[MAP]. SARTINE, Antoine Plan de la Barre et du Havre de Charles-Town...1778. RARE REVOLUTIONARY WAR CHART OF CHARLESTON HARBOR.
Sale 1336 - Fine Books and Manuscripts, including Worlds of Tomorrow, and Americana
Jun 7, 2024
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$2,000 -
$3,000
Sold for $2,159
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[MAP]. SARTINE, Antoine (1729-1801). Plan de la Barre et du Havre de Charles-Town d'apres un plan Anglois leve en 1776... Paris: Depot de la Marine for M. de Sartine, 1778.
Copperplate engraving, matted, sheet 464 x 641 mm. (Few minor repairs to worming, mostly at margins.) Provenance: purchased from Kenneth Nebenzahl.
THE RARE REVOLUTIONARY WAR CHART OF CHARLESTON HARBOR, based on Sayer & Bennett's original plan published in 1776 by the British Admiralty. The chart was copied two years later in 1778 for use by the French Navy when France entered the war following the Alliance that same year. The chart guides pilots through the area from the Atlantic to the confluence of the Ashley and Cooper Rivers, and surroundings, indicating depth soundings and fortified positions. Sellers and Van Ee 1549.
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