Subject: Italy
Period: 1740 (circa)
Publication: Nouvel Atlas Geographique & Historique...
Color: Hand Color
Size:
8 x 6.3 inches
20.3 x 16 cm
An uncommon map of Italy including Corsia and Sardinia. The map is quite detailed considering its size with dozens of tiny towns. 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 two stains at bottom left, light toning along the folds, and short fold separations that have been archivally repaired on verso.