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Auction 187, Lot 463

"Les Royaumes de Portugal et d'Algarve le Premier est Divise en ses Cinq Grandes Provinces...", Leth, Hendrik de

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
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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.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Sold for: $80

Closed on 4/27/2022

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