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104<br />
Uncommon Plan Of Quebec<br />
Depicting Its Capture In 1759<br />
JEFFERYS, Thomas Sr.<br />
'A PLAN of the CITY OF QUEBEC<br />
the CAPITAL of CANADA. as it<br />
surrender'd 18 Septemb.r 1759 to the<br />
BRITISH FLEET and ARMY.<br />
Commanded by Vice Adm.l<br />
SAUNDERS & Brigad.r Gen.l<br />
TOWNSHEND. [key in 2 columns].'<br />
'Published according to Act of<br />
Parliament Jan.ry 15. 1760 by Tho.s<br />
Jefferys at Charing Cross. Price 2.s.<br />
London: Thomas Jefferys Sr., Janry.<br />
15, 1760; copperplate engraving,<br />
inner border: 328 x 400<br />
border: 340 x 490<br />
platemark: 448 x 504mm, in black<br />
and white. A fine example.<br />
Third state of Jeffery's plan of Quebec, each state in turn the best English printed plan of the city of the<br />
period. This third state has been extensively revised, following the surrender of the city to the British in<br />
September 1759.<br />
This state of the plan is generally encountered folded, having been issued in late-gat<strong>here</strong>d examples of<br />
Jefferys' important account of 'The Natural and Civil History of the French Dominions in North and South<br />
America ...', published in 1760, with the text also revised to reflect the events of the siege. This example of the<br />
plan is unfolded, and may have been sold separately, or may be from Jeffery's rare American atlas,<br />
'The General Topography of North America', published in 1768. £1,400<br />
105<br />
Famous Plan Of The British Attack<br />
On Quebec<br />
JEFFERYS, Thomas Sr.<br />
'An AUTHENTIC PLAN of the<br />
RIVER S.T LAURENCE from<br />
Sillery, to the Fall of Montmorenci,<br />
with the Operations of the SIEGE<br />
of QUEBEC under the Command<br />
of Vice Adm.l Saunders & Major<br />
Gen.l Wolfe down to the 5. Sep.r<br />
1759. Drawn by a CAPTAIN in his<br />
Majesties Navy.' 'To the Right<br />
Honourable WILLIAM PITT Esq.r<br />
One of His Majesties most<br />
Honourable Privy Council AND<br />
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF<br />
STATE &c. This Plan is most<br />
Humbly Inscribed By his most<br />
Obliged and most Obedient<br />
Humble Serv.t Tho.s Jefferys.' 'Price 2.s'<br />
London: Thomas Jefferys Sr., [1768]; copperplate engraving, border: 328 x 477 platemark: 336 x 487mm, in<br />
black and white. A very good example.<br />
This is a detailed plan of the siege of Quebec in 1759, a reduction in part of Jefferys' large two-sheet plan,<br />
published circa 1760. This map was issued as broadsheet circa 1760, and also appeared in Jefferys' 'Natural<br />
And Civil History Of The French Dominions', 1760. This example, which seems to have been bound<br />
unfolded, probably came from Jefferys' rare 'General Topography Of North America ...', published in 1768.<br />
This very scarce plan was much copied by contemporary magazine publishers. £2,200<br />
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AMERICAS