Bedfordshire Maps

35x25 cm

FROM DRAYTON'S POEM "POLY OLBION"

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Copper engraving by William Hole produced for the illustration of Michael Drayton's songs or poems in his Chorographical Description of all the Tracts, Rivers, Mountains, Forests, and other Parts of this Renowned Isle of Great Britain... or Poly-Olbion.
The work was first issued in 1612 with 18 maps, re-issued in 1613 with plate numbers added and once more in 1622 with a further 12 maps in part II.
This Bedfordshire and Huntingdonshire plate was not issued in the first two issues, and first appeared in part II in 1622. 
Uncoloured. Light overall toning but in good condition with good margins