DRAYTON, Michael: (Dorset, Hampshire & Isle of Wight)

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DRAYTON, Michael : (Dorset, Hampshire & Isle of Wight)

250 x 330 mm., cut close lower right side with no apparent loss to image.

From the 'Poly-Olbion' by Michael Drayton (1563-1631). Drayton began writing his longest poem in 1598, it was first published in 1612. It comprises a series of songs in praise of the English and Welsh countryside and was accompanied by a series of desirable allegorical maps. This is an example of the second state included in the second edition of 1613 with the addition of a page number in the upper margin. It covers the area of Lyme Regis in the west to Portsmouth in the east. Recognisable names include Hamble, Itchin, the New Forest and The Poole. Beaton pp. 20-21; Skelton no. 8.

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