Original 1673 antique engraved edition of Richard Blome's "A Mapp of ye County of Monmouth with its Hundreds."

• The image area measures 23.6 x 19 cm [9¼" 7½"], and the map locates numerous towns and natural features, with topography drawn pictorially and boundaries of hundreds delineated in color.



• There is a title cartouche at the lower right and a decorative dedication at the upper left, with the inscription "Honi soit qui mal y pense," the motto of the British chivalric Order of the Garter.



• Richard Blome was a late 17th-century London map and print maker. This map was from his edition of Britannia, a series of county maps, based on the works of Camden and Speed.



• Condition:  "A Mapp of ye County of Monmouth with its Hundreds" is in very good condition, with original color and a bold, crisp impression. There's some minor paper loss at the upper edge and tiny scuffs in the title area, professionally filled and backed with Japanese paper. Please see the scans and feel free to ask any questions.



• It is an original, authentic antique map, not a reproduction or modern reprint, and it is fully guaranteed to be genuine.



• Richard Blome was one of the most active publishers of illustrated books in post-Restoration London. His 1667 A Geographical Description of the Four Parts of the World was the first new folio world atlas to be published in England since 1627. And his A Description of the Island of Jamaica, (1672) contained a finely etched map by Wenceslaus Hollar.



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