JOHNSTON, Thomas. Quebec, the Capital of New-France, a Bishoprick, and Seat of the Soverain Court. [Boston, 1759].

JOHNSTON, Thomas. Quebec, the Capital of New-France, a Bishoprick, and Seat of the Soverain Court. [Boston, 1759]. Single sheet mounted and framed (sheet size: 7 ¾ x 9 ¾ in.; 19.6 x 24.7 cm.); frame size: 11 ½ x 13 ¼ in.; 29.2 x 62.7 cm.). EXTREMELY FINE engraved view of the city of Quebec, with ORIGINAL HAND COLOR; a bit browned. FIRST EDITION, SECOND STATE, with the addition of a note about the defeat of Montcalm on September 13, 1759, which happened just outside of Quebec and was one of the most important battles of the American theatre of the Seven Years' War. 1759 came to be known as England’s Annus Mirabilis, or Year of Miracles, because of the country's great military success against the French on several continents. AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL VIEW OF QUEBEC that was produced the year that the British wrenched control of the city from the French. This view is based on an inset that appeared in an earlier map of Quebec by Nicolas de Fer published in 1718, which was