Blome’s Map of Leicestershire Printed Area Measurement_50 x 62.5 cm In the straightened financial environment

In the straightened financial environment of post-Restoration London he had to reply on innovative funding sources: he was one of the first publishers of illustrated books to rely heavily on subscriptions

he was a member of the Royal Society of London

His students included Bernard Middleton and Roger Powell

with two examples located in the British Library

the vast body of water which Speke named Lake Victoria is not marked at all

Blome’s Map of Leicestershire Printed Area Measurement_50 x 62.5 cm In the straightened financial environmentBlome published the first new series of county maps in the sixty years since the appearance of John Speeds Theatre. In the straightened financial environment of post Restoration London, Blome was forced to rely on innovative funding sources: he was one of the first publishers of illustrated books to rely heavily on subscriptions, and subscribers to the Britannia were entitled to have their coats of arms (Blome began his career as a heraldic painter)