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Auction 187, Lot 501

"Les Estats de la Couronne de Pologne", Leth, Hendrik de

Subject: Eastern Europe, Poland

Period: 1740 (circa)

Publication: Nouvel Atlas Geographique & Historique...

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8.6 x 6.4 inches
21.8 x 16.3 cm
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This uncommon small map illustrates the region of Eastern Europe that contains present-day Poland, Lithuania, the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, Belarus, Moldova and part of the Ukraine. Along the lower Dnieper River is a note that the islands in the river are inhabited by the Cossacks. Adorned with a drape-style title cartouche. 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 short fold separations that have been repaired with paper on verso.

Estimate: $110 - $140

Sold for: $80

Closed on 4/27/2022

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