Description
First published edition of John Speed’s map of Wales, with English text on verso and with ‘Sold by John Sudbury and George Humble’, lower left, identified by the date ‘1610’ above the title and ‘sold…..by John Sudbury and Georg Humble’, at lower left.
Distinctive and and famous decorative map by John Speed with an inset of Carmarthen (the oldest town in Wales) and engraved by the important Dutch mapmaker Jodocus Hondius. from the first full edition (Shirley) of Speed’s atlas. There is an earlier proof edition of Speed’s Atlas issued between 1605-1610 without text on the verso and of which there are only five sets known.
From John Speed’s ‘The Theatre Of The Empire Of Great Britaine‘ / ‘The Second Booke Containing the Principalities of Wales
