Blaeu’s Map of Elba war and conflict engraved by Moithy after Herault

engraved by Moithy after Herault

This pictorial map grouping the three counties northeast of London was published by British Railways (Eastern Region) to promote leisure travel just before the Beeching cuts

but it is also a record of the extensive development of deep-level lines in the Edwardian period

Rebound much later in a fragment of music manuscript on paper

Blaeu’s Map of Elba war and conflict engraved by Moithy after HeraultThis is the Tuscan island of Elba, a map newly added to the Atlas Novus in 1640. Koeman records that it was first published in the French text edition of the same year. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, sheet size 49. 5 x 30 cm, map 20 x 25. 5 cm, modern hand colour, set within Latin text with further text on verso. References Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, Bl 36A.