1722 Antique Map of " NOTTINGHAMSHIRE " by Robert Morden -Camden's Britannia - $45 - (Los Angeles, CA)
A beautiful original map of the county of "Nottinghamshire" by Robert Morden printed for the 1722 Edition of Camden's "Britannia" (see scan of frontispiece - not included). The map was engraved by Sutton Nicholls and the publication was printed by Mary Matthews for Awnsham Churchill. For a brief description of Robert Morden and his work see below. Unusually good condition with full borders and no tears. Light damp staining to top corners. Hand-laid paper with fine watermark. Attractive later hand coloring. Overall size 18 x 15 inches with vertical fold as published. See more county maps from this publication in Seller's Other Items Robert Morden From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Robert Morden (c.1650-1703) was a British bookseller, publisher, and maker of maps and globes. He was among the first successful commercial map makers. Between about 1675 and his death in 1703, he was based under the sign of the Atlas at premises in Cornhill and New Cheapside, London. His cartographical output was large and varied. His best known maps are those of South Wales, North Wales and the English Counties first published in a new edition of Camden's "Britannia" in 1695, and subsequently reissued in 1722, 1753 and 1772. These maps were based on new information from gentlemen of each county, and were newly engraved. Each had a decorated cartouche, and showed numerous place names [1]. Morden also produced in 1701 a series of smaller county maps often known as Miniature Mordens. In 1695 he published a map of Scotland. It is in parts (e.g. Skye and the Western Isles) essentially a copy of the 1654 map done by Robert Gordon of Straloch, published by Joan Blaeu; other parts show evidence of more accurate cartography. He published a new map of the Tamil homeland, Coylot Wanees Country, in 17th century Ceylon island. He is also known for several very rare early maps of the British colonies in North America, which are now among the earliest and most sought af…
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