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  • Aet. M. Viri Clarissimi Joannis Speed, Farndoniae nati in Comitatu Cestriae; Civis Londinensis, Mercatorum Seissorum Fratris Servi fidelissimi. . . . (Portrait of John Speed.)

Aet. M. Viri Clarissimi Joannis Speed, Farndoniae nati in Comitatu Cestriae; Civis Londinensis, Mercatorum Seissorum Fratris Servi fidelissimi. . . . (Portrait of John Speed.)

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  • PUBLISHER: Published by George Humble.

  • MEDIUM: Engraving,

    DATE: c.1632.

  • EDITION SIZE: 10 1/8 x 7 1/2" (25.9 x 19.1 cm) plus margins.

  • DESCRIPTION: Engraved by Solomon Savery.<br><br> A beautifully engraved portrait of the noted English historian and cartographer, John Speed. The engraving appeared as the frontispiece to Speed's British Isles Atlas, Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine from c.1631 onwards, also appearing in the combined editions of the two atlases, which are often found bound together.

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  • CONDITION: Good condition. Black & white.

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps , Curiosities

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