(North America - Asia - Diderot Map lot) 1812 Views in Leadville

Views in Leadville

Thanks to the Lunar Orbiter and the Soviet ZOND programs from the previous years

This rare sheet for a portion of Denver spans from Colfax and Raritan

A fine copperplate engraving with crisp detail

Here these two southern states are shown during the outset of the Civil War

(North America - Asia - Diderot Map lot) 1812 Views in Leadville(North America Asia Diderot Map lot), Diderot, c. 1779 As we again enter an era of book banning, this set of historic maps came from an encyclopedic work that was banned by both the Catholic church and the French government of the time. Mostly written and published by the great polymath Denis Diderot, this set of maps traces the history of discovery toward North America and portions of Asia from the 17th and 18th centuries. Diderot was an influential