Henry Popple. Map of the British Empire in America. 1740. American Paintings Views and Exploration from the Balise to Fort

from the Balise to Fort Chartres

EXCEPTIONALLY FINE ORIGINALMANUSCRIPT MAP OF "NOUVELLE FRANCE"

such as the present species

The watercolors Robert completed under Gaston d'Orleans and then Louis XIV for the royal collection fed the interest and provided the inspiration for the great masters of botanical and ornithological art who followed: Jean Joubert

Henry Popple. Map of the British Empire in America. 1740. American Paintings Views and Exploration from the Balise to FortPOPPLE, 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