Herman Mill, a handcolored copy of the celebrated Beaver map

Herman Moll
A New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of Great Britain on ye Continent of North America, containing Newfoundland, New Scotland, New England, New York, New Jersey, Pensilvania, Maryland, Virginia and Carolina. [London] Printed and sold by T. Bowles, J. Bowles, and I. King, 1715 [i.e. 1731]

Engraved map of North America on two joined sheets (totaling 40 1/2 x 25 1/2 in.). Colored by hand, inset maps of "the Improved Part of Carolina," "the South Part of Carolina, and the East Part of Florida," "ye Town and Harbour of Charles-Town," and "the Principal Part of North America," large inset vignette of "ye Industry of ye Beavers of Canada," armorial dedicatory cartouche to Walter Dowglass; some light surface soilings, a few closed marginal tears and repairs. Handsomely framed.

Condition Report:
Engraved map of North America on two joined sheets (totaling 40 1/2 x 25 1/2 in.). Colored by hand, inset maps of "the Improved Part of Carolina," "the South Part of Carolina, and the East Part of Florida," "ye Town and Harbour of Charles-Town," and "the Principal Part of North America," large inset vignette of "ye Industry of ye Beavers of Canada," armorial dedicatory cartouche to Walter Dowglass; some light surface soilings, a few closed marginal tears and repairs. Handsomely framed.

Provenance:
Gunston Hall Collection, sold, Sotheby’s New York, January 2002, lot 1120