Saxton Phillip Lea (3 results)

No Binding. Condition: Fine. Original Edition. 1579-1689. The rare re-issue with amendments by P.Lea of Saxtons original plate of 1579. Hand out-line colour in fine condition of the copperplate engraving. Paper size 54.5 c 42.8 cms. Plate size 49.5 x 34.0 cms. No splits or holes and attractive early colouring. Plain verso and hinge still present. Inset plan of Norwich. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS.

Hardcover. The Shires of England and Wales Described by Christopher Saxton: Being the Best and Original Mapps, with Many Additions and Corrections by Philip Lea. London: Sold by Thomas Jefferys.in Red Lyon Street near St. John's Gate, [1749] Folio (18 1/4 x 12 1/4 in.; 46.5 x 31 cm). Engraved title-page, 38 double-page or folding regional andcounty maps handcolored in outline; the maps neatly numbered in manuscript on the title-page index, a few minor marginal tears and foxing or staining, some creases. Half calf over blue marbled boards, the spine in 6 compartments with raised bands, one with red morocco lettering piece, the others with repeat gilt decoration; rebacked, preserving original spine, corners and endpapers renewed. Of the 38 maps in this atlas, 29 show evidence of erasures of George Willdey's imprint in the cartouches. According to Evans & Lawrence, "Willdey's imprints have been erased [in the Jefferys 1749 edition], leaving many of the maps scarcely distinguishable from those of Lea's last edition in c. 1693; All Saxton's plates had reached their final state, cartographically, by c. 1693; alterations thereafter were minimal" (p. 58). The map of Cambridgeshire is by Jonas Moore, Hertfordshire by John Seller, Middlesex by John Ogilby and engraved by William Binneman, and the map of Devonshire was engraved by Francis Lamb.

39 x 51 cm. Contemporary outline colour. Inset plan of "Worcster Citty". Slightly dust soiled. Additional light fold creases mid right and mid lower half.