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Auction archive: Lot number 299

LOUISIANA]. CAILLOT, Pierre. Manuscript "Relation du Voyage de la Louisianne ou Nouve lle . France. fait par Sr. Caillot en l'Annee 1730." N.p., N.d. [watercolor plates dated 1729-1730].

Auction 16.12.2004
16 Dec 2004
Estimate
US$60,000 - US$80,000
Price realised:
US$276,300
Auction archive: Lot number 299

LOUISIANA]. CAILLOT, Pierre. Manuscript "Relation du Voyage de la Louisianne ou Nouve lle . France. fait par Sr. Caillot en l'Annee 1730." N.p., N.d. [watercolor plates dated 1729-1730].

Auction 16.12.2004
16 Dec 2004
Estimate
US$60,000 - US$80,000
Price realised:
US$276,300
Beschreibung:

LOUISIANA]. CAILLOT, Pierre. Manuscript "Relation du Voyage de la Louisianne ou Nouve lle . France. fait par Sr. Caillot en l'Annee 1730." N.p., N.d. [watercolor plates dated 1729-1730]. Small folio (10 5/16 x 7 7/16 in.) 186 pp., manuscript in ink, in a neat italic hand, 28 lines to the page, each text page within ink borders, calligraphic titlepage in colored inks, decorative frontispiece and 10 folding watercolor plates, plans and maps (see below), bound with an unrelated printed item (see below). Binding: Contemporary French tree calf, flat spine gilt in 6 compartments, red morocco spine labels gilt-lettered "Relation de la Louisiane Descripti D'Alticchie", edges sprinkled red (very minor rubbing, some gilt slightly chipped). Collation : Watercolor frontispiece, calligraphic title with armorial at bottom, pp.1-100 (narrative of the "Voyage de l'Amerique"), 101-184 ("Relation du Mississipy et des Sauvages qui habitent cette Countrée"), 185-186 blank, 10 folding watercolor plates (see below). With a 125-page typed transcript. A REMARKABLY EXTENSIVE FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF NEW ORLEANS AND LOUISIANA IN 1729-1730, ENTIRELY UNPUBLISHED, WITH AN IMPORTANT EARLY MANUSCRIPT PLAN OF NEW ORLEANS A most remarkable discovery: an unpublished, book-length (about 33,000 words), first-hand description of New Orleans, Louisiana and other French colonial outposts in America, written only 11 years after New Orleans was founded, embellished with a fine series of original watercolor plates, plans and maps, as follows: Frontispiece: drawing of 6 sailing vessels, a smaller boat with rowers in foreground, ink and watercolor, red ink border, 10¾ x 7 3/8 in. 1. "La Durance," a three-masted sailing vessel, ink and watercolor, 13 x 15½ in. folding. (Damaged: dark stains from old tape repairs to tears at folds, one edge closely trimmed.) 2. Mariner's compass, ink and watercolor, ink border, folding, 9 5/8 x 12¾ in. 3. Eight ocean fish, decorative cartouche enclosing their names, ink and watercolor, 10 x 13¼ folding, minute ink inscription "en 1729 Caillot" at bottom corner. 4. Bird's-eye view of colonial port (probably Port-Au Prince), with island fortess and ships at anchor, ink and watercolor, 9 x 12¼ in. folding. 5. "Noms de Poissons," with decorative cartouche enclosing the names, one a sea tortoise, the ship "La Durance" at center, ink and watercolor, 9¾ x 12¾ in., folding, minute inscription "en 1729 Caillot" at bottom right 6. "Poissons" with decorative cartouche enclosing the names, ink and watercolor, 9¾ x 12 7/8 in., folding, minute inscription "en 1729 Caillot" at bottom right. (Old repair at center fold.) 7. "Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans, dessignée le 14 fevrier 1731," ink and watercolor, 9 7/8 x 13 5/8 in., folding. (Fold tear, 1¾ in length at bottom, affecting one letter of key. 8. "Carte Particuliere de L'Embouchure du Fleuve Mississippy," ink and watercolor, 11½ x 15¾ in., folding. (Clean tear along left-hand margin). 9. "Le Saint Louis" [a sailing vessel], dated 20 June 1731, ink and watercolor, 14½ x 9¾ in, folding. (Old reinforcement of center fold). 10. "Plan de la Guerre de Natchez," with decorative cartouche enclosing the key, ink and watercolor, 14 3/16 x 17¾ in., folding, minute ink inscription "fait le 23 7bre 1730 Caillot." (A few stains in one corner). 11. "Plan du Fort Sauvage des Natchez," with key, ink and watercolor, 14½ x 18 5/8 in., folding. (Several tears at left margin, with small losses along a 4-in. section, several backed with tissue). Caillot's polished and very readable account commences with his eventful journey from Paris (on 19 February 1729) to L'Orient, where he embarked on board "La Durance," an armed merchantman belonging to "La Compagnie des Indes et des Colonies d'Orient," bound for the New World. Throughout the voyage and visit to the New World, Caillot, an avid amateur naturalist, observes and describes many different species of fish, birds, fruits and trees. During a brief stop at Sainte-Domingue

Auction archive: Lot number 299
Auction:
Datum:
16 Dec 2004
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

LOUISIANA]. CAILLOT, Pierre. Manuscript "Relation du Voyage de la Louisianne ou Nouve lle . France. fait par Sr. Caillot en l'Annee 1730." N.p., N.d. [watercolor plates dated 1729-1730]. Small folio (10 5/16 x 7 7/16 in.) 186 pp., manuscript in ink, in a neat italic hand, 28 lines to the page, each text page within ink borders, calligraphic titlepage in colored inks, decorative frontispiece and 10 folding watercolor plates, plans and maps (see below), bound with an unrelated printed item (see below). Binding: Contemporary French tree calf, flat spine gilt in 6 compartments, red morocco spine labels gilt-lettered "Relation de la Louisiane Descripti D'Alticchie", edges sprinkled red (very minor rubbing, some gilt slightly chipped). Collation : Watercolor frontispiece, calligraphic title with armorial at bottom, pp.1-100 (narrative of the "Voyage de l'Amerique"), 101-184 ("Relation du Mississipy et des Sauvages qui habitent cette Countrée"), 185-186 blank, 10 folding watercolor plates (see below). With a 125-page typed transcript. A REMARKABLY EXTENSIVE FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF NEW ORLEANS AND LOUISIANA IN 1729-1730, ENTIRELY UNPUBLISHED, WITH AN IMPORTANT EARLY MANUSCRIPT PLAN OF NEW ORLEANS A most remarkable discovery: an unpublished, book-length (about 33,000 words), first-hand description of New Orleans, Louisiana and other French colonial outposts in America, written only 11 years after New Orleans was founded, embellished with a fine series of original watercolor plates, plans and maps, as follows: Frontispiece: drawing of 6 sailing vessels, a smaller boat with rowers in foreground, ink and watercolor, red ink border, 10¾ x 7 3/8 in. 1. "La Durance," a three-masted sailing vessel, ink and watercolor, 13 x 15½ in. folding. (Damaged: dark stains from old tape repairs to tears at folds, one edge closely trimmed.) 2. Mariner's compass, ink and watercolor, ink border, folding, 9 5/8 x 12¾ in. 3. Eight ocean fish, decorative cartouche enclosing their names, ink and watercolor, 10 x 13¼ folding, minute ink inscription "en 1729 Caillot" at bottom corner. 4. Bird's-eye view of colonial port (probably Port-Au Prince), with island fortess and ships at anchor, ink and watercolor, 9 x 12¼ in. folding. 5. "Noms de Poissons," with decorative cartouche enclosing the names, one a sea tortoise, the ship "La Durance" at center, ink and watercolor, 9¾ x 12¾ in., folding, minute inscription "en 1729 Caillot" at bottom right 6. "Poissons" with decorative cartouche enclosing the names, ink and watercolor, 9¾ x 12 7/8 in., folding, minute inscription "en 1729 Caillot" at bottom right. (Old repair at center fold.) 7. "Plan de la Nouvelle Orleans, dessignée le 14 fevrier 1731," ink and watercolor, 9 7/8 x 13 5/8 in., folding. (Fold tear, 1¾ in length at bottom, affecting one letter of key. 8. "Carte Particuliere de L'Embouchure du Fleuve Mississippy," ink and watercolor, 11½ x 15¾ in., folding. (Clean tear along left-hand margin). 9. "Le Saint Louis" [a sailing vessel], dated 20 June 1731, ink and watercolor, 14½ x 9¾ in, folding. (Old reinforcement of center fold). 10. "Plan de la Guerre de Natchez," with decorative cartouche enclosing the key, ink and watercolor, 14 3/16 x 17¾ in., folding, minute ink inscription "fait le 23 7bre 1730 Caillot." (A few stains in one corner). 11. "Plan du Fort Sauvage des Natchez," with key, ink and watercolor, 14½ x 18 5/8 in., folding. (Several tears at left margin, with small losses along a 4-in. section, several backed with tissue). Caillot's polished and very readable account commences with his eventful journey from Paris (on 19 February 1729) to L'Orient, where he embarked on board "La Durance," an armed merchantman belonging to "La Compagnie des Indes et des Colonies d'Orient," bound for the New World. Throughout the voyage and visit to the New World, Caillot, an avid amateur naturalist, observes and describes many different species of fish, birds, fruits and trees. During a brief stop at Sainte-Domingue

Auction archive: Lot number 299
Auction:
Datum:
16 Dec 2004
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
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