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I have a patron who eventually of course would like to know how much
his map is worth and understands that we can't appraise, but I said
I'd try to verify the bibliographic details and try to find a previous
sale price. I'm not having any luck with the resources at my disposal
since we don't claim to specialize in historical cartography. So, help
please.
I have a color photocopy of part of his map. The title in the upper
right corner appears to be : Bedford comitatus olim pars
Cathifvclanorvm. In the bottom right corner is the info on
Christopher Saxton cartographer and William Kip engraver. In the
bottom left corner is "15."
Phillips gives several Saxton atlas plate descriptions but Bedford is
never listed separately. I only have a couple outdated years of
Antique Map Prices. Nor do I have many dealers' catalogs. I don't have
any of those cartobibliographies of the British Isles.
Anybody able to help?