Map An atlas of England and Wales Binder's title: Saxton's atlas / Title from "List of geographical atlases": Saxton's maps of England and Wales

Title

• An atlas of England and Wales

Other Title

• Binder's title: Saxton's atlas
• Title from "List of geographical atlases": Saxton's maps of England and Wales

Names

• Saxton, Christopher, 1542?-
• Ryther, Augustine, engraver
• Hogenberg, Remigius, 1536-1587, engraver
• Terwoort, Lenaert, engraver
• Hooghe, Cornelis de, 1540 or 1541-1583, engraver
• Scatter, Francis, engraver
• Walsingham, Francis, Sir, 1530?-1590, former owner
• Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• [London] 1579.

Headings

• -  England--Maps--Early works to 1800
• -  Wales--Maps--Early works to 1800

Genre

• Atlases
• Early maps

Notes

• -  Binder's title: Saxton's atlas. London, 1573-79.
• -  Interleaved.
• -  Front. (port. of Queen Elizabeth) dated 1579; maps, dated 1574-79, are drawn by Christopher Saxton and engraved by Augustine Ryther, Remigius Hogenberg, Leonard Terwoort, Nicholas Reynolds, Cornelius Hogius and Francis Scatter.
• -  Most of the leaves have watermark: bunch of grapes.
• -  Degrees and minutes of latitude and longitude have been added to border of general map of England and Wales.
• -  Described in detail in "A list of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress," comp. by P. L. Phillips, Washington, 1909-20, v. 1, entry no. 2913, and in "The printed maps in the atlases of Great Britain and Ireland," by Thomas Chubb, London [1927] 1st entry.
• -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1248
• -  English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC), S95054
• -  List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 2913
• -  Rosenwald 1248 Conserved Library of Congress Conservation Division. 001184.5 1973 For treatment information, contact the Conservation Division. pda
• -  Geography and Maps Division copy Conserved; 002522 1982 Library of Congress Conservation Division. For treatment information, contact the Preservation Directorate. https://ask.loc.gov/preservation pda
• -  Rosenwald 1248 Conserved Library of Congress Conservation Division. 4604 2020 For treatment information, contact the Conservation Division. pda
• -  LAC knj 2019-07-02 update (4 cards)
• -  LAC rwp 2019-07-12 review
• -  LC Review of LAC Completed/Approved 2019-07-18

Medium

• [4] l., [35] fold. col. maps. port., coat of arms, tables. 46 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• G1807 .S3 1579
• G1807 .S3 Copy 2 Rosenwald Coll. 44 cm. Interleaved. Leaves have watermark; crossed arrows or bunch of grapes with letters; interleaves have watermark of crossed arrows. Maps rearranged according to table of contents (leaf) inserted before frontispiece. Contemporary binding with coat of arms of Sir Francis Walsingham on front and back.
• G1807 .S3 Copy 3 Rosenwald Coll. 43 x 56 cm. Vellum; uncolored. Imperfect: coats of arms, tables and 2 maps (Southampton and Yorkshire) wanting. Binder's title: Survey of England and Wales. Christopher Saxton. Printed on vellum, the only copy known. London. (Christopher Saxton) 1579. Noted in W. T. Lowndes' The bibliographer's manual, pt. 8, 1864, p. 2197.

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/Rosenwald.1248a
• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/Rosenwald.1248b

Library of Congress Control Number

• map48000550

Online Format

• online text
• pdf
• image

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/map48000550

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