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Bancroft's New Map of California and Nevada WITH Virginia City insert

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:1,000.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD
Bancroft's New Map of California and Nevada WITH Virginia City insert
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Compiled from the latest and most reliable official sources and special surveys. 1882. Scale 12 miles to the inch. Published by AL Bancroft and Company San Francisco. Copyright 1880. 52 x 64". Multi color. Original rolled map with with wood roller ends. Near mint condition. Unbelievable for maps of this nature. Original two sheet construction, Original wood rollers at both ends are attached. In as mint a condition as you could ever expect for a map of this nature. Paper on cloth with light varnish? Inset at bottom left of Virginia City. 7" x 21". Panel panorama view, gorgeous. Another inset at center left approximately 14 in.² is a railway map of the Pacific States. This map is an absolute choice wall map of the 1880s in a condition rarely seen today. This is the first of its kind we've seen with the Virginia City insert. Shows all of the towns and mining camps throughout Nevada and California as well as the rail lines etc. Very important map. This is unarguably one of the most important western wall maps. Cloth backed and light varnish coating, it is as mint as we've ever seen. The presence of Virginia City in the inset illustrates the importance of the Comstock and Virginia City as a whole to the western US. We have never seen this map before, and it has been reported that it is not in major western institutional collections.



State:Nevada / California City:Virginia City / San Francisco Date:1882 ID#46038