1733 - Rare Antique Map of MONMNOUTHSHIRE Wales by Herman Moll Hand Colour (38)

Listing Template 2018 Home About Us View Feedback Contact Us 1733 - Rare Antique Map of MONMNOUTHSHIRE Wales by Herman Moll Hand Colour (38)Click image to enlargeDescription1733A rare original antique map titledMONMOUTHSHIREA fine and rare Copper Engraved original antique Map by Herman Mollwith decorativeborders and later hand colouring. The Moll county maps are extremely scarce and much rarer than the more common Morden maps.ConditionOverall in excellent condition.Size approx 33cm x 21cm with good margins, perfect for mounting framing.ProvenanceTaken from 'A New Description of England and Wales with the Adjacent Islands' by Herman Moll for J Wilford, T Bowles, C Rivington, J Bowles 1733.Herman Moll (1654-1732)Moll was one of the most important figures in the English map trade in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. However, very little is known about his background. It seems likely that he came from Germany, possibly Bremen, and was in London by 1678. He worked hard, had a substantial output of cartographic material, as engraver, mapmaker or publisher, such that one might assume that he had assistants or apprentices to help, but there is no evidence of this, and, after his death in 1732, the and#8220;Moll firmand#8221; disappears without trace. His son Gilles Hendrick obviously predeceased his father, while the surviving daughter, Henderina Amelia Moll, is little more than a name on a will.Moll first appears in 1678 as an engraver working on Moses Pittand#8217;s and#8216;The English Atlasand#8217; with Sir Robert Hooke, one of the patrons of the project. Moll later claimed that he was employed by Prince Rupert to assist them. Shortly after the Pitt atlas project failed, Moll tried to establish a business as a mapmaker, or and#8220;Geographerand#8221; as he termed himself, but was unsuccessful. Much of his career was spent as a jobbing engraver for mapmakers and publishers, particularly in the book trade for people like James Knapton, providing the maps for their travel accounts. It was the availability of an engraver that gave the impetus to so many publishers to commission maps for publications, and may account for some of the success of such publications.In 1707 Moll commenced work on his most famous publication, and#8216;The World Describedand#8217;, a collection of two sheet maps of the world. It was one of the most famous English atlases of the eighteenth century, and long-lived; the atlas was completed in 1717; the maps, in other hand, were still being advertised for sale in 1796.Moll was also fond of filling blank spaces on his map, particularly those of and#8216;The World Describedand#8217; with text panels, often a commentary on the region depicted, but on several maps he was equally happy to vent his bile on rival mapmakers: the English partners Jeremiah Seller and Charles Price; the publisher and engraver or John Senex; and the French, notably Guillaume Delisle.ALL OF OUR MAPS AND PRINTS ARE GUARANTEED ORIGINAL ANTIQUES AS DATED. WE NEVER HANDLE ANY MODERN REPRODUCTIONS.We are happy to combine postage for up to 20 items for a single postage charge.PaymentWe prefer payment via PAYPAL. In some circumstances, we are able to accept a Cheque from UK Buyers, drawn on a UK Bank. Buyers will need to wait for 7 working days for the cheque to clear before any items are sent out. We can also accept Cash Payment in UK Pounds Stirling, Euros or US Dollars, but payment by cash methods are sent at the risk of the buyer. If you want to pay in any way apart from PAYPAL, please contact us PRIOR to making any bid or outright purchase.ShippingWe always try to ship items within 3 working days of any order. We are very happy to combine many items for a single postal charge. All our items are sent in either Board Backed envelopes or Art Tubes and are in the case of sending to tropical areas of the world, additionally provded with sealed plastic envelopes.We ship to almost anywhere in the world but there are just a few ter. …