
Map, Speed John, Montgomery Shire, c1610
Regular price
$1,800.00
Sale
Date: c1610
Artist: Speed John
Image Size: 520 x 395mm
Paper size: 525 x 420mm
Condition: very good
Technique: hand coloured copperplate engraving
Price: $1700
Description:
Biography
Speed John
Speed, a tailor’s son from Cheshire, conceived the Theatre Of The Empire Of Great Britain as a supplementary volume to his monumental History of Great Britain published in 1611. Finally published as a complete work in 1612, the atlas was the culmination of several years work during which pre-existing maps by Saxton and Norden were updated, information was gathered and collated, and new surveys were completed before the plates were engraved, mainly by Jodocus Hondius of Amsterdam. Many of the maps bear earlier dates and would have been available for sale as loose sheets prior to the completion of the atlas.