LEROUGE, G.L. Les environs de l'Orient et du Port-Louis. Ded - Lot 227

LEROUGE, G.L. Les environs de l'Orient et du Port-Louis. Dedicated to Monseigneur le comte d'Argençon Minister and Secretary of State for War. Paris, 1757. Black and white. Map in 2 sheets attached on strong paper. A fine copy. 467 x 880 mm. Large and beautiful map of Port-Louis and Lorient. Top right: "Explanation of the Company's Enclosure". Scale, bottom right, of 400 toises (7 cm), bottom left, of 500 toises (8.8 cm). Two coppers were used to make this set, because of the size. A compass rose, two ships at sea, a patache east of the Citadel, six ships at the quay, a boat at the passage of Saint-Christophe, the ships' route to the basin. § Copy reproduced in Cartes anciennes de la Bretagne 1582-1800, Pl. N°84.