"Les Isles Britannicques; ou sont le Royaume d'Angleterre Divise en ses Quatre Roymes des Saxons, Trois des Anglois, et Principte de Galles...", Sanson/Mariette
Subject: Britain
Period: 1665 (dated)
Publication: Cartes Generales de Toutes les Parties du Monde…
Color: Hand Color
Size:
20.6 x 16.1 inches
52.3 x 40.9 cm
This handsome work is Sanson's second map of the British Isles, updating the distorted projection of his map of 1648. It draws on John Speed, Timothy Pont, and Robert Gordon of Straloch as sources. The map identifies counties and towns and features nice topographical detail. An inset at top right depicts the Faroe and Shetland Islands. The fine title cartouche at top left features men with their hounds. There are four distance scales at bottom.
References: Pastoureau, SANSON V B [116]; Shirley (BI to 1750) Sanson 2.
Condition: A
A crisp impression with contemporary outline color on a sheet with an elaborate coat-of-arms watermark. A small chip in the blank margins at bottom right has been replaced with old paper.
