Antique Print-SEA CHART-NAUTICAL-IRISH SEA-ISLE OF MAN-Collins-1693

Price: € 289,50

Subject: Antique print, titled: 'To the Honble. Sr. Iohn Lowther.' - A map of the Northern Irish Sea, with the Isle of Man as its main focus. The coasts of Scotland, Cumberland, Lancashire and Anglesey are outlined, and some coastal towns are indicated. Two inset coastal recognition profiles in the lower right. With decorative cartouche, compass rose, soundings and rhumb lines.

Condition: Very good, given age. Original middle fold. A small stain in the right margin. Some tiny stains in the image area, which is overall lightly browned. Old backing partly removed (only visible on rear). General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Handcoloured engraving on hand laid paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 57.5 x 47.5 cm. The image size is ca. 55.7 x 44.2 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 22.6 x 18.7 inch. The image size is ca. 21.9 x 17.4 inch.

Part Number: 63282

Location: GK-364

Description: From Collins' "Great Britain's County Pilot", originally published in 1693. Exact edition of this map unknown, the maps were reprinted several times until 1767.

Artists and Engravers: Made by an anonymous engraver after 'Greenville Collins'. Capt. Greenville Collins (1643-1694). Collins was an officer of the Royal Navy and prominent hydrographer, who was commissioned by King Charles II in 1676 and appointed by Samuel Pepys (then Secretary to the Admiralty), to chart the coasts of Great Britain. The resulting atlas - Great Britain's Coasting Pilot - was the first original sea atlas to be produced by an Englishman.