November Premier Auction: Day 3
Sat, Nov 11, 2017 09:00AM EST - Sun, Nov 12, 2017 09:00AM EST
Live Auction
Lot 1112
d'Anville - The Whole Continent of America
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $25 |
| $100 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697-1782), A New Map of The Whole Continent of America, Divided into North and South and West Indies, labeled August 15, 1786, Governor Thomas Pownall (1722-1805); Robert Sayer (1725-1794), black and white line engraving with period hand color on laid paper, 41-5/8 x 48-1/8 in., unframedNotes: The lower right cartouche reads: A NEW MAP/ OF THE/ WHOLE CONTINENT/ OF AMERICA,/ DIVIDED INTO/ NORTH AND SOUTH AND WEST INDIES./ wherein are exactly Described/ THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA/ as well as THE SEVERAL EUROPEAN POSSESSIONS/ according to the Preliminaries of Peace signed at Versailles Jan. 20. 1783./ Compiled from M.R D'ANVILLE'S MAPS of that Continent,/ with the addition of the Spanish Discoveries in 1775 to the North of California. & Corrected in the several Parts belonging to GREAT BRITAIN,/ from the Original Materials of GOVERNOR POWNALL, MP./ LONDON/ Printed fro ROB.T SAYER, Map, Chart & Printseller,/ N.o 53, Fleet Street./ as the Act directs. 15.th August/ 1786.
Literature: Wheat, Carl I., Mapping the Transmississippi West, Vol. 1, 1957, p. 236, #206.
Provenance: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Proceeds to Benefit the Acquisitions Fund
fabric eyelet tabs mounted to verso top, ink and pencil inscriptions verso, handling grime, minor losses at bottom left and central right, possible restoration at bottom right, foundation notes that this map is expertly conserved
Condition
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