Morden’s Map of Sussex Date of Publication_1785 recent hand-colour

recent hand-colour

A substantial enlargement took place in 1550

This example is still tipped into the 1909 edition of Cook’s Handbook (facing the contents

imprint trimmed

Vignettes including Kronstadt and St Petersburg were engraved by Henry Winkles

Morden’s Map of Sussex Date of Publication_1785 recent hand-colourRobert Morden's map of Sussex was engraved to illustrate Gibson's edition of William Camden's Britannia, first published in 1695 and reprinted in 1722, 1753 and 1772. Camden was an Elizabethan historian who wrote a county by county description of England. An illustrated edition of his work with maps by Kip and Hole was published in 1607, but by the late seventeenth century it had become scarce and expensive. Gibson completely revised the text and