Norden, John. London

Howgego, J. Printed maps of London (2nd ed.): 5 (1)
Folger bibliographic ID: 265540
Folger call number: MAP L85a no.7
Folger holdings ID: 351241
Accession Number: cs93

General notes

Place names in English Bird's eye view of London as it was in 1593, with Gray's Inn and Islington to the west, East Smithfield to the east, and the Thames and Southwark to the south. Title in scroll with Tudor Royal Arms to the left and London City Arms to the right. In the left and right margins, the coats of arms of the twelve most influential and wealthy city guilds known as the 'Great Liveries' (mercers, grocers, drapers, fishmongers, goldsmiths, skinners, merchant taylors, haberdashers, salters, ironmongers, vintners, and clothworkers). List of major streets and buildings in lower margin with references to letters and numbers on the map (a-z and 1-22) Relief shown pictorially Bar scale given in paces; scale taken from Howgego Plate from Speculum Britanniae. The first parte an historicall, & chorographicall discription of Middlesex ... / by the trauaile and vew of Iohn Norden. London : Eliot's Court Press, 1593 Also available as a digital reproduction

Exhibited

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2012. Open City: London, 1500-1700

Item information about Folger MAP L85a no.7

Losses to all four corners, not affecting image; tears at center fold line. Removed from Folger W.b.498

Extended title: London Ioannes Norden Anglus descripsit anno 1593 ; Pieter Vanden Keere fecit 1593

London (England)

author: Norden, John, 1548-1625?
printmaker: Keere, Pieter van den, 1571-approximately 1646