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Speed, Gavin
Towns in the Dark Urban Transformations from Late Roman Britain to Anglo-Saxon England
Archaeopress Archaeology. New. 2014. Paperback. 178491004X . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened - -- with a bonus offer-- . Archaeopress Archaeology paperback
Référence libraire : 110683 ISBN : 178491004X 9781784910044
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Speed, Grant
Cowboy Artists of America. Twenty-Second Annual Exhibition at the Phoenix Art Museum October 30 - November 22 1987
Flagstaff Arizona: Northland Press 1987. Softcover. very good. unpaginated. Square quarto. Illustrated with black and white and coloured photos and paintings. Original pictorial wrappers. very good 1987 Northland Press paperback
Référence libraire : 118767
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Speed, H Fiennes
Cruises in Small Yachts and Big Canoes
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 3385344913.G ISBN : 3385344913 9783385344914
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Speed, H Fiennes
Cruises In Small Yachts And Big Canoes: Or Notes From The Log Of The Watersnake The Logs Of The Water Rat And Viper 1883
Kessinger Publishing. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. This is a reproduction of an out of print title. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. that were either part of the original artifact or were introduced by the scanning process. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Kessinger Publishing unknown
Référence libraire : Z1-T-020-01636 ISBN : 116476201x 9781164762010
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Speed, H Fiennes
Cruises in Small Yachts and Big Canoes: Or Notes From the ""Watersnake"" in Holland and On the South Coast the Logs of the ""Water Rat"" and ""Viper"" . With Remarks On Anchorages for Small Craft
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Référence libraire : 1018037276.G ISBN : 1018037276 9781018037271
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Speed, H Fiennes
Cruises in Small Yachts and Big Canoes: Or Notes from the Log of the Watersnake the Logs of the Water Rat and Viper 1883
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 116461553X.G ISBN : 116461553X 9781164615538
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Speed, H Fiennes
Cruises In Small Yachts And Big Canoes: Or Notes From The Log Of The Watersnake The Logs Of The Water Rat And Viper 1883
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Référence libraire : 116476201X.G ISBN : 116476201X 9781164762010
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Speed, H Fiennes
Cruises In Small Yachts And Big Canoes: Or Notes From The Log Of The Watersnake The Logs Of The Water Rat And Viper 1883
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 1436816653.G ISBN : 1436816653 9781436816656
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Speed, Harry Fiennes
Cruises in Small Yachts and Big Canoes . Illustrated with . Sketches Etc.
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 1241603111.G ISBN : 1241603111 9781241603113
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Speed, Harold
The Practice And Science of Drawing
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Référence libraire : 1421940175.G ISBN : 1421940175 9781421940175
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Speed, Harold (Author)
The Practice And Science Of Drawing
Gyan Books 2017. Hardcover. New. 216 pages. 5.50x0.63x8.50 inches. Gyan Books hardcover
Référence libraire : x-9351285634 ISBN : 9351285634 9789351285632
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Speed, Harold,
The Practice and Science Of Drawing
new. unknown
Référence libraire : 15837411-n ISBN : 1619492377 9781619492370
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Speed, Harold,
The Practice and Science Of Drawing
like new. unknown
Référence libraire : 15514067 ISBN : 1609421361 9781609421366
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Speed, Harold,
The Practice and Science Of Drawing
like new. unknown
Référence libraire : 45213002 ISBN : 1015426255 9781015426252
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Speed, Harold,
The Practice and Science Of Drawing
like new. unknown
Référence libraire : 10621116 ISBN : 1849026602 9781849026604
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Speed, Harold
The Practice and Science of Drawing
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Référence libraire : 102297369X.G ISBN : 102297369X 9781022973695
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Speed, Harold,
The Practice and Science Of Drawing
like new. unknown
Référence libraire : 50167520 ISBN : 102297369x 9781022973695
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Speed, Harold
The Practice and Science of Drawing
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 0559108877.G ISBN : 0559108877 9780559108877
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Speed, Harold
The Practice & Science of Drawing
Seeley Service & Co. 1913. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item800grams ISBN: Seeley, Service & Co. hardcover
Référence libraire : 2938221
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Speed, Harold
The Practice and Science of Drawing
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 146640258X.G ISBN : 146640258X 9781466402584
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Speed, Harold
The Practice and Science of Drawing
Empire Books 2011-12-25. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Empire Books paperback
Référence libraire : Q-1619492377 ISBN : 1619492377 9781619492370
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Speed, Harold
The Practice and Science of Drawing: Illustrated
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 1514879719.G ISBN : 1514879719 9781514879719
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Speed, Harold
The Practice and Science of Drawing
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Référence libraire : 1849026602.G ISBN : 1849026602 9781849026604
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Speed, Harold
The Practice and Science of Drawing
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Référence libraire : 1609421361.G ISBN : 1609421361 9781609421366
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Speed, Harold
The Practice and Science of Drawing
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Référence libraire : 1015426255.G ISBN : 1015426255 9781015426252
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Speed, Harold
The Practice & Science Of Drawing: With 93 Illustrations & Diagrams
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Référence libraire : 1015409989.G ISBN : 1015409989 9781015409989
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Speed, Harold
The practice and science of drawing
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 9353896452.G ISBN : 9353896452 9789353896454
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Speed, Harold
The Science & Practice of Oil Painting
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Référence libraire : 1025970144.G ISBN : 1025970144 9781025970141
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SPEED, Harold
The Science & Practice of Oil Painting. Universal Art Series
London: Chapman and Hall Ltd. 1926. Second Impression. 8vo. pp. 8vo. pp. xii 275. 58 plates. Cloth ex lib. with rubber stamps edges rubbed with some fraying front joint loose London: Chapman and Hall Ltd., 1926 hardcover
Référence libraire : aly1568
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Speed, Henry
Super Vegan Cuisine 2022: Recipes to Cleanse Your Body and Mind
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 1804508098.G ISBN : 1804508098 9781804508091
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SPEED, J
A Map of Virginia and Maryland
London 1676. No Binding. Near Fine. 14 3/4 x 19 ¼ inches. Fine hand color; wear to bottom of centerfold else fine condition. A very attractive near-mint example. Speed's handsomely engraved work is one of the earliest English maps of the area and one of the first to demarcate the borders of colonial Virginia and Maryland. Just three years before the publication of Speed's map Augustine Herrman had conducted the first thorough surveys of Maryland at the behest of Lord Baltimore. Speed's was one of the first maps to adopt this groundbreaking cartography. However in general outline Speed still followed the prototype of Captain John Smith who conducted the first European survey of Chesapeake Bay. Speed's map "is the last major derivative of the Smith map and it is unique as an example of the transition from one basic prototype map to another. The delineation of the land area follows Smith while the toponymic prototype was the Herrman map of 1673." Verner in Tooley Mapping of America p.170 A particularly important feature derived from Herrman by Speed is the boundary line indicated by a double row of trees between Virginia and Maryland on the Eastern Shore. English text on the verso contains extensive descriptions of Virginia and Maryland. unknown
Référence libraire : 9394
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Speed, J A
The Messenger Vol. 4: March 1908 Classic Reprint
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 0243446640.G ISBN : 0243446640 9780243446643
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Speed, James
James Speed: A Personality 1914
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Référence libraire : 1164245686.G ISBN : 1164245686 9781164245681
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Speed, James
Opinion on the Constitutional Power of the Military to try and Execute the Assassins of the President
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Référence libraire : 134205198X.G ISBN : 134205198X 9781342051981
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Speed, James
OPINION ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL POWER OF THE MILITARY TO TRY AND EXECUTE THE ASSASSINS OF THE PRESIDENT
Washington 1865. 16pp disbound. Front wrapper only light waterstain running through outer edges of text. Good.<br /> <br /> Speed was a Kentuckian appointed as Lincoln's Attorney General in 1864. Though a Border State moderate he quickly became an all-out Union man with the outbreak of war. Here he opines that trial of the alleged presidential assassins should occur by military commission rather than civil courts: the law of war as part of the law of nations has implicitly been adopted in the Constitution. <br /> "When lawless wretches become so impudent and powerful as not to be controlled and governed by the ordinary tribunals of a country armies are called out and the laws of war invoked." The laws of war do not require different treatment of "secret active enemies" and "open active enemies" who would be tried by military tribunal. Under these circumstances the alleged assassins may be tried by military court without a jury. <br /> FIRST EDITION. Monaghan 739. II Harv. Law Cat. 634. 165 Eberstadt 471. Not in LCP. unknown
Référence libraire : 32612
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Speed, James
Oration of James Speed Upon the Inauguration of the Bust of Abraham Lincoln at Louisville Ky. February 12 1867
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Référence libraire : 1340195844.G ISBN : 1340195844 9781340195847
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Speed, James O, Jr
The Apostles' Creed: Fresh Water from an Ancient Spring
New. New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. unknown
Référence libraire : 0877971447 ISBN : 0877971447 9780877971443
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Speed, James O, Jr
The Apostles' Creed: Fresh Water from an Ancient Spring
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Référence libraire : 0877971447.G ISBN : 0877971447 9780877971443
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SPEED, Jeffrey John
Tudor Townscapes. The Town Plans from John Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine 1610. Introduced and with Commentaries by.
Waddesdon: Map Collector Publications 2000. First edition. Large oblong 8vo. 172 pp. Publisher's green cloth gilt lettered to the spine dust jacket. Colour reproductions of the original plans throughout. Sunning to the jacket at slightly unusual angles else very good. Waddesdon: Map Collector Publications unknown
Référence libraire : 45232
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Speed, Jeffery John
Tudor Townscapes: The Town Plans from John Speed's ""Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine 1610""
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
Référence libraire : 0906430232.G ISBN : 0906430232 9780906430231
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Speed, John Gilmer
A Fall River Incident: A Little Visit To A Big Mill 1895
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Référence libraire : 1169038611.G ISBN : 1169038611 9781169038615
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Speed, John Gilmer
A Fall River Incident: Or A Little Visit To A Big Mill
hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
Référence libraire : 1340912384.G ISBN : 1340912384 9781340912383
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Speed, John
A hand coloured title page from 'The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine'
George Humble. SPEED John. A hand coloured title page from 'The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine'. London: George Humble 1627. Hand-coloured engraved allegorical title page from Speed's celebrated atlas of Great Britain. Image size approximately 390 x 250 mm. Mounted for display. Overall an excellent near fine example mounted verso with archival tape. This title page is from the 1627 edition on laid paper with attractive early hand-colouring depicting allegorical and historical figures representing the successive peoples of Britain including the Britons Romans Saxons Danes and Normans surrounding the architectural title framework. Imprint at foot: "Are to be sold by George Humble at the White Horse in Popes-head Alley." The engraved title page formed part of John Speed's monumental The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine first issued in 1611 and regarded as the first major atlas of the British Isles produced by an English cartographer. . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 1627. George Humble paperback
Référence libraire : 003914
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SPEED, John
A Map of Russia
<p>London: Sold by Tho: Basset in Fleet Street and Richard Chiswell in St. Pauls Church yard 1676. 405 by 515mm. 16 by 20.25 inches. Speed's map of Russia Double-page engraved map with hand-colour. A map of Russia one of the nine new maps added to the 1676 edition of Speed's 'Prospect' the first atlas compiled and published by an Englishman. Unusually this map is not in the carte-à-figure style that characterizes the 'Prospect'. Instead set in the top left-hand corner of the map is a detailed plan of Moscow with points of particular interest such as 'The Emperours Palace' and 'The Horse market' labelled. On the right-hand side is an elaborate cartouche containing views including 'Archangel' Arkhangelsk and 'A Hott House'. Accompanying text in English 'The Description of Russia' is printed on the reverse. John Speed 1552-1629 was the outstanding cartographer of his age. By trade a merchant tailor but by proclivity a historian it was the patronage of Sir Fulke Greville poet and statesman that allowed him to pursue this interest in earnest. His 'Theatre of Great Britain' first published in 1611 or 1612 was the first large-scale printed atlas of the British Isles. The 'Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World' from which the present work is drawn appeared in 1627 bound with the 'Theatre' and is the first world atlas compiled by an Englishman to be published in England. Engraved in Amsterdam many of the maps are anglicized versions of works by Dutch makers in distinctive carte-à-figure style featuring borders with figures in local costume and city views. This map is from the 1676 edition of the 'Prospect' published by Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell. While not as rare as the earlier publications this edition is perhaps the most important given that it is the first to include the nine new maps: among them Virginia and Maryland Barbados and the present example Russia. It is also the last time that the 'Prospect' was printed as an atlas. Shirley Atlases T.SPE-2f.</p> Sold by Tho: Basset in Fleet Street and Richard Chiswell in St. Pauls Church yard,
Référence libraire : 21930
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SPEED, John
A New Description of Carolina
London: Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell 1676. 380 by 505mm. 15 by 20 inches. Sheet size 408 by 530mm 19 x 21 inches. Engraved map with text on verso. A fine and attractive map of the Carolina colony. Publishers Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell republished English cartographer John Speed's 1552-1629 popular 1611 atlas "The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain" in 1676. As a supplement they included new section "A Prospect of the most Famous parts of the World" which contained maps engraved by Francis Lamb of the English colonies of New England and New York Virginia and Maryland Carolina and Florida and Jamaica and Barbados. This map depicts the Carolina colony in 1676 drawing from the Lord Proprietor's Map by royal geographer John Ogilby and the explorations of John Lederer fl. 1670-1675. The map orients the West to the top and depicts the coastline from Cape Charles at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay to the north and St Augustine Florida to the south. Looking inland the Appalachian Mountains marked as "Apalathean Mountains" cut across the top right section of the map. The present map features a cartouche where the Ogilby publication had an inset map of the Ashley and Cooper Rivers. This map is one of the first to name Charleston "Charles Town" on the banks of the Ashley River. The map correctly identifies the town on the south bank of the Ashley River whereas Speed's smaller format map of Carolina incorrectly places the town on the north banks of the river. King Charles II granted eight Lord Proprietors land in North America that extended between 31 and 36 degrees latitude later extended to 29 degrees. Lederer was a German explorer who travelled West from the East coast of Virginia in hopes of finding the Pacific and the "Sea of China" with its associated riches. He never did reach the Pacific - unsurprisingly - but his personal records of his travels influenced contemporary maps. His description of the "Arenosa Desert" reflects Lederer's memory of crossing the Carolina pine barrens in the blistering summer heat. The "Great Lake" is likely the Catawba flooded which he mistook as permanent. In total Lederer traipsed across Virginia and the Eastern coast three times making it as far as the Blue Ridge mountains. Lederer's discoveries are recorded in Sir William Talbot's translation of the explorer's account from Latin to English and published in London in 1672 as "The Discoveries of John Lederer in three several Marches from Virginia To the West of Carolina." On the verso the text describes Lederer's journeys and discoveries. Burden 457 Cumming 77 Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell, unknown
Référence libraire : 15098
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SPEED, John
A New Mape of Ye XVII Provinces of Low Germanie
<p>London: Are to be sold by Thomas Bassett in Fleet Street and Richard Chiswell in St. Pauls Churchyard 1676. 420 by 540mm. 16.5 by 21.25 inches. Speed's map of 'Low Germanie' Double-page engraved map with hand-colour. A map of 'Low Germanie' the modern-day Netherlands from the 1676 edition of the first atlas compiled and published by an Englishman Speed's 'Prospect'. A decorative border along the top of the map depicts views of major cities among them Amsterdam and Utrecht. Along each side of the map are illustrated figures in regional costume. Accompanying text in English 'The Description of Belgia' is printed on the reverse. John Speed 1552-1629 was the outstanding cartographer of his age. By trade a merchant tailor but by proclivity a historian it was the patronage of Sir Fulke Greville poet and statesman that allowed him to pursue this interest in earnest. His 'Theatre of Great Britain' first published in 1611 or 1612 was the first large-scale printed atlas of the British Isles. The 'Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World' from which the present work is drawn appeared in 1627 bound with the 'Theatre' and is the first world atlas compiled by an Englishman to be published in England. Engraved in Amsterdam many of the maps are anglicized versions of works by Dutch makers in distinctive carte-à-figure style featuring borders with figures in local costume and city views. This map is from the 1676 edition of the 'Prospect' published by Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell. While not as rare as the earlier publications this edition is perhaps the most important given that it is the first to include the nine new maps: among them Virginia and Maryland Barbados and Russia. It is also the last time that the 'Prospect' was printed as an atlas. Shirley Atlases T.SPE-2f.</p> Are to be sold by Thomas Bassett in Fleet Street and Richard Chiswell in St. Pauls Churchyard,
Référence libraire : 21920
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SPEED, John [and Pieter van der KEERE?].
A new mape of ye XVII provinces of Low Germanie.
London: George Humble 1626. Framed. 41 x 53 cm. Engraved map with hand coloured borders probably by Pieter van den Keere 1571-after 1646. Incorporating a fine compass-rose with 32 rhumb lines and names of the wind-directions a coat of arms of France a title-cartouche a legend "A catalogue of the cities et ! villages in everie Province" and an indication of scale ca. 1:1.120.000. The map is topped by 8 hand coloured miniature profiles of major cities and bordered by hand coloured figures in local costume at the left 5 male figures and right 5 female figures. Very fine and attractive map in its first edition as published in John Speed's A Prospect of the most famous Parts of the World London 1627. The very successful map was republished in 1654 in two different states and 1674. Its decorative border incorporates profiles of Amsterdam Antwerp Ghent Middelburg Groningen Zutphen Utrecht and Atrecht and figures depicting "a Gentle woman" "a Brabanders wiffe!" "a Hollanders wiffe !" "a Fishers wiffe!" "a Contreywoman!" and their male counterparts.Slightly creased with restored tears along the head and foot of the central fold. Otherwise a very good copy.l Van der Heijden 88 first state of 4. George Humble, unknown
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SPEED, John
A Newe Mape of Tartary
<p>London: and are to be sold by Tho: Bassett in Fleet Street & Richard Chiswell in St. Pauls Churchyard 1676. 395 by 510mm. 15.5 by 20 inches. Speed's map of 'Tartary' Double-page engraved map with hand-colour. A map of Tartary encompassing parts of modern-day Siberia and Central Asia from the 1676 edition of the first atlas compiled and published by an Englishman Speed's 'Prospect'. The decorative border that runs along the top of the map depicts views of major cities as well as the house built on 'Nova Zemla' Novaya Zemlya by the explorer Willem Barentsz and his crew stranded there in 1596 here presented fending off a polar bear. Along each side are illustrated figures in regional costume. Accompanying text in English 'The Description of the Kingdom of Tartary' is printed on the reverse. John Speed 1552-1629 was the outstanding cartographer of his age. By trade a merchant tailor but by proclivity a historian it was the patronage of Sir Fulke Greville poet and statesman that allowed him to pursue this interest in earnest. His 'Theatre of Great Britain' first published in 1611 or 1612 was the first large-scale printed atlas of the British Isles. The 'Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World' from which the present work is drawn appeared in 1627 bound with the 'Theatre' and is the first world atlas compiled by an Englishman to be published in England. Engraved in Amsterdam many of the maps are anglicized versions of works by Dutch makers in distinctive carte-à-figure style featuring borders with figures in local costume and city views. This map is from the 1676 edition of the 'Prospect' published by Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell. While not as rare as the earlier publications this edition is perhaps the most important given that it is the first to include the nine new maps: among them Virginia and Maryland Barbados and Russia. It is also the last time that the 'Prospect' was printed as an atlas. Shirley Atlases T.SPE-2f.</p> and are to be sold by Tho: Bassett in Fleet Street & Richard Chiswell in St. Pauls Churchyard,
Référence libraire : 21929
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SPEED, John
Africae
<p>London: published at the charges of G. Humble 1626 but 1627-1632. 390 by 500mm. 15.25 by 19.75 inches. The first English map of Africa Double-page engraved map with hand-colour. The first English map of Africa from the first atlas compiled and published by an Englishman Speed's 'Prospect'. The map was engraved by Abraham Goos for Speed's 'Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World'. Along the top border are eight inset views of cities mainly in North Africa for example Alexandria Tangier and Tunis; along the side margins are inset engravings of people from different regions. The map is dense with place names rivers mountains and lakes many fictitious. While ships and sea-monsters populate the sea inland are depicted animals including zebras elephants lions and monkeys. The source of the Nile is given to the Lakes Zaire and Zaflan as according to Ptolemy. Accompanying text in English 'The Description of Africa' is printed on the reverse. John Speed 1552-1629 was the outstanding cartographer of his age. By trade a merchant tailor but by proclivity a historian it was the patronage of Sir Fulke Greville poet and statesman that allowed him to pursue this interest in earnest. His 'Theatre of Great Britain' first published in 1611 or 1612 was the first large-scale printed atlas of the British Isles. The 'Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World' from which the present work is drawn appeared in 1627 bound with the 'Theatre' and is the first world atlas compiled by an Englishman to be published in England. Engraved in Amsterdam many of the maps are anglicized versions of works by Dutch makers in distinctive carte-à-figure style featuring borders with figures in local costume and city views. Norwich 30; Shirley Atlases T.SPE-2a.</p> published at the charges of G. Humble,
Référence libraire : 21913
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SPEED, JOHN:
AN ORIGINAL ENGRAVED MAP OF Bohemia. “Czechoslovakia“ Newly described by John Speed Anno Dom: 1626.
Are to be sold by Ric. Chiswell on St. Pauls Church yard and by The: Bassett in Fleetstreet. 1676. Lg.map engr.surface ca 55 cm x 42 cm. Frame 61.5cm x 50cm Nicely hand-coloured. An attractive and decorative map Featured "carte a figure" map adorned with side panels depicting costumed figures and further enhanced with a row of city views along the top. Prague is at the centre. The Danube River flows from west to east along the bottom of the map. An inset at right explains the symbols used. Very good. Framed in double glazed Mount. English text on verso. From: A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World London Th. Bassett & R. Chiswell 1676. Are to be sold by Ric. Chiswell on St. Pauls Church yard and by The: Bassett in Fleetstreet. 1676 unknown
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