c1648 - A large original antique print map titled: " RADNORIA COMMITATUS RADNORSHIRE "
A highly decorative copper engraved 17th Century Map of RADNORSHIRE which was published in Joan Blaeu's Novus Atlas Das ist Welt. Original outline colour and to cartouche and incidental illustrations. An attractive map with ornate vignette to title Cartouche featuring a farmer with cows and sheep. Three crests to the upper part including the royal crest and three feathers’ insignia of the Prince of Wales. 

The Blaeu workshop, based in Amsterdam, produced the most magnificent atlases and maps of the period, the time in which the Netherlands was experiencing its 'Golden Age' in art, sciences and commerce. Blaeu uséd only the best engravers, printers and colourists and only the finest materials, including paper, to produce his atlases. In 1645 he published a county atlas of England and Wales as part of this 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum' series. 
CONDITION: Overall excellent condition with lovely hand colouring and central fold as issued. French text on verso.

Overall size 60cm x 45cm.