Subject: Britain
Period: 1771 (circa)
Publication: Atlas Moderne
Color: Hand Color
Size:
17.5 x 12.1 inches
44.5 x 30.7 cm
Nicely engraved chart of Britain with an inset of the Orkney and Shetland Islands. Good detail throughout including coastal France through the Netherlands. Large and decorative title cartouche with the royal coat of arms, plus another rococo-style cartouche surrounding the four distance scales.
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Condition: B
Contemporary outline color on sheet with the watermark of a Maltese cross encircled in rosary beads. There is light toning and soiling, and a few small stains in the image.