Henry Popple. Map of the British Empire in America. 1740. State_New York Cross-stretchers supporting original compasses

Cross-stretchers supporting original compasses

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with original hand-colour in outline

Minor stress cracks on both globes

only about six inches in length by two inches in height

Henry Popple. Map of the British Empire in America. 1740. State_New York Cross-stretchers supporting original compassesPOPPLE, Henry (d. 1743). Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish Settlements adjacent Thereto. London: sold by S. Harding and W. H. Toms, 1733 [but 1739 1740]. Folio (21 4 8 x 15 4 8 inches). Original RARE letterpress contents leaf (Brabinski State 1, with incorrect enumeration of sheet 13 as XII) laid down on the front paste down. Fine engraved folding "key" map with original hand colour in full (to neat line: 19 6 8 x 19 1 8