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Lot 178
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"Carte de la Baye de Chesapeack et Pays Voisins pour Servir a l'Histoire Generale des Voyages...", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

Subject: Colonial Mid-Atlantic United States

Period: 1757 (circa)

Publication: Histoire Generale des Voyages

Color: Black & White

Size:
11.4 x 7.6 inches
29 x 19.3 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 as well. The interior is fully engraved with mountains and great detail along the rivers. An early network of trails and wagon roads are delineated, plus watershed and some topographical information. It extends west to beyond Fort Cumberland and locates Philadelphia, Annapolis, Fredericksburg, Williamsburg, and Norfolk. The delicate rococo-style title cartouche incorporates the distance scale.

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

Condition: B+

Issued folding on watermarked paper with light offsetting and a few spots mostly in the blank margins.

Estimate: $200 - $250

Price: $150

Bid Increments
$100 - $249$10
$250 - $499$25
$500 - $999$50
$1,000 - $2,499$100
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