England – Seutter, Matthaus. (1678-1757).

Britanniae sive Angliae Regnum, tam secundum prisca Anglo-Saxnum Imperia.

Original hand-coloured engraving. Augsburg, Seutter, [c.1740]. Plate Size: 48.6 cm x 56.7 cm. Sheet Size: 54 cm x 62.1 cm. Original map. In very good condition. Some minor browning evident with the slightest traces of staining to outer margins. Tape repairs to reinforced reverse.

[Moreland and Bannister, 1983: Tooley, 1979.].
A very detailed and interesting map of England and Wales. To the north lies Scotland while offshore parts of Ireland and France are seen. Rivers, headlands, towns and cities are identified, and relief shown pictorially. Divides England into pre-Norman Conquest: The Kingdome of West Saxons, The Kingd. Of South Saxons, The Kingd. Of Kent, The Kingd. of East Saxons, The Kingdom of East Angles, The Kingdom of Mercie, The Princedome of Wales, and the Kingdome of Northumberland. Shows major cities and regions such as Surrey, Cornwall, Dorsetshire, Wiltshire, Somersetshire, Essex, Suffolk, Warwikshire, London, Hartfordshire, Denbighshire, Shorpshire, Yorkshire, Cumberland, Cambridge and Darbyshire. Includes the British Channel to the south and the Irish Sea or St. George’s Channel to the west.
In the top right of the map a large allegorical title cartouche represents the wealth of Britain – illustrating the sciences, trade and industry, agriculture and maritime activity throughout the realm. In the opposite corner a smaller cartouche shows map symbols and three scale bars. A compass rose guards the mouth of the Bristol channel.

Matthäus Seutter (1678-1757) was one of the most important and prolific German map publishers of the 18th century. Matthaus Seutter the elder first published his “Atlas Geographicus” in 1720 and added to the contents in subsequent editions under the title “Atlas Novus”. He was succeeded in his business by his son Georg Matthaus Seutter, and after his death his son Albrecht Carl inherited, but died early in 1762. Matthaus’ widow then sold the business to her sons-in-law Tobias Conrad Lotter and Johann Michael Probst, who eventually left it to M.A. Lotter Matthaus’ grandson. (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: 18th Century · 18th Century Map · Britain · British Maps · Cartography · Catalogue No.5 – Maps of the World · Europe · Map · Original Engraving · Original Map · Original Maps · Rare Map England · Rare Map Europe · Scotland · Vintage Map · Wales
• Inventory Number: 200029AG

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