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réf. 11341London: John Sudbury and George Humble. 1610-27. No binding. Good. THE FIRST REASONABLY ACCURATE MAP OF JERSEY. 385 x 510 mm. with recent outline and wash colour in good condition. The first published state of a quartered map by John Speed displaying the tidal Holy Island Lindisfarne reachable on foot at low tide and the Farne Islands both off the coast of Northumberland. On the right side are the two main Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey. This is the first reasonably accurate map of Jersey to be printed. The parish boundaries are marked along with the various waterways each indicating housing along their courses. In addition three windmills are displayed. Guernsey displays no real improvement over that of Gerard Mercator published in 1595 but it does now display its proximity to Jersey. Sark now displays buildings and one windmill which had only recently been built by Hellier de Carteret in 1571. He was the first Seigneur of the island. It was famously decapitated by the Nazis in the Second World War. John Speed 1552-1629 is the best known and among collectors the most popular British cartographer. He was like his father a tailor by trade with a passion for history. On joining the Society of Antiquaries he took his first steps towards the compilation of the atlas that has placed him among the cartographic immortals. In 1611 he produced the 'History of Great Britain' and his atlas the 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain' was published to accompany it. The 'Theatre .' was the first atlas of the British Isles ever produced containing sixty-seven maps which in addition to the counties of England and Wales also included general maps of the Heptarchy England in Anglo-Saxon times Great Britain and Ireland England Wales Scotland and the Provinces of Ireland together with maps of the Isles of Wight and Man and the Channel Islands. Preparation for the atlas took several years and the maps are all engraved by Jodocus Hondius in Amsterdam. This example was printed in 1627 the last edition to be published before the death of Speed. Provenance: private Jersey collection. Shirley T.SPE-1e; Skelton 1966; Skelton 1970 7 & 16. John Sudbury and George Humble. 1610-[27] unknown
1676réf. 5494London Thomas Bassett &: Richard Chiswell 1676. Copper engraving 38.5 x 51.2 cms recent hand colour English text to verso. John Speed 1552-1629 is unquestionably the most significant English map-maker of the seventeenth-century. A brief note from Granger's Bibliographical History of England 1779 contains most of the information we have about Speed's life: "John Speed who was bred a Tailor was by the generosity of Sir Fulk Grevil his patron set free from a manual employment and enabled to pursue his studies to which he was strongly inclined by the bent of his genius. The fruits of them were his Theatre of Great Britain containing an entire set of maps of the counties drawn by himself his History of Great Britain richly adorned with seals coins & medals from the Cotton collection; and his Genealogies of Scripture first bound up with the Bible in 1611 which was the first edition of the present English translation. His maps were very justly esteemed & his History of Great Britain was in its kind incomparably more complete than all the histories of his predecessors put together ." The first edition of Speed's "Theatre" was published in 1612. It was the first atlas of the British Isles and the first attempt made by an Englishman to match the achievements of the great continental publishing houses - although much of the engraving of the copper plates was performed in Amsterdam by Jodocus Hondius. Speed was an antiquary and intended that his atlas should be read in conjunction with his history of Britain. He managed to include a great deal of historical detail on his 'modern' county maps and the inset town plans some surveyed by himself together comprise the first collection of town plans of the British Isles all in all making the Theatre a highly decorative as well as a useful volume. It was a great success and there were editions printed throughout the seventeenth-century. Map Richard Chiswell unknown
1809réf. 49236London William Nicholson 1809. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf but spine lacks boards loose. In: "A Journal of Natural Philosophy Chemistry and the Arts. By William Nicholson." Vol. XXII. - VIII3848 pp. a. 10 engraved plates. Youngs paper: pp. 104-124. Small stamps to verso of titlepage. Internally fine and clean. First appearance together with the paper in the "Transactions of the Royal Society at the same time of this famous paper containing Young's implicit discovery of the Joukowski equation for solids 100 years before it appeared under the name of Joukowski 1847-1921 the well-known pioneer in the theory of aerodynamics. hardcover
1809réf. 49236London, William Nicholson, 1809. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf, but spine lacks, boards loose. In: ""A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts. By William Nicholson."" Vol. XXII. - VIII,384,(8) pp. a. 10 engraved plates. Youngs paper: pp. 104-124. Small stamps to verso of titlepage. Internally fine and clean.
1646réf. 23396London: William Humble 1646. Other. In excellent condition. 384 by 508mm 15 by 20 inches. 384 by 508mm 15 by 20 inches. Copper engraving uncolored as published. William Humble unknown
1646réf. 23408London: William Humble 1646. Other. In excellent condition. 381 by 505mm 15 by 20 inches. 381 by 505mm 15 by 20 inches. Copper engraving uncolored as published. William Humble unknown
1996réf. 1-0898158028Ten Speed Press 1996. Paperback. New. 8.00x5.00x0.50 inches. Ten Speed Press paperback
réf. 88321Published Bassett & Chiswell. Ca 1676. Engraved map Uncoloured. With printed description of the County of Dorset on back. Ivory Mount Size 64cm x 52cm. Map size 52cm x 39cm In very good condition. Neat Centre fold. -- Map of Dorset from 1662 with town plan of Dorchester and coats of arms. From John Speed’s ‘Theatre of the Empire of Britain’ originally engraved by Jodocus Hondius with a brief description and history of Dorset with list of Divisions and Hundreds on the back. Published Bassett & Chiswell. Ca 1676 unknown
réf. 93175John Sudbury & George Humble 1627. Nice later hand-colouring. An attractive and decorative map with inset views of the palaces of Richmond and Nonsuch both royal Tudor residences which were demolished by the end of the seventeenth century. Nonsuch was given by Charles II to Barbara Countess of Castlemaine who then tore it apart to pay gambling debts; Richmond was sold by Parliament after the execution of Charles I. In very good condition. Some slight on centre fold. Map a little darkened. Wooden fame has a few little nicks. Large double sided map engraved surface 20.5 x 15.5 inches. Gold tinted black hardwood Frame with glass front with a light maroon mount. Frame Size 24.5 x 22.5 inches. The maps by John Speed are "the best known and most popular of all English county maps" Tooley. John Sudbury & George Humble 1627 unknown
réf. 11765London: John Sudbury and George Humble. 1612-32. No binding. Good. FIRST STATE. 390 x 515 mm. in recent wash colour in good condition. John Speed's map of Munster in Ireland in its first state. It includes Waterford and Limerick extending south westerly to include the city of Cork. It includes two fine town plans of Limerick and Cork both with a key to notable buildings. John Speed 1552-1629 is the best known and among collectors the most popular British cartographer. He was like his father a tailor by trade with a passion for history. On joining the Society of Antiquaries he took his first steps towards the compilation of the atlas that has placed him among the cartographic immortals. In 1611 he produced the 'History of Great Britain' and his atlas the 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain' was published to accompany it. The 'Theatre .' was the first atlas of the British Isles ever produced containing sixty-seven maps which in addition to the counties of England and Wales also included general maps of the Heptarchy England in Anglo-Saxon times Great Britain and Ireland England Wales Scotland and the Provinces of Ireland together with maps of the Isles of Wight and Man and the Channel Islands. Preparation for the atlas took several years and the maps are all engraved by Jodocus Hondius in Amsterdam whose imprint appears here lower left. Bonar-Law 1979 'John Speed Maps of Ireland'; Bonar-Law 2013; Shirley 2004 T.Spe 1f; Skelton 1970 7 & 18. John Sudbury and George Humble. 1612-[32] unknown
1632réf. M11092London: Petrus Kaerius caelavit George Humble c.1632 . Very Good. Notes: A set of 5 miniature maps of Ireland and its counties. Pieter van den Keere Latin: Petrus Kaerius 1571 – c. 1646 was a Flemish engraver publisher and globe maker who worked for the most part of his career in England and the Dutch Republic. Miniature Speeds A series of 44 plates for the British Isles from about 1599 took a long time to publish. They were based on Christopher Saxton Ortelius and Giovanni Battista Boazio respectively for England and Wales Scotland and Ireland. They appeared in 1617 in a Latin edition of the Britannia of William Camden by Willem Blaeu. Later these plates came to William Humble or George Humble according to Royal Geographical Society fellow Carl Moreland and David Bannister—map dealer—in "Antique Maps" who issued them with some modification and expansion in 1627 as a miniature version of the atlas of John Speed. Thereby van den Keere's works came by the name "Miniature Speeds". Size : 85x123 mm 3.35x4.84 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Category: Maps Europe Ireland; Petrus Kaerius caelavit [George Humble] unknown
1616réf. M8778London: John Sudbury & George Humble 1616. Good a few marginal tears restored margins reinforced with acid free tissue. . Notes: StolenBeautiful map of Cardigan Shyre in Wales drawn by John Speed and engraved by Jodocus Hondius showing its mountains major rivers forests and towns. Decorative inset shows plan of town of Cardigan. John Speed 1552 –1629 was an English cartographer and historian. He is known as England's most famous Stuart period mapmaker. His maps of English counties are often found framed in homes throughout the United Kingdom.For a series of maps Speed partnered with Dutch engraver Jodocus Hondius. Size : 383x510 mm 15.08x20.08 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Category: Maps Europe United Kingdom Wales; John Sudbury & George Humble unknown
1616réf. M8779London: John Sudbury & George Humble 1616. Good a few marginal tears upper left corner replaced not affecting the image. Reinforced with acid free tissue paper on the back of the margins. . Notes: StolenBeautiful map of Cumberland northern England showing mountains rivers and major towns with an inset of Carlisle armorials and a vignette of a battle scene. John Speed 1552 –1629 was an English cartographer and historian. He is known as England's most famous Stuart period mapmaker. His maps of English counties are often found framed in homes throughout the United Kingdom.For a series of maps Speed partnered with Dutch engraver Jodocus Hondius. Size : 384x507 mm 15.12x19.96 Inches Coloring: Original Hand Coloring Category: Maps Europe United Kingdom England; John Sudbury & George Humble unknown
réf. 75869London John Sudbury & George Humble nd. Large Map. Approx 20 x 16 inches engraved area. Hand coloured. Mounted. Double-sided with list of hundreds and Description of the County on reverse. Framed. In very good condition. Lovely colouring. Centre crease. Double glazed Frame. Some masking tape reinforcement to bottom of map. Glass may need to be removed for transit/posting if sent abroad. London, John Sudbury & George Humble nd
1646réf. 23413London: William Humble 1646. Other. In excellent condition. 386 by 513mm 15¼ by 20¼ inches. 386 by 513mm 15¼ by 20¼ inches. Copper engraving uncolored as published. William Humble unknown
1924réf. 23501Reilly & Lee Chicago 1924. HARDBACK NODustJacket 1924 EARLY Edition VG/VG- NOJAckeT SOLD AS-IS Dark Olive Green & Black Decorated cloth Light SOIL Rub Wear & Tiny Chips Extremities InteRioR nice Tight Light FOXinG & Water Stain Last Page Near Hinge 208 pgs Cover spine sunned & small Tears Along Spine edge & extremities Small Round Stain Back Cover Small 8vo. This copy is solid but the extremities are worn and sunned it lacks the frontispiece plate and there is a gift inscription on the front endpaper. . OUT OF PRINT. Hard Cover. Reilly & Lee Chicago hardcover
1627réf. 64225London. c. 1627. John Speed 1552-1629 is arguably the most famous name in early English cartography. In 1610 he published his wonderful and historic atlas 'The Theatre of Great Britain'. In 1627 he published another edition entitled 'A Prospect of The Most Famous Parts of The World' published in London by John Sudbury and George Humble. Speed based his maps on the earlier works done by Christopher Saxton and John Norden. His maps have always been keenly sought after as include many decorative features. Examples include: compass roses cherubs coats of arms mannerist style decoration prominent town plans stylish calligraphy and well defined regional physical features. John Speed's maps proved so popular that they were issued for many years after his death. This decorative and attractive example is of the Welsh county of Caernarvonshire. Size: 420 x 525 mm. Copperplate engraving with later hand colour. Fair to good condition. Repair to lower centrefold. Margins slim and 'chipped'. unknown
1623réf. 9847London George Humble 1623. Copper engraving image 38 x 50.5 cm sheet size 41.5 x 53 cm fine original hand colour blank verso. An unusual example: the map was coloured trimmed to the edge of the printed image and mounted on thick paper in the 17th century perhaps as part of a special commission from a wealthy patron. Typically surviving Speed maps have been extracted from atlases and have descriptive text on the verso. However some examples were sold as loose sheets without any text on the back sometimes the text was supplied as side panels on either side of the map and occasionally these were bound into atlases when supplies of a particular map had run out and these broadsheets were the only copies to hand. It is also possible that an entire atlas was created in this fashion. John Speed 1552-1629 is unquestionably the most significant English map-maker of the seventeenth-century. A brief note from Granger's Bibliographical History of England 1779 contains most of the information we have about Speed's life: "John Speed who was bred a Tailor was by the generosity of Sir Fulk Grevil his patron set free from a manual employment and enabled to pursue his studies to which he was strongly inclined by the bent of his genius. The fruits of them were his Theatre of Great Britain containing an entire set of maps of the counties drawn by himself his History of Great Britain richly adorned with seals coins & medals from the Cotton collection; and his Genealogies of Scripture first bound up with the Bible in 1611 which was the first edition of the present English translation. His maps were very justly esteemed & his History of Great Britain was in its kind incomparably more complete than all the histories of his predecessors put together ." The first edition of Speed's "Theatre" was published in 1612. It was the first atlas of the British Isles and the first attempt made by an Englishman to match the achievements of the great continental publishing houses - although much of the engraving of the copper plates was performed in Amsterdam by Jodocus Hondius. Speed was an antiquary and intended that his atlas should be read in conjunction with his history of Britain. He managed to include a great deal of historical detail on his 'modern' county maps and the inset town plans some surveyed by himself together comprise the first collection of town plans of the British Isles all in all making the Theatre a highly decorative as well as a useful volume. It was a great success and there were editions printed throughout the seventeenth-century. Map unknown
1676réf. 33174Bassett and Chiswell 1676. This map is from John Speed's The Theater of the Empire of Great Britaine with the english text on the back. Presenting well uniform toning later hand-coloring. Border strengthened at the back with acid free tape. 545 by 435mm 21½ by 17¼ inches. Bassett and Chiswell unknown
1646réf. 23403London: William Humble 1646. Other. In excellent condition. 384 by 514mm 15 by 20¼ inches. 384 by 514mm 15 by 20¼ inches. Copper engraving uncolored as published. William Humble unknown
1610réf. 247261Sudbury & Humble 1610. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 15 x 20". This wonderfully decorated map depicts the island of Anglesey off the northwest coast of Wales. The island is centered on the map and labeled with towns rovers as well pictorial mountains and trees. A strapwork title cartouche features the coat of arms of England flanked by a lion and a unicorn. Below two elegant ships sail the beautifully patterned ocean surrounding an elaborate and colorful compass rose. In the lower left corner of the map showing part of Wales is an ornamental scale topped with strapwork cherubs a peacock and the country's coat of arms. A similar border frames the inset of Beaumaris in the upper right of the map which shows a plan of the port city labeled according to a key including its famous castle. The map appeared in Speed's atlas "The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine." It is in good condition with but margins are cropped. Expert repair to right corners. John Speed 1552-1629 is widely considered to be the most famous English cartographer of the 17th century. His atlas "The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine" contained the first set of individual county maps of England and Wales as well as significant town plans that are in many cases the first visual records of their subjects. This map of Anglesey is a beautiful example of his work. Sudbury & Humble unknown books
1610réf. 247261Sudbury & Humble 1610. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 15 x 20". This wonderfully decorated map depicts the island of Anglesey off the northwest coast of Wales. The island is centered on the map and labeled with towns rovers as well pictorial mountains and trees. A strapwork title cartouche features the coat of arms of England flanked by a lion and a unicorn. Below two elegant ships sail the beautifully patterned ocean surrounding an elaborate and colorful compass rose. In the lower left corner of the map showing part of Wales is an ornamental scale topped with strapwork cherubs a peacock and the country's coat of arms. A similar border frames the inset of Beaumaris in the upper right of the map which shows a plan of the port city labeled according to a key including its famous castle. The map appeared in Speed's atlas "The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine." It is in good condition with but margins are cropped. Expert repair to right corners. John Speed 1552-1629 is widely considered to be the most famous English cartographer of the 17th century. His atlas "The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine" contained the first set of individual county maps of England and Wales as well as significant town plans that are in many cases the first visual records of their subjects. This map of Anglesey is a beautiful example of his work. Sudbury & Humble unknown
réf. 9128London: Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate. 1612-1743. No binding. Very Good. 380 x 510 mm. early outline colour in good condition. This map is by arguably the most famous English cartographer John Speed 1552-1629 and first published in the 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain' 1612. It was the first atlas of the whole British Isles. He was a tailor by trade and had a fascination for history. He used numerous sources for the counties and had the plates engraved by Jodocus Hondius in Amsterdam. The book took several years to prepare hence earlier dates appear on some. This issue is from the extremely rare post Bassett and Chiswell edition by Henry Overton in 'England Fully Described' 1743. Speed's maps are noted for being the first to include the boundaries of the hundreds and for introducing town plans on the maps. This includes inset views of Richmond and Nonsuch Palaces with Coats-of-arms at the sides. Following the Bassett and Chiswell edition of 1676 the plates were sold by Christopher Browne of which only a handful of examples bound together exist. Browne disposed of them it is believed in 1713 upon his retirement. Despite Skelton citing their ownership by Henry's father John Overton c.1700 the evidence appears otherwise. The date 1713 is arrived at by the fact that the last known advert by Browne was in the 'Daily Courant' 14 August 1712 and by 1715 his shop was occupied by George Willdey. Also in 1713 Henry Overton abandoned his scheme for a series of county maps and ceased production of newly engraved plates. There are four distinct issues by Overton over some thirty years. This is an example of 1743 edition of Overton following the removal of '1610' from Hondius' imprint lower left. Hodson 138; Shirley 2004 T.Spe 1n. Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate. 1612-[1743] unknown
réf. 49671London: Tho. Bassett and Richard Chiswell. 1676. Original engraved map 38 x 51 cm. Uncoloured. Inset of Dubline. Good impression very light tanning to centre-fold minor crease at margin of lower right corner. London: Tho. Bassett and Richard Chiswell. [1676] unknown
1646réf. 63961London. c. 1646. An excellent map by John Speed of the English Islands of: Farne and Holy Island off the Northumbrian coast; and the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey. Each quatered map has a compass rose dividers and a mileage scale. Size: 430 x 550 mm. Copperplate engraving. Hand coloured. Good condition. Some minor staining to the centrefold and surrounding area. unknown
