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Placer County Plat Book CA - Placer County, - - 2012aug - General Americana

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:2,500.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD
Placer County Plat Book CA - Placer County, -  - 2012aug - General Americana
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This fabulous plat book (about 3’ x 3’) contains dozens of MTP prints and other land maps tucked in the front, as well as a Sacramento Folio geologic atlas. These plats show that the plat book was owned and used by a mining engineer or title man, whose last project appears to have been for a large scale property package that appears to have involved gold dredging land near Auburn. The latest dated work in the book is 1940. The Plat Book itself contains 69 pages of hand drawn, pen & ink and hand colored Master Township plats covering most, or all, of Placer County. The maps thus show the patented lode mines, mining camps, etc, and is an invaluable original data storehouse. The covers are water damaged, but contents generally very good. The cover has a gilt title box “Placer County Plat Book 1913”. Light singeing on the edge and the water stains indicate it has survived a fire and flood. The information contained in original plat books such as this is priceless, as each page is a work of art and technical expertise. Our guess is that this is either unique, or one of two known. It is a “must-have” for any collector of Placer County history. -60330