TARDIEU PIERRE FRANCOIS United States of Nth America; Carte

Sale 2450 - Lot 200

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Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,000

TARDIEU, PIERRE FRANCOIS. United States of Nth. America; Carte des Etats-Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale. Copiée et Gravée sur celle d'Arrowsmith. Large engraved case map in four folded sections, each dissected and backed on original linen with green selvage as issued; original outline hand-coloring; 50x57 inches combined size; scattered foxing but overall well preserved in original paste-paper covered box. Paris, 1802

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A fine copy of the rare separately-issued French edition of one of the great large-scale maps of the early United States, one generally considered to be a primary guide in the planning of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Based on the first state of Aaron Arrowsmith's map of the same name, Tardieu has re-engraved the entire map adding minor corrections and the inset of Andrew Ellicott's Plan of the City of Washington above the title cartouche.