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Auction 199, Lot 378

Superb Full Contemporary Color

"Westmoria Comitatus; Anglice Westmorland", Blaeu, Willem

Subject: Northern England

Period: 1645 (circa)

Publication: Le Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas

Color: Hand Color

Size:
19.5 x 14.9 inches
49.5 x 37.8 cm
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This attractive map of Westmorland is based on John Speed's prior map. It is filled with place names and topographical detail, including scores of tiny, fenced compounds shown across the map with names like Brigster Park, Colnhead Park, Crosbye, and Midleton. Windermere is called Wynandermere, near the Wynander Mere flud (now called Windermere Lake). The map is highly adorned with a royal coat of arms, a scale of miles surrounded by surveyors, a title cartouche topped with putti and six coats of arms, with two being left blank. French text on verso, published between 1645-48.

References: Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #5380:2.

Condition: A

A dark impression with full contemporary color on a bright sheet with minor printer's ink reside and light soiling along the edges of the sheet.

Estimate: $350 - $425

Sold for: $210

Closed on 9/11/2024

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