Subject: Britain
Period: 1725 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
23.5 x 18.7 inches
59.7 x 47.5 cm
This is the Ottens edition of Jaillot's fine map of the British Isles. The large, ornate title cartouche is embellished with putti, Neptune, Mercury, and other allegorical figures. A large inset at top left details the Shetland, Faroe, and Orkney islands. Three distance scales appear at bottom left in a decorative cartouche featuring merfolk. An alternative Latin title runs above the neatline at top: Magnae Britanniae Tabula, Comprehendens Angliae, Scotiae, ac Hiberniae Regna... This is the third state with no date and the Ottens imprint.
References: Shirley (BI to 1750) Jaillot 4.
Condition: B+
Issued folding with professional repairs to a number of separations along the folds. There is light soiling that is largely confined to the blank margins and a printer's crease near the centerfold at top.