Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 21st October 2020

Lot 378

'WILTONIA' AN ENGRAVED MAP OF WILTSHIRE BY CHRISTOPHER SAXTON (C.1540 - C.1610) engraved by...

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Description

'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.