Asia
According to ye Newest Observations...
London
Sold by T. Brandreth and G. Willdey at ye Archimedes and Globe in Ludgate street and at ye same sign over against ye Royal Exchange in Cornhill where are made and sold all sorts of globes,
[1713].
Double-page engraved map on two sheets joined, original outline hand-colour.
680 by 950mm (26.75 by 37.5 inches).
11895
notes:
Uncommon two-sheet map originally prepared by Price for the unsuccessful partnership of Price, John Senex and John Maxwell (1708-1711). After the partnership broke up, each member took the plates that they engraved with them, the majority of which were engraved by Senex, and were reissued in his 'English Atlas' from 1714. In 1713, Wildey acquired the remainder of Price's stock and began to issue them with his own imprint and in a further ill-fated partnership with Thimothy ...
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