Schreiber’s Map of the British Isles Mapmaker(s)_Dewynters Press map of Kent with blank

map of Kent with blank verso

Oppianus of Corycus & Oppianus of Apamea

the 1836 reprint (also described on the title-page as 'seconde édition') was printed by the same firm

representing the inhabitants of each colony or dominion

He and his wife (aged 28 and 22) drowned in the English Channel off Dieppe in 1887: a four-page offprint from the Wokingham Parish Magazine (torn in half) is tipped in

Schreiber’s Map of the British Isles Mapmaker(s)_Dewynters Press map of Kent with blankGros 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 Schreibers 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,