Van den Keere, Pieter -- John Speed
£1,800
Rare Books, Maps & Manuscripts
Auction: 7 September 2011 at 12:00 BST
Description
England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland described and abridged with ye historic relation of things. London : and are to bee sould at Georg Humble at the White-horse in popeshead Alley, 1627 . Part 1 of 2 only, [lacking "A Prospect of the World"], oblong 8vo (95 x 150mm.), engraved title (cropped at foot), engraved table of maps, 63 engraved regional and county maps by Pieter van den Keere, many reduced from Speed's folio atlas including folding map of Great Britain, Gloucestershire cropped at foot, original vellum, ties, one or two maps shaved close to neatline, a few very minor spots, one tie lacking, ?lacking A4-5