France 1796 Doolittle scarce American engraved map

France Divided into Circles and Departments.

(Europe, France, Brittany, Paris, Calais, Loire, Seine).

Issued Boston, 1796 by Thomas & Andrews. Engraved by Amos Doolittle.

Scarce late 18th century American produced & engraved map. 

Paper age toned with some offsetting, minor well done rice paper repairs to fold-line ends, map now displays well.

Sheet measures c. 8 1/8" x 6 1/4".

Printed area measures c. 7 1/2" x 5 1/2".

Wheat & Brun, Maps and Charts Published in America Before 1800, 890.

O'Brien, Amos Doolittle: Engraver of the New Republic, pp.21-29.

Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, v. 1, p.380.

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