![LE ROUGE, Georges-Louis (c.1712-c.1790). Attaque de l'Armée des Provinciaux dans Long Island du 27. aoust 1776; dessin de l'isle de New-York et des Etats ... par un officier de l'Armée. Paris: le Rouge [1776].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2018/NYR/2018_NYR_16392_0131_000(le_rouge_georges-louis_attaque_de_larmee_des_provinciaux_dans_long_isl082502).jpg?w=1)
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LE ROUGE, Georges-Louis (c.1712-c.1790). Attaque de l'Armée des Provinciaux dans Long Island du 27. aoust 1776; dessin de l'isle de New-York et des Etats ... par un officier de l'Armée. Paris: le Rouge [1776].
A very rare and attractive French map of the Battle of Long Island, the first major engagement after the Declaration of Independence, when the British, under Howe, invaded New York City and forced Washington into retreat. This map is on fine paper and bears two contemporary manuscript notes: an extension of the New Jersey border south to Amboy and a proposed price. It is based on the Bowles and Kearseley map published in London on 24 October 1776. One of the few other examples of this French issue is in the Rochambeau Map Collection at the Library of Congress, comprising the personal collection of the Comte de Rochambeau, the Commander in Chief of the French expeditionary army during the American Revolution. Nebenzahl, Battle Plans, 112.
Engraved map, partially hand-colored, 372 x 343mm on 544 x 440mm sheet, watermarked "I. Villedary" (lower margin with faint mat-shadow and pencil markings).
A very rare and attractive French map of the Battle of Long Island, the first major engagement after the Declaration of Independence, when the British, under Howe, invaded New York City and forced Washington into retreat. This map is on fine paper and bears two contemporary manuscript notes: an extension of the New Jersey border south to Amboy and a proposed price. It is based on the Bowles and Kearseley map published in London on 24 October 1776. One of the few other examples of this French issue is in the Rochambeau Map Collection at the Library of Congress, comprising the personal collection of the Comte de Rochambeau, the Commander in Chief of the French expeditionary army during the American Revolution. Nebenzahl, Battle Plans, 112.
Engraved map, partially hand-colored, 372 x 343mm on 544 x 440mm sheet, watermarked "I. Villedary" (lower margin with faint mat-shadow and pencil markings).