Jun 07, 2018 - Sale 2481

Sale 2481 - Lot 184

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(QUEBEC.) Smith, Charles. Map of the City of Quebec. Engraved folding plan. 9 1/4x8 inches sheet size; faint marginal soiling. New York, 1796

Additional Details

Rare engraving from Charles Smith's "Monthly Military Repository", a periodical of general military knowledge, but including early accounts of several major battles of the American Revolution. This map accompanied a thorough description of the failed American attack on the garrison of Quebec City in December, 1775 and represents the earliest plan of the city to be printed in America. Wheat & Brun 104, first state.