May 26, 2016 - Sale 2417

Sale 2417 - Lot 23

Unsold
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
DE BRAHM, WILLIAM GERARD; and LE ROUGE. Caroline meridionale et partie de la Georgie Par le Chevr. Bull Gouverneur Lieutenant. le Capitaine Gascoign, Chevr. Bryan. et de Brahm Arpenteur Général de la Caroline Meridle. et un Arpenteurs de la Georgie, en 4 Feuilles. Large engraved folding map on four sheets comprising an unjoined pair. 52x41 inches; outline hand-color. Paris: Chez le Rouge rue des grands Augustins, 1777

Additional Details

first french edition of a map originally published in London by Jefferys in 1757. Stevens and Tree 12, noting two English editions (1757 and 1780), but not making note of this French edition. Cumming 310 (note).