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Merionethshire : 3 items

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E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£35
11.5 x 18cm


Britannia Depicta was one of 3 pocket-sized reductions of Ogilby's road book that appeared within an 18 month timeframe between 1719 and 1720. It was more innovative than the others in including much additional topographical and historical information (researched by John Owen) on the maps. The work was a commercial success and ran to many later editions.
Merionethshire
Ref: MER 003
 
P. van den Keere    England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland Described from a Farr Larger Volume Done by John Speed 1666 (c1605)
£70
12 x 8.5cm


Around 1599 Peter Van Den Keere began engraving a set of miniature British maps (based on Saxton). These were first published in Amsterdam in c1605. By 1619 the plates had passed to the London bookseller George Humble, who revised them (changing Latin county names to English), but also engraved new plates to replace those counties grouped together on one map in the originals. Although covering two Welsh counties, the original plate of Montgomery and Merionethshire was retained, but with the aforementioned amendment to the title. Humble's first issue of the maps was in 1619. For his second edition of 1627 English text was added to the verso of the maps. All the maps are generally referred to as by Van den Keere, but Skelton doubts this attribution for the newly engraved versions. The atlas went through several later editions up to 1676 This example is from the 1666 edition.
Merionethshire
Ref: MTG 1669
 

Topographical prints - other areas

A. Hogg    Picturesque Europe c1878
£10
22.5 x 16.5cm


Merionethshire - Harlech Castle,. Picturesque Europe was a serialised partwork, designed as a showcase for steel and wood engravings after and by significant artists of the day. The 60 parts were published monthly from 1875 to 1880.When sets of parts were completed, they were also sold as complete volumes, building to a full 5-volume set, 2 volumes of which were devoted to the British Isles.This wood-cut print, engraved by J.W. Whymper from a drawing by W.L. Leitch shows Harlech Castle, which was built by Edward I between 1282 and 1289 on the Merioneth coast. It was captured and held for 5 years by the Welsh during the revolt of Owain Gyndwr, before reverting to English control in 1409. It played a role in the civil war after which it was slighted in 1649, subsequently decaying into a picturesque ruin much loved by artists and writers of the Romantic age. Its impressive ruins are today in the care of the Welsh Heritage body, CADW, and open to the public.
Merionethshire
Ref: TOP 225