28th Jul, 2021 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Manuscripts

 
Lot 17
 

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Speed (John). The North and East Ridins of Yorkshire, [London]: Performed by John Speede, and...

Speed (John). The North and East Ridins of Yorkshire, [London]: Performed by John Speede, and are to be sold in Popes heade Alley ... by John Sudbury and George Humbell, 1610 [i.e. 1611 or later], hand-coloured engraved map, inset plans of Richmond and Hull, English text verso, evidence of wear to plate towards foot including to plan of Hull, mileage cartouche and decorative border, mounted, glazed both sides and framed (affixed to mount with clear-tape tabs verso), mount aperture 387 x 506 mm, together with - ibid. York Shire, [London]: Performed by John Speed and are to be solde in Popes head alley, against the Exchange by John Sudbury and G. Humble, 1610 [i.e. 1616], hand-coloured engraved map, Latin text verso, 80 mm closed tear extending into image from top margin, mounted, glazed both sides and framed (affixed to mount with clear-tape tabs verso, mount aperture 394 x 520 mm, not examined out of frames (qty: 2) Cf. Chubb XXII or XXV for The North and East Riding and XXIVa for York Shire. The second map, 'York Shire', is from the 1616 Latin edition of Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, which Chubb describes as 'extremely rare'. Concerning the first map ('The North and East Ridins'), Humble's imprint appears in the maps of the first edition of 1611, the re-issue of 1627, and another issue published by John Dawson in 1646 (which is not in Chubb).

Sold for £400
Estimated at £150 - £250


 

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