Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2

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Clark, Matthew | A rare map of the Maine and Cape Cod coasts from the first American-made atlas

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25,000 - 35,000 USD

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20,000 USD

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Clark, Matthew

Chart of the Coast of America from C. Eliz to Mouse Harbor from the Latest Surveys. Boston: Matthew Clark, 1790


Two sheets joined (approx.: 415 x 720 and 488 x 635 mm). Engraved map, tipped onto matboard; a few stray spots, one or two closed marginal tears.


"One of the most desirable rarities of American cartographic literature" (Bosse).


(See previous lot.)


REFERENCES:

Bosse, "The World of Maps" in The American Magazine, Vol. 3., No. 1; ESTC W18996; Evans 21738; Garvan, "Matthew Clark's Charts One Significant Example of Yankee Enterprise," in Philadelphia Printmaking: American Prints before 1860, pp. 43-69; Guthorn, pp. 7, 43, 96; McCorkle, America Emergent 51; Phillips 3667; Ristow p. 224; Wheat and Brun 626, 627

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