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Lot 273

[MAPS AND PRINTS]. [PAYNE, John, cartographer]. A Map of th...

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[MAPS AND PRINTS]. [PAYNE, John, cartographer]. A Map of the Tennassee [sic] Government from the latest Surveys 1799. [New York: E. Low], 1799. Rare and early printed map of Tennessee and associated territories, with early towns and roads, Native American settlements, rivers, mountains. From ?A New and Complete Universal Geography.? Early depictions of Knoxville, Nashville and Clarksville (?Clerksville?). Sight approximately 7 ? x 15 ??. Matted and framed under glass. Frame size approximately 11 x 19?. Several visible creases (horizontal and vertical, one area with apparent repair to verso near the left margin, some toning, soiling, wrinkling). Very good. Not examined out of frame. Measurements: 11 x 19 x 1?.