Copperplate

V. Coronelli : 1 items
V. Coronelli    Le Royaume D'Ecosse - sold singly 1689
£695
61 x 46cm


Scotland. The map shows mainland Scotland and the western isles, with inset maps of the Orkneys, Shetlands and Faroe Islands.It was drawn and engraved by Vincenzo Coronelli and published in Paris by J.B. Nolin in 1689. The dedication is to the Prince of Wales, son of king James II (i.e. to the infant prince James Francis Edward Stuart who later became known as the "Old Pretender"). In fact James had been replaced as king by William of Orange the year before this map is dated, but in France (where he lived in exile) he was still regarded as the legitimate king of England and Scotland. Some repairs and stregthening to the verso towards the bottom of the map with slight loss and restoration, but still a most attractive and uncommon item. The ideal present for an unreformed Jacobite!
Ref: SCT 002