FADEN & SAUTHIER MAP OF THE PROVIENCE OF NEW YORK, 1776

FADEN, William (1749-1836), SAUTHIER, Claude Joseph (1736 1802) & RATZER, Bernard (b. 1700).A Map of the Province of New-York, reduc'd from the large Drawings of that Province, Complied from Actual Surveys b Order of His Excellency William Tyron Esq....to which is added New-Jersey from the Topographical Observations of C. Gj Sauthier and B. Ratzer.Copper plate engraving with original hand outline color.London: William Faden, 1776.29 1/4" x 23 1/ 2" sheet, 41 ½" x 35 1/4" framed.Comparable: Swann, 2005 - $9,200; Doyle, 2021 - $5,985.An important early Revolutionary War era map, published by William Faden shortly after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.This remarkable map is a combination of two of the most important colonial surveys conducted on the eve of the Revolution, combining Claude Sauthier's manuscript map of New York with Bernard Ratzer's important survey of New Jersey, which established the boundary between the two colonies.The northern portion of Faden's map