Antique Map 

CAERMARTHENSHIRE
by John Seller

Published 1786 in Francis Grose's "The Antiquities of England & Wales "
An attractive copper engraved antique county map of Caermarthenshire . Interesting topographical and historical text appears beneath the map and is continued verso( not shown)
Fine condition,without folds , blank verso. The border is trimmed to the map area upper left hand corner, as evident from the scan.

Measuring approx. 6" x 4.5" (145mm x 120mm) map area only, 10" x 7" ( 260mm x 180mm) overall..
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John Seller (c1630 - 1697) was a London mapmaker and dealer in scientific instruments. His crowning achievement in the map world was the "Anglia Contracta" first published in 1696 with its maps of England & Wales reduced and simplified from the famous John Speed maps and published as a small atlas. The maps were used again in "Camden's Brittania Abridged", published in 1701. Francis Grose used them yet again in his "Antiquities of England & Wales" published in various editions from 1773 to 1787.

A GENUINE ANTIQUE MAP GUARANTEED OVER 200 YEARS OLD FROM LINDISFARNE PRINTS

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