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Map of the County of Washington.

  • ARTIST: David Burr

  • PUBLISHER: Published by David H. Burr, NY.

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: 1829.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 24 1/2 x 13 1/2" plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: A fine map from Burr's "An Atlas of the State of New York Containing a Map of the State and of the Several Counties. Projected and Drawn by a Uniform Scale... under the Supervision & direction of Simon De Witt, Surveyor General.…" "It is a magnificent publication and was the second atlas of an individual state ever published." (Ristow). Engraved by Rawdon Clark & Co. Albany & Rawdon, Wright & Co. N.Y. The map divides the county into numbered land allotment tracts, and names major landowners. Lake George and Lake Champlain are on the northern edge of the map.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO:

  • CONDITION: Good condition. Full original hand coloring.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps