THE KINGDOME OF ENGLAND & PRINCIPALITY OF WALES, EXACTLY DESCRIBED WITH EVERY SHEERE & THE SMALL TOW

Autor: [HOLLAR, WENCESLAUS].

Encuadernación: Encuadernación en piel de época. Buen estado. Papel rasgado en pliegue central de los dos primeros mapas (2 cm.), sin pérdida de papel. Pequeña falta en el primer mapa fuera de la marca de plancha. Despite his own royalist sympathies in 1643-44 he accepted a commission from the puritan publisher Thomas Jenner to copy Christopher Saxton’s large wall map of England and Wales, dating from 1583 but still the most accurate map of the kingdom. An extremely utilitarian object, virtually lacking in decoration, Hollar’s copy was advertised as ‘Useful for all Com[m]anders for Quarteringe of Souldiers & all sorts of Persons would be informed, Where the Armies be’ and it became known as the ‘Quartermaster’s Map’ (Wenceslaus Hollar as a map-maker)

Dimensiones: Portada, 6 mapas plegados (43,5 x 49-54 cm.) (30,5 x 50 el mapa 6º); 22 x 8,5 cm. La encuadernacion.