Speed (John) England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland Described,
pictorial title and 63 maps, including 2 folding of the British Isles and Yorkshire, engraved maps, each c.90 x 125mm., but the folding maps 130 x 160mm. and 125 x 170mm., respectively, British Isles map silked, with a tear through left border and a small loss affecting right border, title also silked, with a small losses to upper right corner and lower edge, supplied in pen facsimile, catalogue and index leaves repaired at right and lower edges, two small wormholes affecting British Isles, title and catalogue leaf, loss to lower right corner of Flintshire text leaf, pages numbered in ink in an early hand, in upper right corners, with occasional ink smudges, vellum over limp boards, lightly soiled, pigskin label, gilt-lettered Speed's Britain, oblong 8vo., George Humble, 1627Images
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Maps & Atlases
6:00 AM PT - Mar 27th, 2008
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Bloomsbury Auctions
Bloomsbury House
Mayfair, London W1 S1PP
Mayfair, London W1 S1PP


