Title / Subject: 'Is Orcades, Caithness'
Date: 1828
Size: The sheet measures approximately 148mm x 90mm
Description: An original antique, copper-plate engraved, miniature map of part of Scotland and the Orkney Islands, highlighted in outline colour. The engraved images surrounding the map are intended to represent the area and its produce / resources.
Cartographer / engraver: Aristide Perrot
Provenance: 'L'Angleterre, ou Description Historique et Topographique du Royaume Uni de la Grande Bretagne', by G.B. Depping, 2nd edition, Paris, 1828
Condition: Very good condition. Outline hand coloured. Light age toning. Tiny nick to the extreme right edge of the sheet where it was bound into the source publication. Please study all the photographs carefully to fully appreciate the condition.
Ref: #05957