ARTIST: John Speed
PUBLISHER: Published by John Sudbury and George Humbell, Popes Head Alley [London].
MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving, hand colored
DATE: 1611 (-1616).
EDITION SIZE: Image size 15 1/8 x 20 5/8" (384 X 523 MM).
DESCRIPTION: From John Speed's "The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine," first issued in 1611. Engraved by Jodocus Hondius. One of the most desirable of all Speed county maps, this map is enhanced with a town plan of Oxford drawn from the 1578 plan by Ralph Agas, coats-of-arms for the various university colleges down the sides, the British coat-of-arms, and two robed dons flanking a globe at bottom.
ADDITIONAL INFO: An early English issue of this map.
CONDITION: Good condition visually with old color, but with a few pinholes, repaired centerfold, remargined on all sides and replaced 2 x 3/8"" loss along right decorative border.
REFERENCE: Campbell, Early Maps, pl. 34.
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