Six Perspective Views on Belle Isle [Belleisle, also Belle-Isle] from drawings made by command of Admiral Keppell, by R. Short. ... taken on the spot by Richard Short, by command of Vice Admiral Saunders.
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Date: 1763
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A scarce and beautiful set of plates. Short, who was present at the siege of Quebec, also wrote a book on Nova Scotia. Belle-Isle was a rugged island at the entrance to the Straits of Belle-Isle, which gave access to the St. Lawrence waterway.
Oblong folio, 6 hand colored plates, unbound as was issued in olive colored wrappers.
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Sabin 80569; Bobins 64.
Publisher: London: [Published by Author] May-October 1763
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Date Added: 2019-07-31
Short, Richard. Six Perspective Views on Belle Isle. London: [Published by Author] May-October 1763. 1763.
Short, Richard (1763) Six Perspective Views on Belle Isle. London: [Published by Author] May-October 1763.
Short, Richard, Six Perspective Views on Belle Isle. London: [Published by Author] May-October 1763. 1763.
