Staffordshire.

Method Copper engraved with hand colour
Artist Moll, Herman
Published [c.1724]
Dimensions 255 x 190 mm
Notes A decorative county map featuring vignettes in the borders of local antiquities.

From 'A Set of Fifty New and Correct Maps of England and Wales' (London, c.1724).

Herman Moll (c.1654-1732) was born in Germany and came to England in the 1670s. He worked as an independent cartographer and geographer, and traded as a map publisher and seller for two years, and then worked for other publishers. Moll established his own business and eventually dominated the early eighteenth century map trade. He produced many maps and atlases of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. His county maps were all boldly engraved in a heavy style. Moll was also an active member in academic and intellectual circles, being a close associate of Daniel Defoe, Robert Boyle, Robert Hooke, and, most importantly for his cartographic career, the pre-eminent English explorer of the era, William Dampier.
Framing unmounted
Price £120.00
Stock ID 34055

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