Lot 221

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Description:

Senate Executive Documents, 33 Survey Vintage Maps Circa 1850s

Senate Executive map survey documents from the 33rd session of Congress. Highly detailed surveyor maps of various states and locations throughout the country inclusive of Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, Gulf of Mexico and Florida, Iowa and other states. Approximately 37 maps in total, each folded and bound into this book. Please see images for some examples. The book has no title page, no index and no table of contents, however each map is labeled. All bound together in leather boards with titles to the spine. The leather is worn and rubbed, the boards are partially detached,  part of the spine cloth is missing and the binding is loose. However a perfect cartographers delight!

Below are samples of several of the maps and their respective sizes:

“G Sketch of the Public Surveys in Michigan” - 22.125” x 22.5”
“I Map of Louisiana Representing the Several Land Districts” – 16” x 18.75”
“Pot Rock, Hell Gate, East River, New York in 1850” – 11.5” x 15.125”
“Chart of Bar, Cape Fear River” – 11” x 9”
“Fig. 1 Level of Storm Tide” [Roanoke Island] – 15.25” x 17.75”
“Milwaukee Harbor Improvement, Plan No.3” – 10” x 17.125”
“Survey of San Diego River and its Vicinity with a View to the Construction of a Levee and Canal” – 13.5” x 16.5”
“Monrovia and Cape Mesurado … Republic of Liberia” – 44” x 29.5”

This item comes with a Certificate from John Reznikoff, a premier authenticator for both major 3rd party authentication services, PSA and JSA (James Spence Authentications), as well as numerous auction houses.

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