This bold and beautifully engraved set of two maps covers the northern and southern portions of England and Wales, each with decorative cartouches and coats-of-arms. Detail includes counties, towns, rivers, islands, etc. The counties are grouped into the seven ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. The northern sheet includes a large inset map of the British Isles enclosed in a drape-style cartouche.

References: Shirley (BI to 1750) Coronelli 2; Shirley (BL Atlases) T.CORO-8a #23 & 24.

Condition:

Crisp impressions on sturdy paper, with a watermark on the northern sheet. There is a chip in the title cartouche of the northern sheet that has been professionally repaired with the coat-of-arms replaced in facsimile. (B) The southern sheet has minor soiling and offsetting. (A)