SAXTON, Christopher.  Glocestriae Sive Claudiocestriae Comitat, [London: William Web] 1577, title cartouche dated 1642 [but 1645]. Hand-coloured engraved map, arms of Charles I (small chip from lower border, lightly browned at centrefold, some staining, a few repairs), 382 x 495mm., framed.
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SAXTON, Christopher. Glocestriae Sive Claudiocestriae Comitat, [London: William Web] 1577, title cartouche dated 1642 [but 1645]. Hand-coloured engraved map, arms of Charles I (small chip from lower border, lightly browned at centrefold, some staining, a few repairs), 382 x 495mm., framed.

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SAXTON, Christopher. Glocestriae Sive Claudiocestriae Comitat, [London: William Web] 1577, title cartouche dated 1642 [but 1645]. Hand-coloured engraved map, arms of Charles I (small chip from lower border, lightly browned at centrefold, some staining, a few repairs), 382 x 495mm., framed.

Extracted from the first re-issue of Saxton's Atlas by William Web. Skelton argues that Web republished the atlas with the arms of Charles I as a gesture of loyalty during the Civil War.
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