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CHESHIRE SAXTON (CHRISTOPHER) Cestriae comitatus (romanis legionibus et colonys olim insignis) vera et absoluta effigies, 1577 [but 1579, or later]
15 June 2016, 14:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £687.50 inc. premium
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SAXTON (CHRISTOPHER) Cestriae comitatus (romanis legionibus et colonys olim insignis) vera et absoluta effigies, double-page hand-coloured map engraved by Franciscus Scatterus, decorated with large ornamental cartouche, coat-of-arms, ships, sea monsters and compass with dividers, cut to size with slight loss of border, and laid down, 387 x 502mm., 1577 [but 1579, or later]
Footnotes
The first printed map of Cheshire. See illustration overleaf.





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