Herman Moll

Herman Moll was born in the Netherlands and came to England in the 1680's. He engraved maps and sold them, together with books, first in Blackfriars and later in Devercux Court, Strand.

His maps were issued from c.1700 to 1729, and vary from miniatures to very large fine maps embellished with plans and pictures, covering all parts of the world.

The large ones, particularly those relating to Scotland, America, the World, India and the East Indies, and Scandinavia, to name but a few, are much prized.

His English county maps are very much smaller and possess an unusual decorative feature: the area outside the map border at each end is filled with antiquities excavated in the county, or with representations of note-worthy buildings. They appeared first in 1724, and a later issue was printed with the antiquities and views removed.