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71 Apparently Unrecorded Second State OVERTON, Henry (I). 'A NEW AND EXACT MAP OF THE THEATRE OF THE WAR IN FLANDERS AND HOLLAND, commonly called the 17 Provinces, drawn from severall maps, made on the places by the best Geographers, as well antient as modern collected and most exactly revised, and published by C. Inselin Engraver and Geographer in Paris. Translated into English at the expence of Henry Overton of LONDON. Mapseller 1743.' '[scale bar] Printed and Sold by H. Overton at the White Horse without Newgate LONDON. 1743.' London: Henry Overton (I), 1743; copperplate engraving, map, widest: 578 x 853 border: 589 x 876 platemark: 600 x -mm, on two sheets joined, in original outline colour. The right hand part of the map with several areas of paper thinness, the right hand margin rebuilt, part of the lower right border, the paper reinstated to the engraved border. Rare two-sheet map of the Low Countries, published to illustrate the campaign of 1743, in the War of the Austrian Succession. Needing a general map of the theatre of war Henry Overton resorted to the simple expedient of dusting down an existing plate, which he first published in 1709, re-engraving the date, and then re-publishing it, with the original title otherwise unchanged, this creating the impression that this was an up-to-date and reliable map with which to follow the course of the war. Neither state traced on COPAC, but t<strong>here</strong> is an example of the first state in he British Library. 72 Rare Two-Sheet Map Of Artois KNIGHT, William. 'The SEAT of WAR in the PROVINCE of ARTOIS and COUNTRY ADJACENT According to the Observations of William de Isle and others as Communicated to y.e Royal Academy of Siences at PARIS.' '[scale bars] Sold by William Knight at the Quee[n]s head against S.t Sepuchr.s Church on Snow Hill LONDON.' London: William Knight, [ca. 1709]; copperplate engraving, map, widest: 562 x 904 border: 557 x 901 widest: 568 x 912 platemark: 572 x - mm, on two sheets joined, in original outline colour. Trimmed to the platemark, minor glue stains to the centrefold, a few creases, the verso a little grubby. Rare two-sheet map of the province of Artois, published during the War of the Spanish succession, based on the work of the French cartographer Guillaume Delisle. Knight is one of the obscure English publishers of the period, active circa 1709 to 1710, first at 'Moor's Yard in Duke-Street, Bloomsbery' (February 1709) and then on Snow Hill. His biography is complicated by his reluctance to advertise his maps, with only two adverts for the map of England traced thus far. He published, so far as is known, maps of England, Scotland, Ireland, this map of the Province of Artois and a map of the West Indies (see item 127). Not traced thus on COPAC. £1,500 59 £800 EUROPE