Map Classical Geography "Egypt As Described in the Second Book of Herodotus" Christopher Browne c1725

Antique copper-plate engraving on laid paper with original hand colouring, for Christopher Browne's folio "The Geography of the Antients sofar as describ'd as is contained in the Greek and Latin Claffics (Classics) in The Maps of the Old World and its several Kingdoms and Provinces..."  printed London 1725, "A Collection long wanted, and now Publish'd for the Use of Schools".

Condition = Excellent with no grime, foxing mould, tears. Printed on Laid paper folded in middle preparing it for binding. Plate mark clean but trimmed from lower edge probably in the binding preparation process.

Size of Page= 265 x 180mm / Size of Plate mark = 162 x 232mm

 Herodotus: Widely referred to as "The Father of History" (first conferred by Cicero), he was the first historian known to collect his materials systematically and critically, and then to arrange them into historiographic narritive. Historiography refers to both the study of the methodology of historians and development of history as a discipline narrative.

Christopher Browne, map maker/print-seller flourished between 1688-1712, having taken over the print-selling business of Robert Walton on his death. It had been Walton's apprentice in 1683. Browne  may have come from a family of minor gentry. He seems to have done well in business, having two shops at the height of his career from which he retired to live the life of a gentleman. In retirement he g