First folio altas map of Europe to be engraved & published in England
A Mapp of Europe..
London, 1669. 395 x 555mm.
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First folio altas map of Europe to be engraved & published in England & BLOME, Richard.Stock #: 15151
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Decorative map of Europe dedicated to James, Duke of York who became James II after the death of his brother Charles II. Engraved by Francis Lamb and published only three years after the Great Fire of London, it is the first folio-size map of Europe to be engraved and published by an Englishman. (John Speed's maps were engraved in Amsterdam.)









