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Auction 143, Lot 162

"Suite du Cours du Fleuve de St. Laurent Depuis Quebec Jusqu'au Lac Ontario pour Servir a l'Histoire des Etablissemens Europeens", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Colonial Lake Ontario & St. Lawrence River

Period: 1773 (published)

Publication: Raynal's Atlas Portatif

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11 x 7.2 inches
27.9 x 18.3 cm
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A detailed map of the region between Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River to Quebec. The map extends to Lake Champlain and Lake George, as well as Lake Nepessing in Michigan, with numerous portages named on the interconnecting waterways. Locates Montreal. There are a number of forts named, including Ft. Toronto, Ft. Oswego, and Ft. Georges. A rococo-style title cartouche encloses the distance scale. This is the second state, with "34c" engraved at lower right, outside of neatline.

References: Kershaw #634.

Condition: A

Original color on watermarked paper with wide margins and a few small, unobtrusive spots.

Estimate: $140 - $180

Sold for: $100

Closed on 2/13/2013

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