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£ 250.00
MORDEN, Robert
Cornwall
Imprint: London, 1695
360 x 420 mm., in early outline colour, in good condition.
From Edmund Gibson's edition of Camden's 'Britannia' first published in 1695. Gibson announced that his maps engraved by Robert Morden utilised unpublished surveys where available and the knowledge of local gentlemen who supplied corrections. Morden was an accomplished bookseller and publisher who contributed a great deal to geography and cartography. Morden's maps were very popular. This is a rare example in EARLY OUTLINE COLOUR. Skelton no. 117.
Stock number:7139.