c1646 - A large original antique print map titled: " COMITATUS SALOPIENSIS Anglice Shrop Shire "
A highly decorative copper engraved 17th Century Map of Shropshire which was published in Joan Blaeu's Novus Atlas Das ist Welt. 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 used 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. 
Fine title cartouche and decorative coats-of-arms - hand coloured. Latin text on verso.
CONDITION: Excellent, near perfect condition with early hand colouring. Overall size 54cm x 47cm.