C. 1879 Large Canvas Backed Surveyor's Map of Plymouth MA with Hand-written Annotations Austrian book maker of both duck decoys

maker of both duck decoys and fishing decoys

It is in excellent vintage condition and signed Moakley on the bottom

Structurally sturdy and sound with no splits or other issues and just wonderful

Putting it back together once taken apart takes some thought

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C. 1879 Large Canvas Backed Surveyor's Map of Plymouth MA with Hand-written Annotations Austrian book maker of both duck decoysA special thing for a resident of Plymouth, MA, or for a lover of singular maps, too. This 3+ foot long canvas backed annotated map of Plymouth village and environs must have been stored for many years rolled up with a print that left a ghostly toned photographic image on it in the negative (buildings, trees, figures), imparting an especially intense sense of place and history. (With some research I've learned that 2 3 of this map was published in