Cornwall Maps

6x11 cm

CORNOUAILLE
A.M.Perrot del. | Me. Migneret Sc
Miniature map drawn by French Geographer Aristide Michel Perrot for publication in L'Angleterre, ou Description Historique et Topographique du Royaume Uni de la Grande Bretagne… by George Bernard Depping, a naturalised Frenchman of German birth. The map was engraved on copper by Parisian engraver, Madame Adrien Migneret.
The maps are surrounded by designs depicting the topography, industry and commerce asssociated with the county and have been affectionately termed ‘the tombstone series’.
An uncommon miniature map in original outline hand colour. Light offsetting from adjacent text page.