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"Carta della Virginia della Baja Chesapeack, e Paesi Vicini", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Colonial Mid-Atlantic United States

Period: 1781 (circa)

Publication: Teatro della Guerra Marittima e Terrestre...

Color: Hand Color

Size:
11.2 x 7.3 inches
28.4 x 18.5 cm
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This is a scarce Italian edition of Bellin's finely engraved colonial map of the Mid-Atlantic. It 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 further southwest. Fort Cumberland, Bukingham, and many frontier villages are located. A delicate rococo-style title cartouche completes the composition.

References: Tooley (MCC-96) #875; cf. Sellers & Van Ee #1383.

Condition: A

A crisp impression, issued folding on a bright sheet with the watermark of three stars and the initials "F A." There is minor offsetting, a binding trim in the left margin, and soiling in the top right corner of the sheet.

Estimate: $240 - $300

Sold for: $220

Closed on 6/18/2025

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