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CHESHIRE - SAXTON SAXTON (CHRISTOPHER) Cestriae comitatus (romanis legionibus et colonys olim insignis) vera et absoluta effigies, 1577 [but 1579, or slightly later]
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CHESHIRE - SAXTON
SAXTON (CHRISTOPHER) Cestriae comitatus (romanis legionibus et colonys olim insignis) vera et absoluta effigies, double-page hand-coloured map engraved by Francis Scatter, decorated with large ornamental cartouche, coat-of-arms, ships, sea monsters and compass with dividers, bunch of grapes watermark, scattered light spotting, 2 small single holes in blank area, 390 x 515mm., 1577 [but 1579, or slightly later]
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The first printed map of Cheshire.

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