Buy this book on-line WELLS, Edward : A New Map of the Islands of the Aegaean Sea, Together with The Island of Crete and the Adjoining Isles
495 x 370 mm., modern outline colour, in good condition.
Edward Wells (1667-1727) was a mathematician and geographer. This map is from the 'New Sett of Mapps' first published in 1700. All the maps are dedicated to the young Duke of Gloucester who had always been sickly and died in July 1700. This fine detailed map focuses on the Aegean Sea and its numerous islands. The ornate title cartouche is surmounted with the royal coat of arms, the whole is engraved by Sutton Nichols. The Duke of Gloucester was a student of Wells at Oxford. Shirley (BL) T.Well 1a no. 22; Zacharakis, C. no. 2378.
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WELLS, Edward : A New Map of the Islands of the Aegaean Sea, Together with The Island of Crete and the Adjoining Isles
495 x 370 mm., modern outline colour, in good condition.
Edward Wells (1667-1727) was a mathematician and geographer. This map is from the 'New Sett of Mapps' first published in 1700. All the maps are dedicated to the young Duke of Gloucester who had always been sickly and died in July 1700. This fine detailed map focuses on the Aegean Sea and its numerous islands. The ornate title cartouche is surmounted with the royal coat of arms, the whole is engraved by Sutton Nichols. The Duke of Gloucester was a student of Wells at Oxford. Shirley (BL) T.Well 1a no. 22; Zacharakis, C. no. 2378.
WELLS, Edward : A New Map of the Islands of the Aegaean Sea, Together with The Island of Crete and the Adjoining Isles is listed for sale on Bibliophile Bookbase by Clive A. Burden Ltd..
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