World at One View

by Phelps, umphrey

$2,250 · Offered by James Arsenault & Company

New York: Ensigns & Thayer; Buffalo: D. Needham; Cincinnati: Rufus Blanchard; Boston: Jos. Ward, 1847. Hand-colored wood engraving, 29” x 21”, plus margins, map and illustrations within ornamental border. Expertly reinforced on verso with Japanese tissue. CONDITION: Very good, moderate toning, a few small stains in margins, a few small chips to edges. A scarce illustrated broadside map presenting the world in a nutshell to 1840s America,

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