Gloucestershire: Morden 1695

Title: Gloucestershire Author: Robert Morden Date: 1695 Medium: Hand-colored copperplate engraving Condition: Fair - age toning, light foxing, surface dirt, issued center fold, light creasing throughout Inches: 16 1/2 x 13 3/4 [Image] Centimeters: 41.91 x 34.93 [Image] Product ID: 101097 Map of the county of Gloucestershire along the banks of the Severn River at the border between England and Wales. Depicts parts of Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Wiltshire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Somersetshire, and Worcestershire. Also features the cities of Bristol, Gloucester, and Cheltenham, as well as the Forest of Dean and part of the River Thames. Background on Creator Robert Morden (c. 1650–1703) was a prominent English bookseller, publisher, mapmaker, globe maker, and engraver, recognized as one of the first successful commercial mapmakers of his era. Operating from premises in Cornhill and New Cheapside, London, "under the sign of the Atlas," Morden produced a la