Miniature regional maps from John Speeds 1632
England Wales, Scotland and Ireland Described

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About 1605-1610, Pieter van den Keere (Petrus Kaerius) issued a collection of 44 maps of parts of the British Isles, probably intended for an atlas covering the entire isles. The counties of England and Wales were after the maps of Christopher Saxton (issued in 1579), those of Ireland were after the work of Abraham Ortelius, and those of Scotland after B. Boazio. Within a few years, John Speed issued his famous folio atlas of the British Isles and soon thereafter the van den Keere plates were in the hands of Speed's publisher, George Humble. Humble had new plates engraved for the sections of the British Isles missing from the original group, had the titles changed to English, and then in 1627 issued the new set of maps as a miniature version to accompany the second edition of the folio Speed atlas. This "miniature Speed" atlas was probably issued again in conjunction with the 1632 Speed folio, and it is from that edition that these wonderful maps come. They present a charming and rare depiction of the various regions of the British Isles in the early seventeenth century.

• "Dorcet Shire." Wear at bottom, just into neatline. $40
• "Devonshire." Trimmed just into neatline at bottom. $45
• "Cornwaile." Trimmed just into map at bottom. $45
• "Somerset Shire." Trimmed just into map at bottom. $45
• "Wilt Shire." $65

• "Southampton." Timmerd to neat line top left and bottom right. $50
• "Barkshire." $65
• "Wight Island." Trimmed into image at top; rough margins. $40
• "Midle-sex." Trimmed just into neatline at top. $60
• "Essex County." Trimmed to just touch neatline at bottom left. $60
• "Norfolcke." Trimmed just into map at bottom. $45

• "Cambridge Shire." Trimmed just into neatline at top. $60
• "Harforde Shire." Trimmed just to neatline at bottom. $55
• "Bedford Shire." $60
• "Buckingham Shire." JT ON APPROVAL
• "Glocester Shire." Trimmed into map at bottom. $45

• "Hereford Shire." Short repaired tear at top. $55
• "Worcestershir." Trimmed just into map at bottom. $45
• "Warwicke Shire." Trimmed just into map at bottom. $50
• "Northampton Shire." $60
• "Rutlande Shire." $55

• "Leicester Shire." $60
• "Lincolne Shire." Trimmed just to neatline at bottom left. $55
• "Nottingha Shire." $60
• "Darby Shire." Trimmed just into map at bottom. $50
• "Staffordshir." $60

• "Shropshire." $55
• "Chester" $60
• "Lancaster." Trimmed just into neatline at bottom right. $50
• "The Bishopprick of Durham." $55
• "Westmorland and Comberlad." $55

• "Northumberland." Trimmed just to neatline in bottom left. $50
• "The Isle of man." Trimmed just to neatline in bottom left. $50
• "Holy Iland."/"Garnsey"/"Farne"/"Jarsey." Trimmed just into maps at bottom. $40
• "Wales." Trimmed just into neatline in bottom left. $55
• "Pembrok Shire." Trimmed just into map in bottom left. $45

• "Radnor Breknok Cardigan and Caermarthen described." $50
• "Glamorgan Shire." Trimmed just to neatline at bottom. $45
• "Mounmouth Shire." $50
• "Montgomerie-Merionidh Shires." $50
• "Denbigh and Flint described." $50

• "Anglesey and Carnarvan." Trimmed just into neatline at bottom right. $50

• "The South pt. of Scotland wherin are contained Edinbrough St. Andrew and Glasco Archbisho." Trimmed just into neatline at bottom right. JT ON APPROVAL
• "The Southern parts of Scotland wherin is ye Strange Lake Lomund." $50
• "The Eastern part of Scotland wher in ther are divers Shires and the University of Aberdyn." rimmed just into neatline at bottom right. $45
• "Part of Scotland it is called of the inhabitance Stranauerne with his borderers" Trimmed just to neatline at bottom. $45
• "The Isles of Hebrides wth ther borderers." Trimmed just into map at bottom. $45
• "Cathanes And Orknay Ins." Trimmed just into map at bottom. $45

• "Ulster." Trimmed to neat line at bottom DHC On Approval
• "Mounster." Trimmed just into neatline at bottom left. $45
• "Linstaer." Trimmed just to neatline at top left. JT ON APPROVAL
• "Connack." Trimmed just into neatline at top. Tiny pin hole. JT ON APPROVAL

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