Title Page for Blaeu’s Atlas Novus, vol. IV (British Isles) Date of Publication_c.1753 An agreement with British Railways

An agreement with British Railways allowed Valentine and Sons to publish simplified versions of pictorial poster maps in a vastly reduced pocket format (the originals were originally printed as 40 x 50 inch quad royal posters)

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Title Page for Blaeu’s Atlas Novus, vol. IV (British Isles) Date of Publication_c.1753 An agreement with British Railways[Title page: Atlas Novus, volume IV] This is an architectural title page, engraved for the fourth volume of Blaeus Atlas Novus. The central panel is blank: a label in the appropriate language would normally have been pasted down. This is the British volume, and an ancient Briton presides over a Roman, a Saxon, a Dane and a Norman representing different epochs in British history. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 42 x 25 cm, original hand colour