Notingamiae by Christopher Saxton / William Kip

Code: 53531

Date: 1610

Long title: Notingamiae comitatus olim pars coritanorum. Copper engraving with later hand colouring. Overall size : 41.5cm. x 33.3cm.approx.   Image size: 310mm x 262mm. Title in cartouche and elaborate scale of distance bottom right. Centrefold as issued. Blank verso. Watermarked paper.  2.3cms srengthening bottom centrefold ; one small hole bottom left margin
These maps are the first county maps where each county is delineated on a separate sheet. They were prepared by William Kip and William Hole for William Camden’s famous work , Britannia and were based on the maps of Saxton and Norden. There were three editions: 1607, 1610 and 1637.  See Skelton, County Atlases Of The British Isles, 6.