British Isles Ireland England Isles 1744 Faure engraved hand color miniature map Czech Republic Profusely illustrated throughout with hundreds

Profusely illustrated throughout with hundreds of color covers of all sorts of books

An 1810 owner Nathiel Ladd has written the price he paid for the book (3/6) on a blank flyleaf

24 pages + covers

Philadelphia (Washington D

British Isles Ireland England Isles 1744 Faure engraved hand color miniature map Czech Republic Profusely illustrated throughout with hundredsCarte de la Grande Bretagne sur les degres de L'Academie des sciences de Paris. Issued c. 1744. Engraved by Faure. Charming and very scarce eighteenth century engraved miniature map with lovely full hand color. Original fold lines as issued. Almost folk art simple geography. Overall clean and attractive example, light age staining. Lower right corner blank margin trimmed as issued with old stain, short closed tear into map from this corner, the small