Subject: Northern Wales
Period: 1673 (circa)
Publication: Britannia
Color: Hand Color
Size:
18 x 13.5 inches
45.7 x 34.3 cm
This rare map of northern Wales and Anglesey shows county boundaries, cities of various sizes, and pictorial representations of mountains and forests. It is highly decorative, with six elaborate coats-of-arms, one of which is flanked by sea monsters, a title cartouche featuring putti, and sailing ships in the Irish Sea.
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Condition: C+
Issued folding, now pressed with old color, light soiling, and a few tiny abrasions. There are archival repairs both to several small separations and holes along the folds and to a small crack in the right-hand sea monster caused by the oxidation of the green pigment. Margins are close at right and left, but still ample room for framing.