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SAYER, ROBERT; and BENNETT, JOHN. The Seat of War, In New England, by an American Volunteer. Hand-colored engraved broadside map depicting events of the American Revolution in Massachusetts, with an inset map of Boston Harbor and one of the city of Boston and Bunker Hill. 450x530 mm, trimmed to neatline; scant old outline hand-color; laid on linen, old folds, slightest separations at some intersections, hard crease in upper right corner; discreet blindstamp in lower right corner (George M. Dem/ Boston Ma/ ?). [London: R. Sayer & J. Bennett, 1775]
Among the most important maps of the Battle of Bunker Hill, for which it was one of the first printed accounts and one most detailed, and a cornerstone map for any American Revolution collection. Nebenzahl, American Revolution, 6 & 6a.
