The State of Virginia from the Best Authorities by Samuel Lewis, published Philadelphia 1809, engraved for Carey's American Edition of Guthrie's Geography Improved. (One of the earliest obtainable maps of Virginia published in the United States). Shows the region from the Cumberland River at Stinking Creek, the North Fork of the Kentucky River in Kentucky, and the Northwestern Territory in the West, to Pittsburg (sic) in the North, Cape Henry in the East, and the Tennessee – North Carolina border in the South, with counties, towns, roads, at least one Indian Grave site, and other topographical details. 14" x 20-1/2" plate size; 14-3/4" x 21" sight; 20" x 26-1/2" in silvered wood frame with ivory colored mat. Provenance: descended in a Virginia family to present consignor. Condition: Scattered moderate foxing and overall toning. Repaired 3/4" tear at right center margin and repaired 2" tear to bottom left corner. 1" dark mark at lower center margin, possibly an old pen mark. Condition: Scattered moderate foxing and overall toning. Repaired 3/4" tear at right center margin and repaired 2" tear to bottom left corner. 1" dark mark at lower center margin, possibly an old pen mark.