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Lot 216
Sale 6330 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 8, 2025
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,408
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[MAP]. BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas (1703-1772). Carte des Lacs du Canada. Paris, 1744.
Engraved map, 305 x 470 mm. (Old folds, some toning in margin, remargined at left corner.)
THE FIRST OBTAINABLE EXAMPLE OF A MAP TO FOCUS ON THE GREAT LAKES. Second state, preceded only by a 1742 proof copy noted by Kershaw. The map depicts one of the earliest appearances of Detroit, the Port of Chicago, and several mythical islands in Lake Superior that would remain for the next 100 years on various maps. Karpinski LV; Kershaw 947.
Property from the Estate of James G. Hansen at Fetcher House, Winnetka, Illinois