Desk and bookcase Walnut Virginia 1800-1820-PZ-”Fine Piece” 16thcworld though resulting in the production

though resulting in the production of the fascinating Le Moyne/de Bry publication and an important map of the coastal regions of Florida

His only obligation in return for the expansive permission was to send all of the specimens he might collect to scientific institutions in Madrid

one large woodcut map and one woodcut text diagram

shortly after American independence

due to an illness

Desk and bookcase Walnut Virginia 1800-1820-PZ-”Fine Piece” 16thcworld though resulting in the productionDesk and bookcase Date: 1800 1820. Walnut; resinous pine secondary wood, tulip poplar in some drawer bottoms, maple front stiles of the desk. Provenance: Mark Smith (died 2021), a resident of Lynchburg, who may have acquired it in the region. The desk and bookcase was one of the most impressive furniture forms a cabinetmaker could create. Its relative simplicitylacking carving or veneers or inlays is balanced in part by walnut (a locally grown wood)