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ANTIQUE #SA1188874

Antique Gloucestershire Map, Atlas, English, Robert Morden, Cartography, C.1700

£1,395    $1,882    €1,629
This is an antique county map of Gloucestershire with atlas folio. An English, framed engraving of cartographic interest By Robert Morden, dating to the late 17th century and later.
 
Superb lithography of Gloucestershire with the atlas excerpt from Camden''s Britannia of 1695
 
Displays a desirable aged patina with a lightly aged finish throughout
 
Fine cartography, appealingly set within a later gilt and ebonised frame
 
Hand-coloured presentation, and profuse in town, village and administrative detail
 
Mapped by Robert Morden (1650 - 1703) in high detail as sold by Abel Swale & John Churchill
 
Scale of Great, Middle and Small miles - a fascinating system devised before the standardised mile
 
Reverse hosts a folio with the relevant atlas section for Gloucestershire as it stood in the late 17th century
 
Dressed to the rear with hanging wire for ease of mounting
 
This is a quality antique county map of Gloucestershire, with fine cartographic interest and enhanced with an...
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