Britannia prout divisa fuit temporibus Anglo-Saxonvm, præsertim durante illorum heptarchia

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Printed map. On the left and right borders of the map, there are hand coloured illustrations depicting various figures for each county. Probably originally published in Blaeu's Le Theatre du Monde, ou Nouvel Atlas, Mis en lumiere par Guillaume et Iean Blaeu, Quatriesme Parite (Amsterdami, Apud Iohannem Blaeu, published 1645). Described in Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Vol. I, entry B1 42 A, p. 173-175. McMaster's copy has 2 pages of French text on verso under the heading, "La Grand Bretagne", with page numbering "72" and "71" respectively in the upper margin. Acquired as part of the Banks Collection.

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Title: Britannia prout divisa fuit temporibus Anglo-Saxonvm, præsertim durante illorum heptarchia
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Subject
Description: Printed map. On the left and right borders of the map, there are hand coloured illustrations depicting various figures for each county. Probably originally published in Blaeu's Le Theatre du Monde, ou Nouvel Atlas, Mis en lumiere par Guillaume et Iean Blaeu, Quatriesme Parite (Amsterdami, Apud Iohannem Blaeu, published 1645). Described in Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Vol. I, entry B1 42 A, p. 173-175. McMaster's copy has 2 pages of French text on verso under the heading, "La Grand Bretagne", with page numbering "72" and "71" respectively in the upper margin. Acquired as part of the Banks Collection.
Publisher
Contributor: Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673
Date: 1645
Type
Format: map, Scale not given
Identifier: macrepo:79559, local: RMC_107225r
Source
Language: lat
Relation
Coverage: British Isles, Europe--British Isles
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