Subject: Portugal
Period: 1740 (circa)
Publication: Nouvel Atlas Geographique & Historique...
Color: Hand Color
Size:
6.5 x 8.7 inches
16.5 x 22.1 cm
Lovely, small map of Portugal filled with a multitude of towns and good detail of topography. For his Nouvel Atlas, Leth made close copies of Jacques Chiquet's maps published in Le Nouveau et Curieux Atlas in 1719.
References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.LETH-1a.
Condition: B+
A dark impression with contemporary outline color, issued folding with light toning along the folds and fold separations that have been archivally repaired on verso.