"Warwici Comitatus a Cornauiis olim Inhabitatus", Saxton/Kip
Subject: Central England
Period: 1637 (circa)
Publication: Camden's Britannia
Color: Hand Color
Size:
13.8 x 11.5 inches
35.1 x 29.2 cm
This detailed map of the county of Warwickshire is filled with towns, rivers, and forested areas. The map is embellished with a strapwork cartouche, a large compass rose, and a distance scale with measuring dividers. Saxton's and Kip's imprints appear below the distance scale. Published in the 1637 edition of Camden's Britannia, with the addition of a plate number on the map.
References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.CAMD-1e.
Condition: B+
On a lightly toned sheet with a small coat of arms watermark, a small paper flaw in the title cartouche, and toning along the edges of the sheet.
