"Middle-Sexia", Blaeu, (Family)
Subject: Southern England, London
Period: 1663 (circa)
Publication: Cinquieme Volume de la Geographie Blaviane
Color: Hand Color
Size:
16 x 15.3 inches
40.6 x 38.9 cm
Copper engraved county map with London illustrated at lower right with many buildings and chapels shown. The map shows some topography, forests, parks, towns and villages, and divided into the hundreds. Embellished with coat of arms at upper left, the map locates Otlandes, Kingston, Great Brentford, Uxbridge, Watford, and Waltham Abbey; and names the London, Edmonton, Goare, Istleworth Spelt Horne, and Elthorne Hundreds. The title cartouche features a female figure with the agricultural bounty of the region. French text on verso, published between 1663-67.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #5281:2.
Condition: A
A nice impression on a sheet with wide original margins and an Atlas watermark. There is some printer's ink residue in the image.
