This lot of two Revolutionary War maps comes from the French edition of John Marshall's Life of Washington. A. Investissement et Attaque d’York dans la Virginie (8.6 x 8.1"). This unusual little map shows Yorktown and its environs, the scene of the decisive siege and battle during the Revolutionary War. Locates the camps of important military commanders including Generals Washington, Knox, and Clinton, Rochambeau, Steuben, Gov. Nelson, La Fayette, and many more.

B. Theatre des Operations de l’Armee du Nord, et Desert que le General Arnold Traversa en Marchant Contre Quebec (8.4 x 10.0"). This map depicts the region along the Hudson River and Lake Champlain and the area east of it where General Arnold crossed on his march to attack Quebec in the American Revolution.

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Condition: B+

Both maps were issued folding, now flat, and have short edge tears and small separations that have been closed on verso with archival materials. There is light soiling along the bottom edge of the Yorktown map.