1879 VERY LARGE, RARE MAP OF THE ADIRONDACKS
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:35187 |
WALL MAP-ADIRONDACKS 1879 VERY RARE FOLDING MAP IN FOLDER. CANVAS BACKED OPENS TO 38 ½ X 49”. CLEAN AND SOUND. COVER IS BLACK CLOTH OVER STIFF BOARD, WITH “MAP OF THE NEW YORK WILDERNESS. 1879”” PRINTED IN GILT.THE MAP WAS COMPILED BY BENJAMIN CLAPP BUTLER AND IS TITLED “HAMILTON COUNTY ANS ADJOINING TERRITORY. COMPILED BY:B.C. BUTLER. 1879. J.A. COOPER, DEL. LITH. BY WEED, PARSONS & CO. ALBANY. 1879THE CLOTH FOLDER IS BUMPED AND FRAYED AT THE EDGES AND CORNERS. OTH...ER THN OCCASIONAL WEAR AND FRAYING AT FOLDS, THE MAP IS FINE.OCLC LOCATES TWO COPIES; ONE AT THE BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY AND AT SKIDMORE COLLEGE.THE MAP BECAME THE BASIS OF THE FIRST OFFICIAL MAP OF THE ADIRONDACK FOREST BY STATE FORESTER JOHN KOETTERITZ.(A rather beat-up damaged copy sold for $700 at auction in 2013)
