Henry Popple. Map of the British Empire in America. 1740.

POPPLE, 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 inches; Brabinski State 3), 15 exceptionally fine engraved double page and 5 single page sheet maps by William Henry Toms. Expertly bound to style in 18th-century diced half Russia over contemporary marbled paper-covered boards, the spine in seven compartments with raised bands, red morocco lettering-piece in one; modern black morocco backed cloth clamshell box.A FINE COPY OF THE FIRST LARGE-SCALE PRINTED MAP OF COLONIAL NORTH AMERICA, THE FIRST PRINTED MAP TO SHOW THE THIRTEEN COLONIES AND A MONUMENT OF NORTH AMERICAN CARTOGRAPHY.Babinsk