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Auction 187, Lot 183

"Carte de la Virginie et du Maryland, ou de la Baie de Chesapeack et Pays Voisins pour Servir a l'Histoire des Etablissemens Europeens...", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Colonial Mid-Atlantic United States

Period: 1773 (circa)

Publication: Raynal's Atlas Portatif

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.3 x 7.4 inches
28.7 x 18.8 cm
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This finely engraved colonial map covers most of Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware, with a bit of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The interior is fully engraved with mountains and great detail along the rivers. An early network of trails and wagon roads connects the communities along the seaboard and stretches as far west as Frederic Town ou Winchester, with one road continuing farther southwest. Fort Cumberland, Bukingham, and many frontier villages are located. A delicate rococo-style title cartouche completes the composition.

References: cf. Sellers & Van Ee #1383.

Condition: A

A fine impression with a bit of foxing mostly in the blank margins, well away from the map image.

Estimate: $275 - $350

Sold for: $200

Closed on 4/27/2022

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