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Auction 177, Lot 98

"Partie de l'Amerique Septent? qui Comprend la Nouvelle France ou le Canada", Robert de Vaugondy, Didier

Subject: Colonial Northeastern United States & Canada, Great Lakes

Period: 1799 (circa)

Publication: Atlas Universel

Color: Hand Color

Size:
23.8 x 18.9 inches
60.5 x 48 cm
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This is a handsome map of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and the entire course of the St. Lawrence River. The most prominent feature of the map is the very large inset of the 1744 Bellin version of the Great Lakes. The wonderful cartouche features the title on a blanket draped over a wooden canoe, which appears beside a threatening beaver. According to Kershaw and Pedley, this is the fourth state of the map with the original engraver's name (Haussard) removed from the cartouche and "Groux" added.

References: Kershaw #357; Pedley #459; Sellers and Van Ee #61; Karpinski p.141-42; McCorckle #755.36.

Condition: B+

Contemporary outline color on watermarked paper with light offsetting and soiling, a small hole in New Brunswick, and a short centerfold separation in the bottom blank margin.

Estimate: $475 - $600

Sold for: $275

Closed on 4/29/2020

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