Hertfordshire: 'HERTFORD SHIRE' by ROBERT MORDEN in Camden's Britannia, 1772 map
Artist/engraver/cartographer: Robert Morden; "Sold by Abel Swale Awnsham & Iohn Churchil [John Churchill]". Provenance: Camden's Britannia - scarce 4th Gibson edition, 1772. "Britannia, or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, together with the adjacent islands", written in Latin by William Camden, Clarenceux King at Arms, and translated into English, with additions and improvements by Edmund Gibson, DD, late Lord Bishop of London. MDCCLXXII. "Britannia", one of the best known 17th and 18th century atlases of the British Isles, was originally published in Latin in 1586 by William Camden. Four editions of the atlas translated by Gibson were published in 1695, 1722, 1753 and 1772, each accompanied by the highly regarded maps of Robert Morden. The 3rd and 4th are the scarcer of the Gibson editions, and do not suffer the thin, brittle paper on which the 1st edition maps were published. Type: Double page folio copperplate engraved map.
Size: 5664px × 4704px
Location: Hertfordshire
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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