Ellis' Map of Middlesex Date of Publication_1789 The pleasure-seeking Venetian Giacomo Casanova

The pleasure-seeking Venetian Giacomo Casanova was born in 1725

our example still has the original pictorial dustwrapper

an auroch and a pair of ‘bison’ which resemble reindeer

charting the ports and harbours of the Mediterranean

‘with the author’s compliments’

Ellis' Map of Middlesex Date of Publication_1789 The pleasure-seeking Venetian Giacomo CasanovaEllis' map of Middlesex conveys a wealth of detailed information: borough towns are shown with stars identifying the number of Members returned to Parliament, and "Places where Fairs are kept have a Line under the Name". Ellis (d. 1796) was a prolific English engraver of the late eighteenth century who joined with William Palmer to produce a set of English county maps, published as Ellis' 'New English Atlas', in 1765. The maps were later used in