Description

Hand coloured copper engraving by Robert Morden, 1695.

A map of British Islands with a decorative cartouche at the centre. The map is in excellent condition.

Showing Alderney, Jerset, Scilly, Isle of Man, Isle of White and Holy Island.

Robert Morden was a bookseller, publisher, geographer and cartographer at the Atlas in Cornhill from 1668 to 1703. The works issued by him include:

He also prepared maps for Gordon’s Geography Anatomized 1693 and Gibson’s edition of Camdens Britannia 1695, produced many single maps, charts and globes and worked in collaboration with Philip Lea, William Berry and John Overton.