"Staffordiensis Comitatus; Vulgo Stafford Shire", Blaeu, Johannes
Subject: Western England
Period: 1645 (circa)
Publication: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Color: Hand Color
Size:
19.8 x 16.1 inches
50.3 x 40.9 cm
This map of the county of Staffordshire is centered approximately on the city of Stafford. The map includes 5 elaborate cartouches featuring coats of arms, farm maidens with their harvest and livestock, and a surveyor, and a man on horseback. Latin text on verso, published between 1645-46.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #5350:2.
Condition: B+
A dark, early impression on a watermarked sheet with contemporary outline color in the map and later color in the decorative elements. There is light toning that is more prominent in the margins and scattered foxing.
