Copperplate

(Maps) Cardiganshire : 4 items
W. Kip    Camden's Britannia 1637 (1607)
£140
31 x 26.5cm


The first five editions of Camden's successful history and topography of Britain were without maps, but for the sixth edition of 1607 the engravers William Hole and William Kip were commissioned to provide a set of maps of the counties of England and Wales, plus 3 general maps of the countries comprising the new "United Kingdom". These maps were retained for the subsequent 1610 and 1637 editions. They are based on the earlier work of Saxton, Norden, Smith and Owen. This example is from the 1637 edition.
Ref: CDG 830
 
E. Bowen J. Owen    Britannia Depicta 1720-64
£30
11.5 x 18.5cm


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.
Ref: CDG 003
 
J. Jansson    Atlas Novus 1636 or 1644
£200
50.5 x 41.5cm


Jan Jansson was one of Amsterdam's leading 17th century mapmakers, and a close rival to the Blaeu family. His multi-volume world atlas first saw the introduction of 6 maps of individual English counties into the German edition of 1636, and a further 11 of English and Welsh counties (including Cardiganshire) in the Dutch edition of 1644. But when Jansson saw the new 1645 Blaeu volume, with more decorative maps covering all the English and Welsh counties, he felt obliged to revise his existing plates and complete the set in order to compete. His new volume covering England and Wales was first published in the 1646 Latin text edition of the Atlas Novus. There were several later editions by Jansson, and later isses by Schenk and Valk who acquired the plates in 1694. This copy of the map of Cardiganshire does not have Jansson's signature or the enhanced cartouches, and heraldry present in the revised version used from 1646 onwards.This means it will be one of the 18 English and Welsh maps first introduced in either the 1636 German Appendix or the 1644 German Appendix to the Atlas. see Skelton page 81/2 and 87). The Clark Library at the University of Michigan have a matching copy of our map which they have dated to 1636. Probably original colour.
Ref: CDG 002
 
T. Kitchin    England Illustrated 1763
£45
25.5 x 19.5cm


England Illustrated was a topographical work on England and Wales published in 2 volumes by R. and J. Dodsley. The work included a set of English and Welsh county maps drawn and engraved by Thomas Kitchin. These were republished without the text as Kitchin's English Atlas in 1765.
Ref: CDG 1666