English Mapmakers.-

[Hole (William)] Holy Land or Arabia the Happie, engraved map from Raleigh’s 'Historie of the World, outlined in colour, central vertical fold, printing defect to lower left corner, paper washed, 540 x 530mm, 1614; Kitchin (Thomas) A general Map of England and Wales Divided into its Counties…, engraved map, outlined in colour, decorative vignette title cartouche, occasional light spotting, 685 x 810mm, for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, 1777; both framed and glazed (2)

*** William Hole most likely took the term ‘Arabia the Happie’ from Plutarch, who described it as ‘Arabia, the Happy Garden of the World’. Kitchin’s map is a scarce edition printed jointly by Sayer and Bennett. They had published copies separately as early as 1766.