| | Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
| 5241 |  | Details | Lea, Phillip | 1695 |
| One sheet from The Travelers Guide after Saxtons map of England and Wales |
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Lea, Phillip |
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| 1695 |
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| $350.00 | Lea--Phillip | One-sheet-from-The-Travelers-Guide-after-Saxtons-map-of-England-and-Wales | Two sheets from Phillip Lea's revised version of Christopher Saxton's large scale map of England and Wales first published in 1583. Shows a portion of Scotland at left; Northumberland (Northumbria), Cumbria (Cumberlandia) and Durham (Dunelmensis). Fifth state published by Philip Lea, Globemaker at ye Atlas and Hercules in Cheapside nere the corner of Fryday Street in London, [1687 - 1700].
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Philip Lea re-published Saxton's the map on a smaller scale designed to be used as a travelling map. He reduced the map to ten full sheets and four half sheets. This artifact consists of Lea's top two sheets laid side by side on vellum.
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Verso shows English MS text legal document with a date of 1732 visible. Philip Lea re-engraved the plates at least five times during his period of ownership. |