"Annandiae Praefectura, vulgo the Stewartrie of Annadail", Blaeu, Johannes

This finely engraved map depicts the region of Annandale, centered on the city of Annan, just north of the Solway Firth. The map, based on the work of Timothy Pont, famous surveyor of Scotland in the late sixteenth century, includes great detail of the rivers, cities, villages and castles. The map is adorned with an elaborate title cartouche illustrated with regional figures and a scale of miles cartouche decorated with putti. Latin text on verso.

Publication of Bleau’s atlas of Scotland (Atlas Novus, Volume V) in 1654 was a landmark publication in cartographic history. Most of the maps were based on the surveys of Timothy Pont, which had been done half a century earlier. The publication took over seven decades to bring to publication; delayed by wars, copyright restrictions, and only intermittent official support. The maps are scarce today due to the relatively short publication history of the atlas.

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Condition: A

A clean sheet with wide margins, lovely color, and minor show-through of text on verso.