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| SPEED, J. / HUMBLE, J. - A newe mape of Tartary. London, 1627, Coloured.. 385x505mm. Good condition. Repair of small split lower part center fold. Early edition of one of the most decorative maps of Tartary, known for its figured borders with costume figures, while above are vignettes of the cities of Astrakhan, Samarkand and Cambalu, with an illustration of a "house in Nova Zemla". The Great Wall of China is clearly seen, and the interi... (Go to Item Page) |
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| SPEED,J./ HUMBLE, G. - A Newe mape of Poland Done into English by I.Speede. London, 1640, Coloured.. 405x510mm. Very good. Short margins. Paper slightly age-toned. Tiny wormhole in upper right corner filled in.Good and dark impression. A wonderful map of Poland. Incorporated into Speed's 'Prospect Of The Most Famous Parts Of The World'. Includes birds-eye views of Cracow, Dantzick, Posna, Crossen, Sandomiria and Breslaw across the top and indigenous costumes of a Polonian Gentleman and Gentlewoman Polonian Man and Woman, 2 coats o... (Go to Item Page) |
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| KAERIUS, P. / SPEED, J. - (Lot of 4 maps) A new and accurate map of the World. Americas. Europe. Asia. Amsterdam, c.1646, coloured. 90x135mm. The maps are in fine, clean condition. Four maps from a rare miniature edition of John Speed's "Prospect", first published in 1646. Although Speed's name does not appear on the title-page of the 1646 edition, or on any of the maps, this miniature atlas was most frequently issued bound with the miniature edition of the Theatre, and so is ... (Go to Item Page) |
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| SPEED, J. - Spaine Newly described, with many adictions, both in the attires of the people & the Setuations of their cheifest Cityes by John Speed 1626. London, 1626 / 1662-1667, Coloured.. 415x533mm. A dark impression. Paper slightly browned. Marginal tears. No text on verso. From Speed's Prospect of the most famous parts of the world, here published by Roger Rea the Elder. A decorative carte à figures, of Spain and Portugal with side panels depicting costumes of a Spanish Gentleman and Gentlewoman and a series of town views of Madrid, Seville, Lisbon, Val... (Go to Item Page) |
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| SPEED, J. / BASSET ,T. - A new description of Carolina. London 1676, Uncoloured.. 380x503mm. Good impression. Very minor discolouration along centerfold due to back slip. Very good. A wonderful map of Carolina. Incorporated into a 1676 reissue of Speed's 'Prospect Of The Most Famous Parts Of The World'. The map is (in)famous for its depiction of the large savanna in the Piedmont, the mythical Afhley Lake, and the not-so-mythical desert in eastern NC. Incorporated into... (Go to Item Page) |
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| SPEED, J. - A new mape of Ye XVII Provinces of Low Germanie. London, 1676, Coloured.. 405x522mm. Map cut into need line, with added margins. Some paperthinness along center fold and several worm holes and paper brittleness filled in. Showing all 17 Provinces of the Netherlands before the split between Spain and the Protestant Provinces under the House of Orange. The map was first published while the war of independence was still being fought against Philip II. With columns of figures on either side and surmounted by eight c... (Go to Item Page) |
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| SPEED, J. / BASSET, T. / CHISWELL, R. - EUROP, and the cheife Cities contayned therin described. . . London, 1627 - 1676, Coloured.. 392x517mm. Good impression. Repair of split next to lower part center fold, 15cm. into engraved area. Paper browned. A good impression from an early edition of this famous and decorative cartes-a-figures from the first world atlas produced by an Englishman - John Speed’s Prospect Of The Most Famous Parts Of The World. Full length figures in national costume appear in panels on either side, while the up... (Go to Item Page) |
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