Aerida Purpura Cartographer_Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix THE FIRST ACCURATE AND DETAILED

THE FIRST ACCURATE AND DETAILED SURVEY OF THE POTOMAC RIVER

1818 – 1830)

The two native scenes shown are taken from illustrations in the book

printed on two sheets

The Rossi family had set up a very successful map and print business in Milan

Aerida Purpura Cartographer_Pierre Francois Xavier de Charlevoix THE FIRST ACCURATE AND DETAILEDSertum orchidaceum, an album so titled of watercolour drawings of orchids. English, mid nineteenth century Watercolour drawings of orchids and flowering plants, captioned at foot HIGHLY ACCOMPLISHED LARGE SCALE WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS. A pencil note on the fly leaf reads These drawings are thought to be done by the wife of MacFarlane the celebrated orchid painter (i. e. James Laird MacFarlane, 1836 1913). PROVENANCE: Samuel Williams Fuller (c. 1777 1857)