VISSCHER, Claes Janszoon (1587-1652). Tabula Magnae Britanniae continens Angliam, Scotiam, Hiberniam. [Amsterdam]: nupperrimé edita per Nicolaum Iohannis Visscher, impressa in aedibus Nicolaii Johannis Visscher, Abraham Goos sculp., [c. 1623]. Hand-coloured engraved map by Abraham Goos, 490 x 570mm. (laid down and with repairs to verso, 13 x 4mm. segment of map lacking from north of Scotland, creasemark affecting the coast of Wales, rubbing and tears at edges affecting coats-of-arms and several views). Provenance: numbered '32' in an early hand, and with pencil inscription 'Carte de 1615'.
'A new and decorative prototype map of the British Isles', with Abraham Goos's 'firm and clear' engraving 'copying John Speed's British Isles for outline and topographical details' (Shirley). The niches, containing paired figures in costume down the sides of each map, are also mostly taken from Speed. The top and bottom borders contain bird's-eye town plans of of the principal cities. It is a mark of the effectiveness of Visscher's design that it was later plagiarised by several publishers. RARE. Shirley 384.
VISSCHER, Claes Janszoon (1587-1652). Tabula Magnae Britanniae continens Angliam, Scotiam, Hiberniam. [Amsterdam]: nupperrimé edita per Nicolaum Iohannis Visscher, impressa in aedibus Nicolaii Johannis Visscher, Abraham Goos sculp., [c. 1623]. Hand-coloured engraved map by Abraham Goos, 490 x 570mm. (laid down and with repairs to verso, 13 x 4mm. segment of map lacking from north of Scotland, creasemark affecting the coast of Wales, rubbing and tears at edges affecting coats-of-arms and several views). Provenance: numbered '32' in an early hand, and with pencil inscription 'Carte de 1615'.
'A new and decorative prototype map of the British Isles', with Abraham Goos's 'firm and clear' engraving 'copying John Speed's British Isles for outline and topographical details' (Shirley). The niches, containing paired figures in costume down the sides of each map, are also mostly taken from Speed. The top and bottom borders contain bird's-eye town plans of of the principal cities. It is a mark of the effectiveness of Visscher's design that it was later plagiarised by several publishers. RARE. Shirley 384.
![VISSCHER, Claes Janszoon (1587-1652). Tabula Magnae Britanniae continens Angliam, Scotiam, Hiberniam. [Amsterdam]: nupperrimé edita per Nicolaum Iohannis Visscher, impressa in aedibus Nicolaii Johannis Visscher, Abraham Goos sculp., [c. 1623]. Hand-coloured engraved map by Abraham Goos, 490 x 570mm. (laid down and with repairs to verso, 13 x 4mm. segment of map lacking from north of Scotland, creasemark affecting the coast of Wales, rubbing and tears at edges affecting coats-of-arms and several views). Provenance: numbered '32' in an early hand, and with pencil inscription 'Carte de 1615'.](https://devapim.christies.com/uat/lot-images/5351117/2010/CSK/2010_CSK_05490_0205_000(visscher_claes_janszoon_tabula_magnae_britanniae_continens_angliam_sco020920).jpg?maxwidth=3840)