Stock# 77607
Description
Republic of Texas Flag
Rare hand-colored flag chart, including the maritime ensign of the Republic of Texas by Hinman and Dutton.
The chart depicts 98 flags of the world, including national flags, along with merchant, naval and city state flags. Several ensigns of merchant companies are also shown, including the British East India Company and the Russian-American Company.
Some of the more unusual flags include:
- Republic of Texas
- Mexican Man of War
- American Jack
- Commodore
- Guatimala (Merchant and Man of War)
- Lucca
- Ionian Isles
- Hawaii (Sandwich Islands)
- Carrara
- Mecca
Rarity
The chart is rare. We locate only a single institutional example.
Condition Description
Octavo. Contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards. 572 pages plus large hand-colored folding engraving. Some wear to binding extremities, with small scuffs to spine leather. Internally very clean, and the folding plate in remarkably fresh condition.