Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, and the Severn Estuary. Michael Drayton (1563-1631) Parte of Breknok Shere. [from] Poly-Olbion

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Glamorgan, Monmouthshire, and the Severn Estuary. Michael Drayton (1563-1631) Parte of Breknok Shere. [from] Poly-Olbion. London, c. 1622. Folding small folio laid sheet with copper-plate engraved image from Drayton's topographically-themed epic poem, wherein the landmasses are crowded with larger-than-life musicians, each river is represented by a nude woman, each hill has a man on top, and large nude sea people inhabit the ocean, some loss to the margin outside the rules in the lower right, matted and framed, 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.
Estimate $100-150


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