Add MS 62540

c. 1564, Atlas book containing two maps by Laurence Nowell (1530-c. 1570), antiquary, covering Sicily, England, Wales, Ireland and part of Scotland. With itineraries partly in the hand of William Cecil, first Baron Burghley (1520-1598), royal minister. f. 2v: Map of Sicily by Laurence Nowell, possibly copied from the Lafreri Atlas held at Hatfield House. Pen and wash, pasted into the volume.f. 3r: Index of locations.ff. 3v-4r: Map of Ireland and England (scale approx. 1:3720472). Titled ‘A general description of England and Ireland with the costes adjoyning’. By Laurence Nowell, c. 1564. Ink and coloured wash on parchment.The map extends from Dunkeld and Arbroath (Scotland) to the Franco-Flemish coast between the Île Saint-Matthieu (Britanny) and Bruges. Cardinal points are given in Latin, with North at the top. Marginal graduation (numbered 70–230 Lat. N; 500–600 Long. E in single degrees; 10 Lat.: 30 mm 10 Long: 15 mm). Apparently drawn on the trapezoid (‘Donis’) projection. Annotated in the hand of William Cecil, first Baron Burghley, to show positions of Framlingham, Suffolk, and Lopham, Norfolk. Decoration: crowned Tudor arms (top left); decorative title cartouche (top right); a reclining figure (presumably Nowell) with a barking dog, (bottom left); initials ‘L.N.’ on the base of the pedestal; Hesiod's 'Works and Days', 96 inscribed on the pedestal; a seated figure (Cecil) on an hour glass (bottom right). ff. 4v-5r: Tables of distances.