Map of Nottinghamshire published during the English Civil War

BLAEU, Johannes.

Comitatus Nottinghamiensis. Nottingham Shire,
Amsterdam, 1648, Latin text edition. Fine original colour. 390 x 500mm.

Fine condition, wide margins.

A county map of Nottinghamshire, published the year Charles I reignited the Civil War by negotiating an invasion of England by the Scots. It is decorated with two large Royal arms, two banks of the arms of local nobles, a harvest-themed title cartouche and a scale cartouche with two putti, one with a pair of compasses.

KOEMAN: Bl 44.
Stock ID : 14532