Schreiber’s Map of the British Isles

Gros Britanni[en] oder Engelland Schottland und Irrland

The cartouche of this map is dominated by the Hanoverian coat of arms, and the legend on the right lists counties and regions of the British Isles identified with numbers and abbreviations on the map.

Shirley suggests that Schreiber’s pocket ‘Atlas Selectus’ may have been engraved as early as 1730 and reissued circa 1749-1750.

Condition & Materials

Copper engraving, 16 x 27 cm, original hand colour, margins a little dusty, blank verso.

References 

Shirley, Printed maps of the British Isles, Schreiber 1.