Blome’s Map of Leicestershire Printed Area Measurement_50 x 62.5 cm Wight olim Vectis

Wight olim Vectis

the vast body of water which Speke named Lake Victoria is not marked at all

minor restorations to lower margin

Lithographed folding map

Blome’s Map of Leicestershire Printed Area Measurement_50 x 62.5 cm Wight olim VectisBlome published the first new series of county maps in the sixty years since the appearance of John Speeds Theatre. In the straightened financial environment of post Restoration London, Blome was forced to rely on innovative funding sources: he was one of the first publishers of illustrated books to rely heavily on subscriptions, and subscribers to the Britannia were entitled to have their coats of arms (Blome began his career as a heraldic painter)