Estimate: | £400 - £600 |
Hammer price: | £350 |
WALES - John SPEED (1551-1629). The Countye of Monmouth with the Sittuation of the Shire-towe Described. [London:] John Sudbury and George Humble, 1610 [but from the Latin edition of 1616]. Hand-coloured engraved map of Monmouthshire, title, scale and coats-of-arms within baroque cartouches, inset birds'-eye-view of Monmouth, galleon, Latin text on verso (lightly browned, scuff mark to small area of scale), 385 x 510mm., framed and glazed. With 6 other Welsh county maps by John Speed, all from the Latin edition of 1616, of Caernarvonshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Flintshire, Merionethshire and Montgomeryshire, all framed and glazed (all lightly browned). The colouring of this set appears to be early. (7)