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Auction 118, Lot 347

"Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Louisiana, New Orleans

Period: 1755 (circa)

Publication: Prevost's L'Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Black & White

Size:
11 x 7.5 inches
27.9 x 19.1 cm
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Attractive plan of the city of New Orleans detailing the city center, including Bourbon Street, with individual buildings depicted and keyed to a list under the title. Locates the quay along the Mississippi River, the canal, government buildings, church, prison, hospital, monastery, army & navy quarters. Bellin's plan was first issued in Charlevoix's History and General Description of New France in 1742 with later versions such as this published in several publications. The plan became the standard map of New Orleans throughout the eighteenth century.

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Condition: A

Lightly toned.

Estimate: $325 - $425

Sold for: $240

Closed on 3/6/2007

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