England divided into the Saxon Heptarchy

SEUTTER, Matthäus.

Britanniæ sive Angliæ Regnum, tam secundum prisca Anglo-Saxonum Imperia...
Augsburg, c.1740. Original body colour. 575 x 490mm.

Dark impression, very fine example.

Seutter's map of England & Wales, with contemporary placenames but coloured to separate the Saxon kingdoms that existed before the Norman Conquest in 1066. The fine allegorical title cartouche represents the wealth of the country, including ships, sheep and knowledge.

SHIRLEY: British Isles 1650-1750, Seutter 2, state 2.
Stock ID : 15383