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MONTRESOR, John (1736-1788?) and George Louis LE ROUGE. Province de New-York. Paris, 1777.
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MONTRESOR, John (1736-1788?) and George Louis LE ROUGE. Province de New-York. Paris, 1777.
Engraved map of New York, on four jointed sheets, hand-colored in outline, of the southern and central areas New York, image 1420 x 915 mm. With two small inset maps. (Some light browning at vertical joint.) Matted and framed (not examined out of frame).
The Le Rouge edition of the most important map of New York Province in the Revolutionary War period. The detailed map extending from Lake Champlain down the Hudson to Long Island, with insets of Lake Champlain and the White Hills of the upper Connecticut valley, scale bars in leagues and British miles, large compass rose (mounted on larger sheet, a few tears with minor loss). Based on John Montresor's A map of the Province of New York, with part of Pensilvania. 1775. See Tooley p. 76: first French edition, corresponding to the third state as identified by Stevens and Tree 42(c). See Schwartz and Ehrenberg pp.181-82.
Engraved map of New York, on four jointed sheets, hand-colored in outline, of the southern and central areas New York, image 1420 x 915 mm. With two small inset maps. (Some light browning at vertical joint.) Matted and framed (not examined out of frame).
The Le Rouge edition of the most important map of New York Province in the Revolutionary War period. The detailed map extending from Lake Champlain down the Hudson to Long Island, with insets of Lake Champlain and the White Hills of the upper Connecticut valley, scale bars in leagues and British miles, large compass rose (mounted on larger sheet, a few tears with minor loss). Based on John Montresor's A map of the Province of New York, with part of Pensilvania. 1775. See Tooley p. 76: first French edition, corresponding to the third state as identified by Stevens and Tree 42(c). See Schwartz and Ehrenberg pp.181-82.