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John Speed (1552-1629)
The Isle of Man Exactly described, [London:] no publisher, 1610 [but 1611 or later]. Handcoloured engraved map, text within elaborate armorial frames in side borders, galleons and sea monsters (some light staining), 380 x 495mm., framed and glazed.
With 7 other maps including John Speed's The North and East Ridins of Yorkshire ([London], 1610 [but 1611 or later]) and The Countie Westmorland ([London], n.d., uncoloured and rather browned), Christopher Saxton and William Kip's Cumbria ([London], c.1607), Joannes Jansson's Orcadum et Schetlandiae (Amsterdam, c.1640) and a small 18th-century? manuscript estate map on paper titled "A Geographical Description & Superfecial [sic] content of an Estate Adjoyning to Tallan Green." (8)
The Isle of Man Exactly described, [London:] no publisher, 1610 [but 1611 or later]. Handcoloured engraved map, text within elaborate armorial frames in side borders, galleons and sea monsters (some light staining), 380 x 495mm., framed and glazed.
With 7 other maps including John Speed's The North and East Ridins of Yorkshire ([London], 1610 [but 1611 or later]) and The Countie Westmorland ([London], n.d., uncoloured and rather browned), Christopher Saxton and William Kip's Cumbria ([London], c.1607), Joannes Jansson's Orcadum et Schetlandiae (Amsterdam, c.1640) and a small 18th-century? manuscript estate map on paper titled "A Geographical Description & Superfecial [sic] content of an Estate Adjoyning to Tallan Green." (8)
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