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Lot 128

Sale 5724 - Books and Manuscripts
Feb 17, 2022 5:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
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[Prints] [Maine and New Brunswick] Des Barres, Joseph Frederick Wallet Five Views of the St. John's River and Pasamaquady Bay

(London), July 26, 1777. Five hand-colored engraved views with aquatint on one sheet. Separations along center; foxing and soiling; offsetting from when folded. 25 x 32 1/2 in. (63 x 82 cm). In mat and in frame, 31 x 40 1/8 in. (78 x 102 cm).

From Des Barre's monumental four-volume atlas, the Atlantic Neptune (London 1777-81), the "most important collection of maps, charts, and views of North America published in the eighteenth century." (Lloyd A. Brown, The Atlantic Neptune, The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 67, No. 4 (Oct., 1943), pp. 377-381)

The five views comprise: The Wolves..., Grand Manan Island..., A View of the Shore Westward of the River St. John..., A View of the Coast at the Entrance of the River St. John..., A View of the Entrance of Pasamaquady Bay...

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