Clive A. Burden LTD. Rare Maps, Antique Atlases, Books and Decorative Prints

The Mapping of North America

Mr. Philip D. Burden​
P.O. Box 863,
Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks HP6 9HD,
UNITED KINGDOM
Tel: +44 (0) 1494 76 33 13
Email: enquiries@caburden.com

A rare later state of Robert Morden’s playing cards first published in 1676. From ‘A Brief Description of England and Wales’ by Homan Turpin. The whereabouts of the plates since Morden last issued them is unknown, but they eventually came into Turpin’s possession. He was a bookseller from at least 1764 to 1787 who interestingly traded in second-hand books and buying libraries. The date of their issue is speculative as none of the six known Turpin catalogues list the cards it has been presumed to have been issued late in his career. Hodson 273; Map Collector Series 87 p.26 3.3.
MORDEN, Robert – TURPIN, Homan

Cheshire

London, 1770
95 x 60 mm., in fine condition.
Stock number: 4720

SOLD

Send us your name and email address.
We'll add you to our subscriber list and alert you to new catalogues and similar news