Lot 381
Sayer. Robert and John Bennett. The Theatre of War in North America, with the Roads, and Tables of the Superficial Contents, Distances, &c, by an American, engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, with letter-press text below in three columns, titled 'A Compendious Account of the British Colonies in North America', surface with some soiling, particularly to lower edge, evidence of folding, with central crease prominent, but now laid-down, 545mm x 745mm approx., London: Robert Sayer and John Bennett, 20th November, 1776, framed and glazed
RARE. This broadside was one of the earliest accounts of the Revolutionary War made available to the British public. It enjoyed several printings, the first in March 1776, as the British were evacuating Boston. This appears to be the second printing, with the central cartouche and Florida more prominent.
