Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 21 Oct 2020
'WILTONIA' AN ENGRAVED MAP OF WILTSHIRE BY CHRISTOPHER SAXTON (C.1540 - C.1610) engraved by...
'WILTONIA' AN ENGRAVED MAP OF WILTSHIRE
BY CHRISTOPHER SAXTON (C.1540 - C.1610)
engraved by Remigius Hogenbergius, hand-coloured, with a strap-work and figural title panel, dated '1576', with the Royal Coat of Arms for Elizabeth I and the coat of arms for Thomas Seckford, published in '1579', in a later gilt moulded and glazed frame
40.5 x 47cm
Catalogue Note:
This is the first published map of Wiltshire.