Richard Blome
Richard Blome (1635–1705) was an engraver, cartographer, and publisher in the Kingdom of England. • Illustration — Plate from Richard Blome and Nicolas Cox's The Gentleman's Recreation (1686), illustrating the various applications of geography
Richard Blome
![The branches of agriculture and husbandry linked by lines showing their progression; (below) workers scythe wheat. Line engraving after Richard Blome (?), 1686., [1686], by Richard Blome](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/V0025701/full/1280,/0/default.jpg)
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- Born
- 1635.
- Died
- 1705.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom.
- Occupation
- cartographer, historian and publisher.
- Languages
- English.
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Richard Blome (1635–1705) was an engraver, cartographer, and publisher in the Kingdom of England. • Illustration — Plate from Richard Blome and Nicolas Cox's The Gentleman's Recreation (1686), illustrating the various applications of geography
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• Illustration — "The Setting Dogg & Partridgs" (detail)' from The Gentlemans Recreation (1686) • 1670 A Geographical Description of the Four Parts of the World • 1673 Britannia, or a Geographical Description of the Kingdom of England, Scotland and Ireland (average size 315 x 280 mm) • 1681 Speed's Maps Epitomiz'd (average size 180 x 230 mm) 1685 Re-issued 1693 Re-issued in Cosmography and Geography 1715 Re-published by Thomas Taylor in England Exactly described c. 1750 Re-issued by Thomas Bakewell (1716–64) • 1682 Cosmography and Geography (by Bernhard Varen) 1683-93 Re-issued • 1686 The Gentlemans Recreation • 1687 Isles and Territories of America for Anthony Earl of Shaftesbury (and in 1688 a French edition)
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