"Ceretica; sive Cardiganensis Comitatus; Anglis Cardigan Shire", Blaeu, (Family)

This lovely, decorative map of the Welsh county of Cardiganshire (now known as Ceredigion) identifies villages, settlements, rivers, lakes, mountains and woods. The Royal Coat of Arms within the Garter is featured at left, with the Coat of Arms of Wales and the Prince of Wales' Feathers at right. The map features a title cartouche surrounded by birds, fish, beavers, and a hunter, as well as a scale of miles cartouche with putti using a surveyor's chain. The map is adorned with two ships in the Irish Sea. Latin text on verso.

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Condition: B+

Watermarked paper with wide original margins. There are centerfold separations at top and bottom confined to the blank margins and some faint spots.