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1776réf. 3748Striking Casco Bay Chart from the Atlantic Neptune 1776 This is an exceptional chart of the coast of Maine between Cape Elizabeth and Popham from the early Revolutionary War period. It is from Des Barres' monumental Atlantic Neptune a sea atlas published by the British Admiralty during the last quarter of the 18th century. The Atlantic Neptune has been called "the most splendid collection of charts plans and views ever published." The present chart includes all of Casco Bay naming the larger islands and extends east to include Seguin "Segevin Island" and Georgetown Islands. Among the numerous geographic features named are Great Jebieg Chebeague Merrymeeting Bay Segadahock River Arrowsick Island and Halfway Road i.e. Rock. Roads are shown on the chart as are individual buildings. The chart is dated July___ 1776 i.e. with a prominent space after the month as if a date were going to be inserted. There is no type-stamped "15" at the upper right as called for in some copies of state "b" of the Stevens Catalogue. The chart was folded into four vertical panels about 30 1/4 x 12" to accommodate being "bound up in tall narrow form" Stevens' Catalogue p. vii. The chart paper has the LVG watermark consistent with the earlier issues of the chart. A scarce early state of a desirable chart. References: Stevens Catalogue of the Atlantic Neptune: 105 State: b. Sellers & Van Ee Maps and Charts of North America and the West Indies 1750-1789: 855. Condition: A wonderfully clean example of a striking chart of Casco Bay. ICN 3763. From The Atlantic Neptune.
1828réf. 3754Important Early Chart of Portland Maine Harbor Lemuel Moody 1767-1846 was an enterprising sea captain and nautical entrepreneur in Portland Maine. Realizing "the great necessity of a correct Chart of Portland Harbour and the dangerous Rocks near Cape Elizabeth also of Winter Harbour and the numerous islands in Casco Bay" Moody decided to produce such a chart. By 1825 the Atlantic Neptune charts that included this area were more than 50 years old and in need of updating. Moody took advantage of the opportunity and produced this chart using the Atlantic Neptune charts as the foundation. In a notation on the original agreement for producing the chart Moody states that "I did the whole of the survey." This impressive chart of Casco Bay was his sole cartographic undertaking. The chart covers the area from Saco Bay to Seguin Island. A large inset at the upper left focuses on the immediate area around Portland harbor including a detailed layout of streets and wharves. Small drawings of several sailing ships decorate the chart. Of particular interest is one sailing vessel being towed by a steam-belching vessel southeast of Small Point an early record of steam-powered ships in Maine waters. One of the prominent landmarks that Moody included on the chart is the Portland Observatory an 86' high tower that still stands atop Portland's Munjoy Hill. The Observatory one of Moody's entrepreneurial undertakings was built in 1807 and served as a marine signaling tower. Using a telescope from the tower and a flag-based signaling system Moody would – for an annual fee – alert ship owners of the arrival of their vessels well in advance of their arrival in the harbor. The chart went through at least five states of which this is the second. The fortuitous survival of Moody's business records and the known construction dates of certain marine landmarks make it possible to identify the dates and production run of the various states of the chart with a fair degree of specificity. While all the charts produced include the initial publication date of 1825 in the title later states were known to have been printed in 1828 1832 1838 and 1857. The initial 1825/6 printing was 191 charts. For this second state only 49 charts were struck from the plates. The second state is distinguished by the addition of two light towers that were constructed in Cape Elizabeth in 1828. Known now appropriately enough as "Two Lights" the two structures still stand though one has been decommissioned as a navigation aid. The updates to the copperplate and printing of this state were by Andrew Allen of Boston. Moody's chart is very uncommon in any of its states. OCLC identifies three institutional holders as of September 2021: State Library of Massachusetts Osher Map Library and Boston Public Library. Additional examples are held at the Maine Historical Society Library of Congress Yale and at least one private collector. No examples of the chart were identified in the Antique Map Price Record during its run from 1983 to 2011. A very attractive example of an important and scarce early Maine chart. Reference: Phillips A List of Maps of the United States: p. 717 Mistakenly titled as Map of Portland Harbour and Islands… Acknowledgment: I am indebted to Ms. Frances Pollitt formerly of the Maine Historical Society for sharing her research on the dating and production of Moody's chart. Condition: Lined on reverse mending several tears. Very minor recreation of image loss and restoration of blank margin areas. ICN 7690.3. [Lemuel Moody.] .] Engd by D. G. Johnson. Entered According to Act of Congress July 13th, 1825. [but 1828.]
1828réf. 41555, , 1828-1877. Manuscrit in-folio à l’encre brune (42 x 27 cm) de (1)-160-(8) ff. en belle page, 187 grandes miniatures dans le texte finement coloriées à l'époque, demi-vélin à coins, dos lisse muet (reliure de l'époque).
MAYENNE, Imprimerie de l'Ouest, A. Nézan, 1895 - Tirage à 50 Exemplaires sur Japon, Celui-ci N° 2 - Complet en 2 volumes in-4, 25 x 17 cm- Reliure 1/2 basane fauve - dos à nerfs, orné - Gardes ornées - Édition augmentée de Généalogies inédites : de Montécler [Branche de Bourgon - Branche de Launay-Péan], et de Moré.- III-509 et III-549 pages - Dos insolé, sinon très bel exemplaire - Envoi rapide et soigné André René Le Paige, La Suze-sur-Sarthe,14 avril 1701, Le Mans, 2 juillet 1781. Chanoine de la cathédrale du Mans, estimant que la province du Maine manquait d'un bon ouvrage de statistique et d'économie civile, Le Paige se lança dans l'entreprise. Après avoir rassemblé un grand nombre de mémoires particuliers, qui lui furent adressés par les curés du diocèse et par les seigneurs de paroisse, en réponse à une circulaire qu'il avait publiée en 1772, il mit au jour son Dictionnaire topographique, historique, généalogique et bibliographique de la province et du diocèse du Maine en 1777. Ce livre contient des notions détaillées sur l'histoire naturelle, ecclésiastique, civile et littéraire, l'agriculture, l'industrie, le commerce et les arts de chaque commune. On y trouve sur le Mans, Laval, Mayenne, la Ferté-Bernard, Sablé, Mamers, etc., des notices et des faits qu'on chercherait vainement ailleurs. Cet ouvrage constitue un monument de l'histoire de la Province du Maine en général et de chaque commune en pârticulier.
