Penbrokshyre [Pembroke]. John Speed. Sudbury and Humble. 1610
Speed, John : Penbrokshyre described and the sittuations both of Penbroke and St Davids Shewed in due form as they were taken by John Speed. Sudbury and Humble. 1610. Size approx 520mm x 390mm ( 20 x 15 inches). Early hand coloured double page copper engraved map. From Speed's "The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain" with English text on verso with a description of the county and town listing. Inset town plans of Penbroke [Pembroke] and Saint Davids. Eleven coats of arms, scale and decorative title cartouche. Close cropped to border. Some smudging of colour on the Pembroke inset. Some wear to fold line not affecting appearance. An attractive early Speed map with strong print impression. | ![Penbrokshyre [Pembroke]. John Speed. Sudbury and Humble. 1610](maps_91880_speed_pen_a_small.jpg "Penbrokshyre [Pembroke]. John Speed. Sudbury and Humble. 1610")
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St Asaph, Flintshire. John Speed. Ca 1611
Saint Asaph. Extract from John Speed map of Flintshire. Ca 1611. English text on verso. 140mm x 130mm. Hand coloured with compass rose and scale in paces. Scale in paces and heraldic shield. Small tear to edge, otherwise in bight and clean condition with strong print. Rare to find this town plan removed from the county map. | 
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The Countye Palatine of Chester with that most Ancient Citie described. [Cheshire], John Speed, [1676]
Speed, John : Cheshire. The Countye Palatine of Chester with that most Ancient Citie described. Basset & Chiswell, [London, 1610-1676]. Size approx 510mm x 380mm ( 20 x 15 inches). Early hand coloured double page copper engraved map. From Speed's "The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain" with English text on verso and a description of the county and a gazetteer. Inset town plan of Chester. Seven coast of arms of "The Armes of the Earles of Chester since the Norman Conquest". Four decorative cartouches. Speed has used William Smith's revisions of Saxton and the Braun & Hogenberg plan of Chester. Good margins. Very small hole (approx 2mm or 1/10in) in the decorative border, otherwise fine condition. A strong dark impression of this famous decorative county map of Cheshire. | ![The Countye Palatine of Chester with that most Ancient Citie described. [Cheshire], John Speed, [1676]](maps_90513_speed_ches_a_small.jpg "The Countye Palatine of Chester with that most Ancient Citie described. [Cheshire], John Speed, [1676]")
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