edge of sheet. Toning and foxing spots visible en verso. 4th item: Two minute foxing spots, top and bottom right on surface of sheet. Not examined outside of frame.