The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine: presenting an exact geography of the kingdomes of England, Scotland, Ireland, and the iles adioyning: with the shires, hundreds, cities and shire-townes, within ye kingdome of England, divided and described by Iohn Speed
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1. Verfasser: Speed, John 1552-1629 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Hondius, Jodocus 1563-1612 (StecherIn, IllustratorIn), Goos, Abraham 1590-1643 (StecherIn, IllustratorIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Imprinted at London [By Iohn Dawson] anno cum privilegio 1627 Are to be sold by George Humble at the Whit horse in Popes-head Alley] [1627, i.e. 1632]
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Beschreibung:Appears at reel 1559 (Cambridge University Library copy) and at reel 1642 (British Library copy). - Books 2-4 each have separate title page with imprint "London, printed by Iohn Dawson for George Humble, 1631"; register is continuous. - Consists primarily of folded maps, with letterpress and foliation on the outer pages. - Identified as part of STC 23040 on UMI microfilm reel 1642. - Includes index. - Issued with: Speed, John. A prospect of the most famous parts of the world. - Reproductions of the originals in Cambridge University Library and the British Library. - STC (2nd ed.), 23043. - Skelton, R.A. County atlases of the British Isles, 18. - Some of the maps are signed by Jodocus Hondius, and "all were engraved by him or under his direction in his workshop at Amsterdam" (Skelton 7). The exception is the map of England, recut by Abraham Goos and dated 1632. - The last leaf is blank. - The second leaf after 126 is numbered 129; the second leaf after 132 is numbered 135. - The text is mainly taken from: Camden, William. Britannia. - The title page, which is engraved, is unaltered from the 1627 edition
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