Isles Britanniques, ou sont les royaumes d'Angleterre, Escosse, et Irlande
Description:
Appears in Jaillot's Atlas françois; cf. Pastoureau, M. Les atlas fr, Imperfect: mutilated along fold and chipped, with some loss of text. Sheet measures 61.6 x 95.5 cm., Inset map of the Orkney, Faroe and Shetland Islands., and Prime meridian: Ferro.
Manuscript on paper of a collection of material copied primarily by William Camden, antiquary and historian (1551-1623), from documents, 14th-16th centuries, that were in the Tower of London and in the College of Arms. Some selections are from official records, others are from private papers that were deposited in the Office of Arms. The manuscript is composed of four parts, the first two of which are laid in.
Description:
In English and Latin., Watermarks: unidentified design, Part I; Briquet Lion 10555 and similar to Briquet Pot 12736, Part II; unidentified grapes and Briquet Lion 10555, Parts III, IV., Script: Written primarily by William Camden in several styles of cursive., Edges of some leaves crumbled and torn, with loss of text., and Binding: Date? Broken limp vellum case.
