Lot 37

Van der Keere, Pieter. [Miniature Speed]

£2,400

Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs

Auction: 5 September 2007 at 12:00 BST

Description

England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland described and abridged with ye historic relation of things. [London]: George Humble, 1627, oblong 8vo (95 x 150mm.), engraved title (stained), catalogue and 62 (of 63) engraved regional and county maps by Pieter van der Keere, many reduced from Speed's folio atlas, lacking the folding map of Great Britain and most of Yorkshire map, also lacking I4 and I6, title cropped to neatline, top of map of Leicestershire, M1 and Q5 burnt with loss, Denbigh map with loss of lower 5mm from adhesion, Scotland and Ireland maps with small burn hole, Z1 holed with loss of text, Surrey & Herefordshire & Huntingtonshire map with a margin shaved, small adhesion to neatline of Isle of Man, rather soiled and stained; A prospect of the most famous parts of the world. London: M.F. for William Humble, 1646, oblong 8vo, 19 (of 20) engraved maps, title laid down, "A" of title shaved, lacks all after O2, rather soiled and stained; 2 works in one volume, contemporary calf, worn, upper cover detached

Footnote

Note: The map of 'Midia'' although listed as no.64 in the 'Table' at the end of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland Described was never included. (Hodson). References: Skelton 19, 37; Chubb XI, XIII-XIV; STC 23036

Provenance: John Edmond Hever Balfour, bookplate