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ROBERTS, Lewes (1596-1640). The Merchants Map of Commerce: wherein the Universal Manner and Matter of Trade is Compendiously Handled. London: for R. Horn, 1677.
2o (317 x 199 mm). 4 engraved folding maps: America, Africa, Asia, and Europe by Philipp Chetwind, each dated 1666. Contemporary calf (some wear to corners, torn at upper front joint).
Third edition of this early systematic treatise on the subject in English. Roberts worked for both the East India Company, of which he became a director, and the Levant Company at Constantinople. Wing R-1500.
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Third edition of this early systematic treatise on the subject in English. Roberts worked for both the East India Company, of which he became a director, and the Levant Company at Constantinople. Wing R-1500.