What’s old is new again. Maps created by engraver William Hole to illustrate Michael Drayton’s*17th-century, 15,000-line poem*Poly-Olbion are being reprinted—as an adult colouring book called Albion’s Glorious Ile, coming out next month from Unicorn Press*(pre-order at Amazon).As the*Guardian*article about the book points out, hand-colouring maps and illustrations was a common activity before full-colour printing was a thing, so the current mania for adult colouring books—Gretchen Peterson’s*City Maps: A Coloring Book for Adults is The Map Room’s*best-selling book this year by a large, large margin—can in some ways be seen as*a reversion rather than a new thing.
The*Guardian*has a gallery of Hole’s maps*(taken from the colouring book). The Poly-Olbion Project also has a page about*Hole’s maps. [WMS]
Previously:*City Maps: An Adult Colouring Book.
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