An Early Large-Format Plan of the City of Washington. RUSSELL, JOHN. C.1750-1829. Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia, ceded by the states of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by them established as the Seat of their Government, after the Year 1800. [London, 1795]. Engraved folding map of Washington D.C., sight 417 x 540 mm. Decorative cartouche, compass rose, matted and framed (a few tiny chips to edges, some minor staining, unexamined out of frame). First English printing of Andrew Ellicott's plan for the city based on Pierre L'Enfant's design, developed in 1792, with a cartouche that incorporates the coat-of-arms of George Washington. The map represents the first full-size foreign printing of the Thackara and Vallance plan, first printed in Philadelphia in 1792 from L'Enfant's original manuscript map, which includes the layout of the streets of old Georgetown. According to Reps, 'no more attractive example of urban cartography can be found.' Phillips Atlases, 1363-9; Reps, Washington on View, p. 38. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ¤ ¤ Unless indicated by the ¤ symbol next to the lot number (or bearing an explicit statement such as 'No Reserve' or 'Without Reserve'), which denotes no reserve, all lots in the catalog are subject to a reserve. The reserve is the minimum hammer price that the seller is willing to accept for a lot. This amount is confidential and does not exceed the low estimate value. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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