Cambriae Typus Auctore Humfredo Lhuydo ...
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A very attractive example of Humphrey Lhuyd's famous map of Wales. The map was engraved by Pieter Van Den Keere for Jodocus Hondius' editions of Mercator's "Atlas ..." (although Van Den Keere's signature was erased from the plate for the editions from 1636 onwards when a new title cartouche was added, as here), also later published by Jansson. Lhuyd was an antiquary and philosopher and is regarded as the first Welsh cartographer, with his map of Wales as the first of the country. This example is from the rare English text edition, "Atlas Or A Geographicke Description Of The Regions, Countries And Kingdoms Of The World ... Translated By Henry Hexham, Quarter-Maister To The Regiment Of Colonell Goring", with a description of the country to the verso. Finely engraved, decorated with sea monsters, and fresh original colour.
region: Wales Maps & Charts
place and date of publication:
Amsterdam 1607 -1636
medium and colour:
copperplate, Original colour
ref:
34688
size in cms: 49 x 34.5 Price: £ 500 |
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