Le Royaume D'Angleterre, distingué en ses Provinces. Par le Sr. Sanson. Geographe du Roy. Presenté A Monseigneur...

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Copper-engraving, printed around 1700 by Pierre Mortier in Amsterdam, printed from two plates and published in his great atlas 'the Neptune Francois'. Pierre Mortier acquired the plates and rights for publication from Hubert Jaillot and published those maps with other maps by himself in his famous atlas project the 'Neptune Francois'. The maps are rich in detail, with many cities and place names, rivers, mountains, castles, etc. The map is ornated with a very large fine allegoric title cartouche with coat of arms in the upper right corner, as well a decorative cartouche with a milage scale in the lower left corner.