ESSEX, John Seller, Original Antique hand coloured Map c1696

ESSEX

by John Seller

Published London circa 1696 in Seller's "Anglia Contracta"

An original copper engraved antique map of Essex, England enhanced with attractive later hand colouring.

This is the rather scarce original John Seller map which is not be confused with the much more common later editions by Francis Grose.

Fine condition, free of repairs or restoration, central fold as issued.

Approx. 6" x 4.5" (145mm x 115mm) map area only, with good margins beyond.

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 ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP GUARANTEED OVER 200 YEARS OLD FROM LINDISFARNE PRINTS

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