1673 ORIGINAL Antique Map - WALES MERIONETHSHIRE by John Speed Bassett Chiswell

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Listing Template 2018 Home About Us View Feedback Contact Us 1673 ORIGINAL Antique Map - WALES MERIONETHSHIRE by John Speed Bassett ChiswellDescription1673 MERIONETHSHIRE described 1610 A highly decorative and finely engraved 17th Century Map of Merionethshire - with heraldic shields and insetof HARLECH, published forJohn Speed's THEATRE OF THE EMPIRE OF GREAT BRITAIN Published by Richard Chiswell Thomas Bassett, Fleet Street.The reverse of the map is a complet set of text in English describing the history and topography of the county.Measures 400x 550mm with early hand colouring.John Speed (1552-1629) was born in Cheshire and from his youth pursued his father's profession of tailoring. He later moved to London to continue this trade, though Speed's real passions lay elsewhere, namely in the fields of antiquity and cartography. He joined the Society of Antiquaries where his enthusiasm soon attracted the attention of notables such as William Camden and Sir Fulke Greville. In 1596, Greville provided Speed with a full time allowance to write a 'Historie of Great Britaine'. It was during this project that Speed decided to add a cartographic suppliment to the work and it was from this that his famout atlas 'The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine' was born.When publihsed in 1611/12, his atlas was an immediate success, outdoing the one established by Christopher Saxon in 1579. There were a number of reasons for this; Speed's atlas showed each county separately with its hundreds, was respendent with heraldic shields but most significantly had one or two town plans. Displayed from a bird's eye view perspective, many of the towns were surveyed by Speed himself using a distinct scale of paces' and are the earliest known plans of these places. The aesthetic beauty of the maps were also down to the Dutch engraver, Jodocus Hondius, whose fine calligraphy and decorative strapwork are a feature throughout.CONDITIONOriginal antique Mapis in excellentcondition with the usual central fold as issued. There is some minor re-enforcement down the bottm central fold on the reverse. Good to large margins, perfect for mounting and framing.ALL OF OUR MAPS PRINTS ARE GUARANTEED ORIGINAL ANTIQUES. We do not sell reproductions. View Our Categories Decorative Prints World Wide Maps Scotland Maps Architecture Design England Maps Royalty About UsWe specialise in selling all items that can be considered to be Antique Paper. * PRINTS * MAPS * HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS * POSTAL HISTORY * BOOKS * POSTERS * STAMPS * POSTCARDS * EPHEMERA And anything else that is considered Antique and made of Paper. ALL OF OUR ITEMS ARE ORIGINAL ANTIQUES - NOT MODERN COPIES. We are also very keen buyers of anything similar and especially after better collections, original archives, whole libraries and better single items and have and#163;250,000 in cash funds at anyone time to buy the right items. Contact UsIf you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact us through the eBay messaging system. Feedback We will always help you to have a 100% positive happy buying experience. Contact us if you are unhappy about any aspect of your purchase from us. We only want five star feedback from you so buy with confidence. Seller Inventory # mx1_382860885335_200EC5A38BA84C748AB84F5

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