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Auction 177, Lot 253
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"Investment and Attack of York, in Virginia", Phillips, Richard (Sir)

Subject: Yorktown, Virginia, Revolutionary War

Period: 1806 (dated)

Publication: Marshall's Life of Washington

Color: Black & White

Size:
8.7 x 8.2 inches
22.1 x 20.8 cm
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This copper engraved map documents the last major battle of the Revolutionary War, showing the positions of Baron de Vomisnil, Gen. Washington, Count Rochambeau, and others in Yorktown. Locates artillery, roads, rivers and creeks, French and American hospitals, and numerous troop positions. A notation documents the end of the war: "Field, where the British laid down their Arms." A great historical map that was engraved by Cooper.

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Condition: B+

Dark, crisp impression on thick paper with faint foxing at top. Close trimmed at top and bottom, else a very good example.

Estimate: $100 - $130

Sold for: $100

Closed on 4/29/2020

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