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Auction 180, Lot 116
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"Carte de la Partie Septentrionale des Etats-Unis, Comprenant le Canada, la Nouvelle Ecosse, New Hampshire, Massachuset's Bay, Rhode-Island, Connecticut, New-Yorck, Etat de Vermont...", Tardieu

Subject: Northeastern United States & Canada

Period: 1798 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
16.8 x 12.8 inches
42.7 x 32.5 cm
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Finely detailed map of the Northeast extending from Philadelphia up the coast to Ile d'Anticosti and the mouth of the St. Lawrence, and inland to show part of Lake Ontario. Fine detail particularly along the Hudson River locates scores of towns and villages, shows roads, mountains and watershed. Four distance scales at upper left and a simple block-style title cartouche. Longitude is measured from Paris on the lower scale and from Isle de Fer at top. Engraved by Tardieu with lettering by Andre.

References: McCorkle #797.5.

Condition: A

A crisp impression on a bright sheet with minor foxing in the blank margins.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $120

Closed on 11/18/2020

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