Lot 122
Speed, John
The Kingdome of Great Britaine & Ireland
Auction: Other Properties | Wed 25 February from 10am | Lots 63 to 255
Description
London: to be sold by Tho. Bassett and Ric. Chiswell, [1676]. Hand-coloured engraved map, 39.2 x 52.5cm, inset views of London and Edinburgh and map of the Orkney Islands, English text on verso, glazed both sides and framed, light browning, apparent repaired closed ear to lower left corner between mileage cartouche and Irish landmass, wear to text 'The Irish Sea' around central fold, old repairs to central fold, small closed tear to lower margin, crack to glass on reverse;
[Maitland, William]. A View of London about the Year 1560. Reduced to this Size from a Large Print in the Collection of Sr Hans Sloane, Bart. [London], 1738]. Engraved view, 40.5 x 51cm, mounted, framed and glazed, wide margins, toned, old folds, a few nicks to extremities;
and 4 other engraved maps and prints, all hand-coloured, framed and glazed (18th-century French maritime print titled ‘Nouvelle carte pour conduire à la connoissance de la marine', 50.5 x 61cm; William Kip after John Norden, Surrey olim sedes regnorum, [1637], 32 x 39cm, browned; Richard Blome, [Gloucestershire], 1671, 25 x 20.5cm; Robert Morden, Middlesex, [1695], 38 x 42cm, margins browned (6)