[Cardiganshire]. Cardigan Comitatus pars olim Dimetarvm.

Published by LondonImpensis Georgii Bishop & Ioannis Norton ., 1610

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Seller: Robert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB, London, United KingdomRobert Frew Ltd. ABA ILAB

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Original uncoloured engraved map of Cardiganshire trimmed to neatline and backed onto 18th century laid paper. Map dimensions 27 x 32 cm, overall backing-sheet size 32 x 40 cm. 2 small (3 cm) cracks to plate, two brown spots to backing-sheet, minor toning. An early decorative map of Cardiganshire engraved by William Hole based on the earlier maps by Elizabethan cartographer Christopher Saxton first published in the 1607 edition of William Camden's Britannia.* This example is from the first English edition of Camden's Britannia published in 1610, without any text on the verso. The map is embellished by a compass rose, compass dividers, two decorative cartouches, and a sea galleon. *Britannia, first published in 1586, was one of the most popular and influential books of the period. The work of the Elizabethan antiquarian, William Camden (1551-1623), it was a detailed historical and topographical description of Great Britain. Its patriotic sentiments, in particular, both appealed to and generated the growing sense of nationalism that was coursing through late Tudor / early Stuart society. Between 1607 and 1637, county maps engraved by William Kip and William Hole, and based largely on Saxton's surveys, were added. (Skelton, 6).…

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Title
[Cardiganshire]. Cardigan Comitatus pars olim Dimetarvm.
Author
SAXTON, Christopher & KIP, William (engraver).
Publisher
LondonImpensis Georgii Bishop & Ioannis Norton .
Publication year
1610
Edition
1st Edition
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