Hertfordshire Maps

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£275 Jan Blaeu 1662 Ref: m6112
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Size guide - reference image
51x39 cm

HERTFORDIA COMITATUS. Vernacule HERTFORDSHIRE

Copper engraving by Jan Blaeu (1596-1673) the son of William Janszoon Blaeu (1571-1638), founder of the Dutch publishing house. The county maps of England and Wales appeared in the fourth volume in 1645 of their world atlas, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum which commenced publication with the first volume in 1630 and eventually expanded to 12 volumes. The maps were closely copied from John Speed and the text verso translated into various languages from William Camden's Britannia. The production of the maps was of the highest quality with consistently fine and uniform engraving embellished with decorative title cartouches and armorial bearings, high quality printing from Blaeu's own printing house using the finest quality rag paper and usually completed with hand colouring carried out within Blaeu's own workshops. The atlases containing the English county maps were published from 1645 until 1667. The maps remained unaltered throughout publication but can be identified from the text settings verso. A fire at Blaeu's printing house destroyed most of the plates in 1672 and Jan Blaeu died the following year effectively ending the Blaeu publishing dynasty.
This example is from the Latin edition Geographiæ Blavianæ, volumen quintum, quo Anglia...continetur. of 1662.
Original hand colour. Some browning and minor nicks to paper edges and light spotting to margins but with generous margins, the map is unaffected.

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