England, Wales, Scotalnd and Ireland described and Abridged... [together with] A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World...
London,
Roger Rea,
1666 and 1668.
Small oblong quarto (155 by 100mm), engraved title, 63 engraved maps (of which two are folding); [bound with] title, and 20 engraved maps, wear to folds of folding maps, loss to low margin of the Theatre's title, map of Scotland trimmed to lower neatline, full calf, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands.
2507
notes:
Roger Rea edition of Speed miniature Theatre and Prospect.
Although the Theatre is usually attributed to Speed, 40 of the maps are re-issues of a series engraved by Pieter van den Keere and first published c1605, pre-dating Speed's folio atlas to qualify as the earliest atlas of the British Isles. After being used in an edition of Camden's 'Britaninia' published by Willem Blaeu in 1617, 40 of the original 44 plates were bought by George Humble, the son of one of ...
Although the Theatre is usually attributed to Speed, 40 of the maps are re-issues of a series engraved by Pieter van den Keere and first published c1605, pre-dating Speed's folio atlas to qualify as the earliest atlas of the British Isles. After being used in an edition of Camden's 'Britaninia' published by Willem Blaeu in 1617, 40 of the original 44 plates were bought by George Humble, the son of one of ...
bibliography:
Skelton 86; Shirley T.KEE-1i; not in Chubb