Item details: Lecestriae Comitatus. Sive Leicestershyre: Pars olim Coritanorum
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£ 225.00
SAXTON, Christopher - KIP, William
Lecestriae Comitatus. Sive Leicestershyre: Pars olim Coritanorum
Imprint: London, 1607-[10]
Edition: First Edition
290 x 360 mm., in very good condition. In good modern wash colour.
The first printed map of Leicestershire from the first fully illustrated edition of William Camden's classic work, the 'Britannia'. An example of the FIRST state from the second edition. This is arguably the preferred issue as their is no text on the verso unlike the first edition which often shows through. Baum 'Leicestershire' p. 24; Skelton no. 6.
Stock number:4205.