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The Property of Sir Brooke Boothby, 15th Bt., removed from Fonmon Castle, Glamorgan

Mary Ann Rocque (publisher) | A Set of Plans and Forts in America, Reduced from Actual Surveys, [London], 1765

UK: Greenford Park Warehouse

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December 12, 11:24 AM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 GBP

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The Property of Sir Brooke Boothby, 15th Bt., removed from Fonmon Castle, Glamorgan


Mary Ann Rocque (publisher)


A Set of Plans and Forts in America. Reduced from Actual Surveys. [London: Mary Ann Rocque], 1765


8vo (159 x 108mm.), double-page pictorial engraved title, engraved index, 30 double-page engraved plans (one folding) by Peter and John Andrews (including the rare Maerschalck map of New York City), contemporary mottled calf, spine with raised bands in five compartments, morocco label to second compartment, offsetting, extremities slightly rubbed


A good copy in a contemporary binding of this legendary classic of the Seven Years' War, when British domination of strategic strongholds in North America ensured victory in the struggle for control of the continent.


LITERATURE:

Howes A261 ("Best collection of its kind at the period"); Sabin 79332

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