COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING WITH OUTLINE HAND-COLORING
AN IMPORTANT AND HIGHLY DETAILED MARITIME CHART OF NEWFOUNDLAND, THE GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE, AND ACADIA (NOVA SCOTIA). THE WORK FEATURES AN EXTENSIVE SYSTEM OF RHUMB LINES, COMPLEX COMPASS ROSES, AN INTRICATE NETWORK OF HYDROGRAPHIC SOUNDINGS CONCENTRATED ALONG THE GRAND BANKS, AND A DETAILED “TABLE DES LATITUDES ET LONGITUDES” IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER.
VERSO BEARS THREE HISTORIC ANTIQUARIAN BOOKSELLER/DEALER CLIPPINGS TYPED AND PRINTED: AN INVENTORY SLIP FROM “HENRY STEVENS, SON & STILES” (ITEM 211) LOCATING THE CHART WITHIN THE ATTERBURY “NEPTUNE AMERICO-SEPTENTRIONAL” COMPILATION; A CLIPPING FROM “FRANCIS EDWARDS, LTD., BOOKSELLERS” DATED 1974 (ITEM 191, INVENTORY #982); AND A TYPOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION FROM AN ENGLISH AUCTION OR DEALER CATALOGUE FROM FARNHAM, SURREY (ITEM 495). AN OLD HANDWRITTEN CANVAS LABEL READS “NEPTUNE AMERICO-SEPTENTRIONAL 1784.”
HOUSED IN A CUSTOM MID-20TH CENTURY MID-BROWN WOODEN MOLDING FRAME WITH A CARDBOARD BACKING SEAL, BEARING THE ORIGINAL GALLERY LABEL OF “FRANK JARMAN LIMITED, FINE ART DEALERS, 1622 CARLING AVE., OTTAWA” (ORDER NO. 433).
23.5 X 34.5 IN AT SIGHT
25.375 X 36.375 IN FRAMED
DEPOT DE LA MARINE “TERRE-NEUVE MAP,” 1784
COPPERPLATE ENGRAVING WITH OUTLINE HAND-COLORING AN IMPORTANT AND HIGHLY DETAILED MARITIME CHART OF NEWFOUNDLAND, THE GULF OF ST. LAWRENCE, AND ACADIA (NOVA SCOTIA). THE WORK FEATURES AN EXTENSIVE SYSTEM OF RHUMB LINES, COMPLEX COMPASS ROSES, AN INTRICATE NETWORK OF HYDROGRAPHIC SOUNDINGS CONCENTRATED ALONG THE GRAND BANKS, AND A DETAILED “TABLE DES LATITUDES ET LONGITUDES” IN…