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Lot 217
Sale 6330 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 8, 2025
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$800 -
1,200
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$1,408
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[MAP]. BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas (1703-1772). -- HOMANN HEIRS. Partie Occidentale de la Nouvelle France ou du Canada. Nuremberg, 1755.
Engraved map, 533 x 610 mm. Decorative cartouche. (Laid town on tissue, hinged to mat.)
Issued on the eve of the French & Indian War, this map depicts the French territory and includes 4 fictitious islands in Lake Superior, and was closely copied from Bellin's 1745 map of the region. Kershaw 950; Schwartz & Ehrenberg plt. 97; Sellers & Van Ee 19.
Property from the Estate of James G. Hansen at Fetcher House, Winnetka, Illinois