Berkshire/ Windsor Castle. SPEED, John [London, 1614 (?)] Barkshire Described. Performed by I. Speede and are to be sold in the Popes head Alley by I. Sud and Georg Humble Cum Privilegio. 15 x 20 inches. Fine hand color; expertly mended worming in centerfold with reinstatement of part of title.....
John Senex’s large folio map of Ireland, in a beautiful example with a bold strike and rich hand color. The map shows Ireland’s counties, cities and towns, waterways and loughs as expected, but includes more unusual information as well, such as the pilgrimage site of Saint Patrick’s Purgatory in County.....
A beautifully engraved, lively view of London with Westminster Bridge in the foreground. The Thames River teems with sailboats and river barges. The old Westminster Palace’s river steps can be seen at the right-hand foot of the bridge, and St. Paul’s Cathedral can be seen in the distance to the.....
Kent/ Canterbury/ England. SPEED, J. [London, 1611/ 1614] Kent With Her Cities And Earles Described and observed. 14 ¾ x 19 ¾ inches. Rich hand color; reinforced at bottom of centerfold, else excellent. A very.....
British Isles/ History of Cartography. MERCATOR, G./ PTOLEMY, C. [Cologne: 1584] Europae. I. Tab: 13 3/8 x 16 inches. Fine hand color; two light stains upper left & right (less pronounced on the actual map than in the image), else excellent condition. .....
One of Ortelius’s most important European maps, in an attractive example. It clearly summarizes what 16th century geographers believed of northern Europe and the waters above it. In his atlas, Ortelius cited an array of cartographers whose ideas contributed to this map, including several whose maps are now unobtainable. Greenland.....
Great Britain. SPEED, John [London, 1610 [1616]] The Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland. 15 x 20 1/8 inches. Fine hand color; fine example with a strong impression. A beautiful example of the first state of one the most visually striking maps ever produced of the British Isles, embellished with.....
First edition and a fine example of this picturesque map evoking the rugged, forested terrain of the western English county with its many castles. At upper right is a plan of the town of Hereford with its great cathedral at the center, where is housed the legendary, medieval world map. .....
Cornwall/ England. SPEED, J./ John SUDBURY & G. HUMBLE [London, 1610 [1614?] Cornwall. 15 x 19 ¾ inches. Fine hand color; a few mended edge split, else excellent. First edition and finely colored example of Speed’s Cornwall, one of his most elaborately decorative maps. A plethora of ships, sea.....
Scarce, large-paper, Jansson edition beautifully engraved, bird’s-eye view of the English cathedral city of Norwich that was also a center of the wool trade. With vibrant, full original color. From Jansson’s magnificent, eight-volume townbook atlas.
Oxford University. LEE, Kerry/ PICTORIAL MAPS, LTD. [London?, 1948] Oxford. 18 x 22 ¾ inches. Original color print on high-grade, heavy paper. Pinholes in corners of margins, else excellent condition. A particularly attractive example of this vibrantly colored and detailed, pictorial map/ view of.....
England/ Scotland/ Anglo Saxon History. SPEED, J. [London, 1676] Britain As It Was Devided in the tyme of the Englishe=Saxons especially during their Heptarchy. 15 x 19 ¾ inches. Fine hand color; re-cornered lower left & right, no loss of engraved surface, overall very good. .....
