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Saxton, Christopher
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6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Anglia ... An[no] D[omi]ni 1579 ... Christophorus Saxton descripsit ... Augustinus Ryther Anglus sculpsit An[no] D[omi]ni 1579. [London:1579]
Engraved map (15 5/8 x 19 1/2 in.; 396 x 495 mm), hand-colored; parts of lower edge strengthened, fold tears in central fold mended, a few small brown spots in upper portion, right and lower edge a bit frayed, clean tear in lower right corner and in lower edge affecting the word "meridies," pencilled check marks in the index of counties, two small stains in the English Channel. Matted, glazed and framed.
Engraved map (15 5/8 x 19 1/2 in.; 396 x 495 mm), hand-colored; parts of lower edge strengthened, fold tears in central fold mended, a few small brown spots in upper portion, right and lower edge a bit frayed, clean tear in lower right corner and in lower edge affecting the word "meridies," pencilled check marks in the index of counties, two small stains in the English Channel. Matted, glazed and framed.
Literature
Chubb I:1; Shirley, Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 128
Catalogue Note
The first map of England and Wales published in England. This is the first state, with watermark of a bunch of grapes, and without gradations of latitude and longitude in inner border.
Most of the known examples have original coloring, the engraving being the work of Augustine Ryther, the most accomplished of the three English engravers used by Saxton. Geographically the map is a very significant advance on all previous maps, all the place names being shown in English and the coordinates improved; the basic outline was later used by Mercator, Speed, Blaeu, Jansson, and many other cartographers for nearly two hundred years.