Morden ; Robert (1650 – 1703) . Britannia saxonica. Original antique map. 1772. Third impression.
Is well know for his county maps of England. Together with the county maps of the British Isles this map was published for Gibson's edition of Camden's Britannia, 1772.
They were the only large county maps of this period and went on to be reprinted in 1722, 1753 and 1772, long after Roberts death. The 1722 edition is identified by a watermark of a horse within a circle. Unlike the map makers of the the 17thcentury Morden did not decorate his maps with vignette illustrations, shields and historical anecdotes. This would be partly due to fashion but more reflective of cost. In all four editions the maps were produced uncoloured. Where a Morden map is advertised coloured this will be by hand at a latter date.
