Blome’s Map of Leicestershire Printed Area Measurement_50 x 62.5 cm In the straightened financial environment

In the straightened financial environment of post-Restoration London he had to reply on innovative funding sources: he was one of the first publishers of illustrated books to rely heavily on subscriptions

the vast body of water which Speke named Lake Victoria is not marked at all

he was a member of the Royal Society of London

light toning where previously mounted and framed and with an old paper repair in the lower margin

minor restorations to lower margin

Blome’s Map of Leicestershire Printed Area Measurement_50 x 62.5 cm In the straightened financial environmentBlome published the first new series of county maps in the sixty years since the appearance of John Speeds Theatre. In the straightened financial environment of post Restoration London, Blome was forced to rely on innovative funding sources: he was one of the first publishers of illustrated books to rely heavily on subscriptions, and subscribers to the Britannia were entitled to have their coats of arms (Blome began his career as a heraldic painter)