Tennessee Map, Lucas, Carey, & Lea, 1822
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Description
GEOGRAPHICAL, STATISTICAL, AND HISTORICAL MAP OF TENNESSEE drawn by Fielding Lucas, Jr., engraved by William Kneass, from A COMPLETE HISTORICAL, CHRONOLOGICAL, AND GEOGRAPHICAL AMERICAN ATLAS, published by Henry C. Carey and Issac Lea, Philadelphia, 1822. Copper plate engraving with hand coloring of Tennessee depicting towns and roads, county lines, names of counties, rivers, and mountains with four columns of text below including statistical information detailing the number of "Whites," Free blacks," "Slaves," and "All others," with a total count per county. Full title, centered above map, short title and scale of miles, lower right. Map surrounded by scale notations and triple line border. Partial receipt from The Antiquarian Gallery, Nashville, TN, en verso. Housed and matted under plexiglass in a giltwood frame. Plate: 12 1/2" H x 19 1/2" W. Sight: 17" H x 21 1/4" W. Framed: 22 3/4" H x 26 3/4" W. Provenance: the estate of a Vanderbilt University professor, Nashville, Tennessee.
Condition
Overall good condition with light toning, scattered foxing spots, largest 1/4", to sheet. Not examined outside of frame.
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Tennessee Map, Lucas, Carey, & Lea, 1822
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