Name: Philip Lea
Dates: Fl. c.1660-death in 1700.
Map type: Copper engraved atlas maps, renowned re-workings of Christopher Saxton's county maps.
Philip Lea was a publisher who worked with a number of significant 16th/17th century London-based mapmakers including: Robert Morden and Herman Moll and George Wildey. Lea acquired a number of the c.1574, Christopher Saxton, English county plates, amending and updating them to include various features, including town plans (often by John Speed) as well as other information from other contemporary cartographers of the time. He generally acknowledged that these maps were originally from Christopher Saxton, and that they were amended by 'P. Lea'.
Notable omissions were the counties of Northumberland and Devonshire. These Saxton plates are thought to have been destroyed in the great fire of London, and were most likely re-engraved to complete the county set. This remarkable collection of re-workings are now quite rare and highly sought after.
Notable omissions were the counties of Northumberland and Devonshire. These Saxton plates are thought to have been destroyed in the great fire of London, and were most likely re-engraved to complete the county set. This remarkable collection of re-workings are now quite rare and highly sought after.