Rare Maps and Prints
- World & Celestial
- North America
- West Indies, South & Central America
- British Isles
- All
- British Isles
- English counties
- All
- Large-scale
- Bedfordshire
- Berkshire
- Buckinghamshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Cheshire
- Cornwall
- Cumberland
- Derbyshire
- Devon
- Dorset
- Durham
- Essex
- Gloucestershire
- Hampshire
- Herefordshire
- Hertfordshire
- Huntingdonshire
- Islands
- Kent
- Lancashire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Middlesex
- Norfolk
- Northamptonshire
- Northumberland
- Nottinghamshire
- Oxfordshire
- Rutland
- Shropshire
- Somerset
- Staffordshire
- Suffolk
- Surrey
- Sussex
- Warwickshire
- Westmoreland
- Wiltshire
- Worcestershire
- Yorkshire
- Wales
- Scotland
- Ireland
- Western Europe
- Eastern Europe
- Middle East
- Africa
- Asia
- Australasia & Pacific
- Decorative Prints
- Title Pages
Mr. Philip D. Burden
P.O. Box 863,
Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks HP6 9HD,
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 (0) 1494 76 33 13
Email: enquiries@caburden.com
An attractive double hemispheric map of the world displaying several tracks of explorers across the Pacific Ocean. The latest discoveries noted are those in the Antarctic in January 1739. It is surround by six small spheres. A rare world map published by Henri de Leth (1703-66) who was part of an extensive family involved in publishing and selling maps. He is believed to be the son of the founder Andries de Leth. Koeman II pp. 267-70.
DE LETH, Henri
Mappe Monde or Description du Globe Terrestre vu en Concave ou Creux en Deux Hemispheres ...
Amsterdam, c.1740
450 x 660 mm., early wash colour, a couple of areas of light foxing.
Stock number: 3787
SOLD
