John Speed and Christopher Saxton maps

WALES by John Speed c1676

Superbly decorative copperplate engraved Speed map Printed on handmade paper and with good hand colouring in c1676. English text en verso. Map size: 20¼" x 15½" (515mm x 395mm). Good condition: CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

750.00

NORTH AND EAST RIDING by John Speed c1720

Copperplate engraved Speed map - Henry Overton edition - printed on handmade paper, Hand coloured. With town plans of RICHMOND & HULL. No text en verso, as per issue. Map size: 20¼" x 15½"(515mm x 395mm). Very good condition. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE

485.00

WILTSHIRE by John Speed c1676

Superbly decorative copperplate engraved Speed map - printed on handmade paper . English text en verso.Map size: 20¼" x 15½" (515mm x 395mm). Condition: Good with repaire to lift hand side just outside off boared see picture off back. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

795.00

ENGLAND & WALES by P.Lea c1693

Copperplate engraved map of the England & Wales by P.Lea, printed on handmade paper and with nice hand colouring. No text Map size: 19.25" x 15.25" (490mm x 390mm). Very Good condition. see picture's CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

950.00

LANCASHIRE bt Philip Lea c1693

Copperplate engraved map of the LANCASHIRE by Philip Lea, printed on handmade paper and with nice hand colouring. No text on back Map size: 19" x 16" (485mm x 410mm). Good condition. laid to Canvas this map was in a frame over a wooden frame [as a oil painting would be], There are some small repairs see picture's CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

985.00

EUROPE by John Speed c1676

Superbly decorative copperplate engraved Speed map - Sudbury & Humble edition - printed on handmade paper and with good hand colouring. English text en verso. Map size: 20¼" x 15½" (515mm x 395mm). Good condition: small repair to centre fold. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

1,550.00

BRITISH ISLES by John Speed c1612

Superbly decorative copperplate engraved Speed map Printed on handmade paper with good hand colouring . English text en verso. Map size: 20¼" x 15½" (515mm x 395mm). Very Good condition small repair to bottom centre fold see picture's: CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

1,850.00

MIDDLESEX By John Speed c1646

Superb example of this rare copperplate engraved Speed map - Sudbury & Humble edition - printed on handmade paper and Hand coloured. English text en verso and a town plan. . Map size: 20¼" x 15½" (515mm x 395mm). Good condition some small repairers to bottom centre: CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

765.00

CORNWALL by John Speed c1612

Decorative copperplate engraved Speed map, c1612 1st Edition, Printed on handmade paper with Hand Colouring, English text en verso. Map size: 20¼" x 15½" (515mm x 395mm). Very good Condition: small repaire to lefthand side See picture of back. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

1,950.00

SOMERSETSHIRE by John Speed c1676

Decorative copperplate engraved map - Bassett & Chiswell edition - printed on handmade paper with good hand colouring and English text en verso. Map size: 20¼" x 15½" (515mm x 395mm). Good condition: repair to the bottom centrefold, some paper weakening in places. see pictures of Back. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

585.00

MONMOUTHSHIRE by John Speed c1612

Superbly decorative copperplate engraved Speed map - Sudbury & Humble edition - printed on handmade paper and with good hand colouring. English text en verso.Map size: 20¼" x 15½" (515mm x 395mm). Good condition small repaire to top center fold see pictuers. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

395.00

MONTGOMERYSHIRE by John Speed c1612

Superbly decorative copperplate engraved Speed map - Sudbury & Humble edition - printed on handmade paper and with good hand colouring. English text en verso.Map size: 20¼" x 15½" (515mm x 395mm). Good condition CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

325.00

WORCESTERSHIRE by John Speed c1676

385.00

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE by John Speed c1676

Decorative copperplate engraved map - Bassett & Chiswell edition - printed on handmade paper with good hand colouring and English text en verso. Map size: 20¼" x 15½" (515mm x 395mm). Good condition: repair to the bottom centrefold, some paper weakrning in places. see pictuers. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

485.00

WESTMORLAND by John Speed c1676

325.00

DEVONSHIRE by P.Lea c1693

Copperplate engraved map of the DEVONSHIRE by P.Lea, printed on handmade paper and with nice hand colouring. No text Map size: 17.75" x 15.75" (450mm x 400mm). Very Good condition. see picture's CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

625.00

HAMPSHIRE by John Speed c1676

Decorative copperplate engraved map - Bassett & Chiswell edition - printed on handmade paper with good hand colouring and English text en verso. Map size: 20¼" x 15½" (515mm x 395mm). Good condition: overall age spotting see pictures. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

585.00

LEICESTERSHIRE by John Speed c1676

445.00

MIDDLESEX by John Speed c1676

Decorative copperplate engraved map - Bassett & Chiswell edition - printed on handmade paper with good hand colouring and English text en verso. Map size: 20¼" x 15½" (515mm x 395mm). Good condition: Repaire to bottom center fold. see picture of Back. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

645.00

DORSETSHIRE by John Speed c1710

Copperplate engraved Speed map - Henry Overton edition - printed on handmade paper, Hand coloured. With town plans of DORCHESTER. No text en verso, as per issue. Map size: 20¼" x 15½"(515mm x 395mm). Very good condition. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE

485.00

GLAMORGANSHIRE by John Speed c1627

Superbly decorative copperplate engraved Speed map - Sudbury & Humble edition - printed on handmade paper and with good hand colouring. English text en verso.Map size: 20¼" x 15½" (515mm x 395mm). Good condition: small repair to center fold. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

485.00

HEREFORDSHIRE by John Speed c1612

Superbly decorative copperplate engraved Speed map - Sudbury & Humble edition - printed on handmade paper and with good hand colouring. English text en verso.Map size: 20¼" x 15½" (515mm x 395mm). Good condition: small repair to center fold. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

445.00

CONNAUH by John Speed c1627

Superbly decorative copperplate engraved Speed map - Sudbury & Humble edition - printed on handmade paper and with good hand colouring. English text en verso.Map size: 20¼" x 15½" (515mm x 395mm). Good condition: small repair to center fold and some tape on back boarders. See pictuers. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

545.00

ENGLAND & WALES by John Speed c1676

Decorative copperplate engraved map - Bassett & Chiswell edition - printed on handmade paper with good hand colouring and English text en verso. Map size: 20.5" x 15.25" (520mm x 390mm). Good condition: Small repair to the bottom centrefold,CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

985.00

WILTSHIRE by Christopher Saxton c1579

Wiltoniae comitatus (Harbida planitie nobilis) hic ob oculos proponitur, 1579, map engraved by Remigius Hogenbergus, on laid paper with the bunch of grapes watermark, contemporary outline colouring; large ornate strapwork cartouche surmounted by the royal coat of arms of Elizabeth I, with an additional coat of arms of Thomas Seckford, one repaired closed tear, trimmed with slight loss to the horizontal strapwork margins, skilfully replaced in facsimile and extended, the whole laid on later thin paper ,The first printed map of Wiltshire. Superb example of this very rare copperplate engraved Saxton map- printed on handmade paper with good hand colouring. Map size: 18.75" x 16½" (470mm x 420mm). condition: Good, CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

1,650.00

WILTSHIRE by Christopher Saxton c1579

Wiltoniae comitatus (Harbida planicie nobilis) hic ob oculos proponitur. [1579], Hand coloured map engraved by Remigius Hogenbergus, large ornate strapwork cartouche surmounted by the royal coat of arms of Elizabeth I, with the coat of arms of Thomas Seckford, very slight browning to central fold, trimmed with the loss of the strapwork margin along the lower margin and replaced in facsimile, The first printed map of Wiltshire. Superb example of this very rare copperplate engraved Saxton map- printed on handmade paper . Map size: 18.75" x 16½" (470mm x 420mm).Condition: Good, See pictures. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

1,450.00

GLOUCESTERSHIRE by John Speed c1627

Superbly decorative copperplate engraved Speed map - Sudbury & Humble edition - printed on handmade paper and with good hand colouring. English text en verso. Map size: 20¼" x 15½" (515mm x 395mm). Condition: Trimmed to boarders no loss of image new boarders added for mounting. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

445.00

SCOTLAND by John Speed c1676

Superbly decorative copperplate engraved Speed map Printed on handmade paper and with good hand colouring. English text en verso. Map size: 20¼" x 15½" (515mm x 395mm). Good condition: CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

1,550.00

JERSEY AND GUERNSEY by John Speed c1627

Superbly decorative copperplate engraved Speed map - Sudbury & Humble edition - printed on handmade paper and with good hand colouring. English text en verso.Map size: 20¼" x 15½" (515mm x 395mm). Good condition: small pin hole bottom left. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

485.00

DURHAM by John Speed c1676

Decorative copperplate engraved map - Bassett & Chiswell edition - printed on handmade paper with good hand colouring and No text en verso. Map size: 20" x 15" (510mm x 380mm). Good condition: Laid Down to thin card. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

745.00

ISLES OF MAN by John Speed c1676

Decorative copperplate engraved map - Bassett & Chiswell edition - printed on handmade paper with good hand colouring and No text en verso. Map size: 20¼" x 15½" (515mm x 395mm). Good condition: Small repair to the centrefold, some paper weakening in places. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

545.00

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE by John Speed c1627

Superbly decorative copperplate engraved Speed map - Sudbury & Humble edition - printed on handmade paper and with good hand colouring. English text en verso.Map size: 20¼" x 15½" (515mm x 395mm). Good condition: small pin hole bottom left. CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

625.00

MERIONETHSHIRE John Speed c1646

Superb example of this rare copperplate engraved Speed map - Sudbury & Humble edition - printed on handmade paper and with Hand colouring.English text en verso and a town plan. . Map size: 20¼" x 15½" (515mm x 395mm). Good condition some small repaires: CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE.

345.00

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