Wales.

[London: Hodder and Stoughton. c. 1868]. c. 24 x 20 cm. Original early chromolithographed (colour printed) caricature map with Wales depicted as the figure of Owen Glendowr. The four lines of verse beneath map read: ''Geography bewitch'd - Owen Glendowr, / In Bardic grandeur, looks from shore to shore, / And sings King Arthur's long, long pedigree, / And cheese and leeks, and knights of high degree''. Published in 'Geographical Fun', an atlas of caricature maps of European counties drawn, according to the preface, by a fifteen-year-old girl 'seeking to amuse a brother confined to his bed by illness'. In actuality the author was William Harvey (1796-1873), a London doctor and journalist, best-known for his book 'London Scenes and London People', published in 1863. According to the author, 'If these geographical puzzles excite the mirth of children; the amusement of the moment may lead to the profitable curiosity of youthful students, and embue the mind with a healthful taste for an acquaintance with foreign lands. No history, no journal can be understood without a knowledge of maps, and good service is done when we make such information more easy and agreeable'. Extract from "Geographical Fun", being Humourous Outlines of Various Countries by Aleph.