Plan d'York en Virginie, avec les attaques et les Campemens de l'Armée combinée de France et d'Amerique [Map of the Plan of York in Virginia, with the Attacks and Encampments of the Combined Army of France and America]

[Paris], 1787. 15.5"x12" on blue tinted paper, original color highlighting positions. Left edge trimmed to the neat line. Fine condition. This map offers very fine detail: French and American units are labelled; the headquarters of Washington and Rochambeau are shown lower left. Note the allies' system of trenches just south of town. Wooldridge says this is the only map of the battle showing the parallel trenches built by the French which enabled their artillery to draw closer to the enemy. The manuscript of this map was prepared in 1781 and later printed in Soulés' "Histoire des troubles de l'Amerique Anglaise" (Paris, 1787). References: Nebenzahl, A Bibliography of the Printed Battle Plans of the Revolution, 198; Phillips, Virginia Cartography, p.61; Sabin, A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, #87290; Swem, Maps Relating to Virginia #277; Tooley, The Mapping of America, p.258; Wooldridge, Mapping Virginia #160.