Penbrokshyre described
and the sittuations both of Penbroke and St Davids shewed in due form as they were taken by John Speed
London,
Performed by John Speede And so are to be solde in Popes head alley by John Sudbury and George Humbell,
[1627].
Engraved map with hand colouring.
380 by 505mm. (15 by 20 inches).
11794
notes:
A beautifully coloured map of the county of Pembrokeshire, with inset maps of Pembroke and St David's.
John Speed (1552-1629) was the outstanding cartographer of his age. His 'Theatre of Great Britain' was the first atlas of the British Isles: Speed prepared the maps himself about two years before they were published. His maps and books dominated the seventeenth-century English market. The present map is taken from the 1627 English edition published by George Hu...
John Speed (1552-1629) was the outstanding cartographer of his age. His 'Theatre of Great Britain' was the first atlas of the British Isles: Speed prepared the maps himself about two years before they were published. His maps and books dominated the seventeenth-century English market. The present map is taken from the 1627 English edition published by George Hu...
bibliography:
Chubb XXV.
provenance:
Thomas Porter’s exceptionally rare plan of London
Isle of Man
The Royal Group of docks
Cumberland - Greenwood's large-scale map of Cumberland
The young Charles II
Joseph Huddart
Rare broadside illustrating the orbits of the known comets
Manuscript map of Landau
John Flamsteed
Cassini’s seminal Lunar Map
George Bauerkeller's rare and strikingly modern embossed plan of London
George Bauerkeller’s rare and strikingly modern embossed plan of London with its Index 


