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SPEED (JOHN) England Fully Described in a Compleat Sett of Mapps of Ye County's of England and Wales, with their Islands, Henry Overton, 1743 image 1
SPEED (JOHN) England Fully Described in a Compleat Sett of Mapps of Ye County's of England and Wales, with their Islands, Henry Overton, 1743 image 2
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SPEED (JOHN)
England Fully Described in a Compleat Sett of Mapps of Ye County's of England and Wales, with their Islands, Henry Overton, 1743

11 November 2015, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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SPEED (JOHN)

England Fully Described in a Compleat Sett of Mapps of Ye County's of England and Wales, with their Islands, engraved title within architectural border, 58 double-page engraved maps hand-coloured in outline with yellow wash borders (12 with some restoration to one vertical border), 6 ADDITIONAL MAPS bound in, full calf, gilt centrepieces on sides, spine gilt with raised bands [Chubb XXXI; Hodson 138], folio (410 x 265mm.), Henry Overton, 1743

Footnotes

RARE COMPLETE COPY OF HENRY OVERTON'S EDITION OF SPEED'S ATLAS, WITH THE ADDITION OF SIX MAPS. Hodson only records two complete copies of the atlas.

The additional maps include Henry Overton's scarce "A New and Exact Map of Great Britannie" (with inset plans of 6 British cities, and a prospect of London during the Great Fire, attributed to Wenceslaus Hollar), and "A New Map of the Roads of South Britain"; John Speed's "The Invasions of England and Ireland" and "The Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland"; David Loggan's plans of Oxford and Cambridge, all of which bear Overton's imprint.

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