Saccolabium Veolaceum 05_09_23 The letters A-F denote bastions

The letters A-F denote bastions from which Canadian militia and the few regular British troops watched for an American attack

The boundary between New York and New Jersey is shown with the notation "partition line ordered in 1769

Burden 237

Produced in Switzerland and printed shortly after the advent of movable type

Date: 1778

Saccolabium Veolaceum 05_09_23 The letters A-F denote bastionsSertum 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)