Jenner’s rare map of Scotland

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The Kingdome of Scotland.

[JENNER, Thomas]
[London,
c.1640].
Double-page engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, inset of the Orkney Isles.
410 by 510mm. (16.25 by 20 inches).
1933

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The map is attributed to Thomas Jenner, a London map and printseller, active between about 1621 and 1673. Little is known of Jennner, although it would appear that maps only made up a small proportion of his inventory, which is believed to have consisted of items ranging from paintings, frames, and prints, to compasses, horn-book cards, and sticks of India ink. Although the present map is unsigned it is listed in the Jenner's catalogue of 1662. However, it probably dates fr...

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bibliography:

Skelton 89, map 61; Admiralty Library Ve.117; NLS EMS.s.488; Moir, D.G. Vol. 1, p.81 & pp.169, 172.