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Auction archive: Lot number 14

MAPS OF AMERICA. GROUP OF 3 MAPS. 1755-1776

Estimate
US$2,500 - US$3,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 14

MAPS OF AMERICA. GROUP OF 3 MAPS. 1755-1776

Estimate
US$2,500 - US$3,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Maps of America, 18th Century A fine group of 3 maps, as follows: Bowen, Thomas. A Map of the British and French Settlements in North America; [Part the first] Containing Canada, Nova Scotia ... [Part the second] containing Part of New York, Pensilvania, New Jersey ... Laid down from Authentic Surveys ... T. Bowen sculpsit. [London, 1755]. 2 engraved maps (each 8 3/4 x 21 in.; 222 x 533 mm, joined at margins); some marginal soiling and minor glue-stains at the join. From The General Magazine of Arts and Sciences. Phillips, Maps, p. 574. Jefferys, Thomas. A Map Of The British Empire, in North America. By Samuel Dunn, Mathematician, improved from the Surveys of Capt. [Jonathan] Carver. London: for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, 17 August 1776. Engraved map (21 3/4 x 14 in.; 553 x 355 mm), contemporary handcoloring in outline; minor marginal soiling. From T. Jefferys, The American Atlas. Phillips, Maps, p. 586. Jefferys, Thomas. A New Map Of The Province of Quebec, according to The Royal Proclamation, of the 7th of October 1763. from The French Surveys Connected with those made after the War. By Captain Carver, and Other Officers, in His Majesty's Service. (with four inset maps:) A Particular Survey Of The Isles of Montreal; Plan of Montreal, or Villemarie; The City of Quebec; Course of the River St. Laurence, from la Valterie to Quebec on a Larger Scale. London: for Robt. Sayer and John Bennett 16 February 1776. Engraved double-page map (21 ¾ x 30 in.; 553 x 762 mm), contemporary handcoloring in outline; tipped on to a board, tear in left margin entering printed frame, minor marginal soiling and spotting. From William Faden The North American Atlas. Phillips, Maps, p. 729; Stevens & Tree 73a.

Auction archive: Lot number 14
Auction:
Datum:
11 Dec 2008
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
Beschreibung:

Maps of America, 18th Century A fine group of 3 maps, as follows: Bowen, Thomas. A Map of the British and French Settlements in North America; [Part the first] Containing Canada, Nova Scotia ... [Part the second] containing Part of New York, Pensilvania, New Jersey ... Laid down from Authentic Surveys ... T. Bowen sculpsit. [London, 1755]. 2 engraved maps (each 8 3/4 x 21 in.; 222 x 533 mm, joined at margins); some marginal soiling and minor glue-stains at the join. From The General Magazine of Arts and Sciences. Phillips, Maps, p. 574. Jefferys, Thomas. A Map Of The British Empire, in North America. By Samuel Dunn, Mathematician, improved from the Surveys of Capt. [Jonathan] Carver. London: for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, 17 August 1776. Engraved map (21 3/4 x 14 in.; 553 x 355 mm), contemporary handcoloring in outline; minor marginal soiling. From T. Jefferys, The American Atlas. Phillips, Maps, p. 586. Jefferys, Thomas. A New Map Of The Province of Quebec, according to The Royal Proclamation, of the 7th of October 1763. from The French Surveys Connected with those made after the War. By Captain Carver, and Other Officers, in His Majesty's Service. (with four inset maps:) A Particular Survey Of The Isles of Montreal; Plan of Montreal, or Villemarie; The City of Quebec; Course of the River St. Laurence, from la Valterie to Quebec on a Larger Scale. London: for Robt. Sayer and John Bennett 16 February 1776. Engraved double-page map (21 ¾ x 30 in.; 553 x 762 mm), contemporary handcoloring in outline; tipped on to a board, tear in left margin entering printed frame, minor marginal soiling and spotting. From William Faden The North American Atlas. Phillips, Maps, p. 729; Stevens & Tree 73a.

Auction archive: Lot number 14
Auction:
Datum:
11 Dec 2008
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
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