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CORNWALL SAXTON (CHRISTOPHER) Promontorium hoc in mare proiectum Cornubia dicitur, [1576]
4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
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CORNWALL
SAXTON (CHRISTOPHER) Promontorium hoc in mare proiectum Cornubia dicitur, double-page hand-coloured engraved map, decorative cartouches (including title surmounted by Royal Elizabethan arms), ships and sea-monsters, bunch of grapes watermark, neatly repaired at centre fold with very minor loss [Quixley 1], 368 x 488mm., [1576]
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The first printed map of Cornwall, from the first county atlas of England and Wales: "...the feat of surveying the whole of England and Wales in detail was a prodigious one, and the maps produced are remarkable for their excellence. The map of Cornwall is delightful in a variety of ways" (Quixley).





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