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FIRST EDITION. This map of the West Riding of Yorkshire is from the first edition of Edmund Gibson’s issue of Camden’s ‘Britannia’. Gibson announced that his maps engraved by Robert Morden (fl.1669-1703) utilised unpublished surveys where available and the knowledge of local gentlemen who supplied corrections. Morden was an accomplished bookseller and publisher who contributed a great deal to geography and cartography. His maps were very popular. The ‘Britannia’ was first published in 1695, and subsequently in 1722, c.1730, 1753 & 1772. This is an example from the first edition. Rawnsley (1970) 17; Skelton (1970) no. 117.
MORDEN, Robert

The West Riding of York Shire

London, 1695
360 x 420 mm., in good condition.
Stock number: 10855
£ 195
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