FLINT Comitatus quem Ordovices Olim Incoluerunt

Copper engraved map with later hand colour. Name of map: FLINT Comitatus quem ORDOVICES olim Incoluerunt, Christophorus Saxton descripsit, Wilhelmus Kip Sculpsit. This is from an edition of William Camden’s 'Britannia' first published in 1586. It was the last to be published in his lifetime and the first to be illustrated with county maps although this had been contemplated since at least 1589. Shows Chester clearly and other towns in Cheshire and Denbighshire.

Camden (1551-1623) was an antiquary and historian. An academic by profession he would become the headmaster of Westminster School in 1593. He spent much of his time travelling and collecting material for his highly respected 'Britannia'.

This is engraved by William Kip and is from the first fully illustrated edition of William Camden's classic work, this example from the preferred second edition without text to the verso.

Condition: the paper is in good condition with the expected yellowing due to its age, the two pages neatly joined (join visible on the rear); the map is uniformly spotted/foxed, the paper is wrinkled, and the edges are chipped. The engravings are crisp and the hand-colouring is of a very high quality - providing a very good example of the art of map printing of the early 17th century.