Lot 126
Speed, John
England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
Auction: 16 June 2026 from 10:00 BST
Description
Described and Abridged with ye Historic Relation of Things Worthy Memory from a Farr Larger Voulume [sic]. London: George Humble, 1627. Oblong 8vo (9.2 x 14.3cm), c.1800 half calf, engraved allegorical title-page, engraved table ('A Catalogue of all the Shires'), 62 engraved maps (of 63: lacking the folding map ‘England, Scotland and Ireland’), lacking text-leaves O4 (pertaining to Yorkshire) and [2A4] (final leaf: ‘The Table’), joints cracked, title-page laid down, ‘A Catalogue’ leaf with small spill-burn, maps often closely trimmed along one edge, variable soiling, marginal losses to text-leaves H5-6, O3, R5-6, Monmouthshire map (T2) with loss to one corner [Chubb XI; ESTC S103213; Skelton 17]
Provenance
The estate of the late Eric Sloane.
Footnote
'This is the first in a series of “pocket editions” of Speed's atlas. It contains 63 maps. The map of "Midia", although listed as no. 64 in the contents table is omitted. Forty of the maps are printed from Pieter van den Keere's plates of 1599 or later with some re-engraving' (ESTC).