Nithia Vicecomitatus - Antique map

Author: Blaeu, Joan

Other authors: Pont, Timothy

Publisher: Blaeu, Joan

Published: Amsterdam

Publishing year: 1654

Scotland. Nithsdale. "Nithia Vicecomitatus. The Shirifdome of Nidis-Dail". Orig. copperplate engraving after T. Pont's map. Published by J. Blaeu in Amsterdam, 1654. With ornamental title cartouche, great decorative cartouche with dedication to Archibald Douglas with coat-of-arms a deer and a giant, and the scale of map ("Scala Miliaria") with a figure and several animals. 39:53,5 cm (15 1/2 x 21 inch.).

Koeman II, map 5819:2, ed. 2:401 (1654 Latin) - A decorative map of Nithsdale. Oriented to the West.

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