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C1676
Oxfordshire described, with yc Citie and…
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Rare c.18th hand coloured copper engraving of John Speed’s famous map of Oxfordshire superbly with eighteen armorial crests on the sides, two large robe figures astride a large globe. The Royal Crest is at top left, a key at right … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Oxfordshire described, with yc Citie and the Armes of the Colledges of yt Famous Vniuersity. Ao. 1605
Date:
C1676
Mapmaker:
Condition:
Right margin reinstated, a minor water stain at lower right corner, narrow left margin, residude of brown paper support on verso, otherwise in good condition. With centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
526mm
x 385mm
Paper Size:
539mm
x 423mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1676
Description:
Rare c.18th hand coloured copper engraving of John Speed’s famous map of Oxfordshire superbly with eighteen armorial crests on the sides, two large robe figures astride a large globe. The Royal Crest is at top left, a key at right listing the colleges and a plan of of the town of Oxford at top right.
This 1676 edition of the map is identified by;
1. Published by Bassett and Chiswell shown in the small box at lower right.
2. The blank panel of earlier editions now has the crest of Jesus College which contains three white deer.
3. The arms of Wadham College 1613 are now added to the left of the imprint panel.
From John Speed; ‘The Theatre Of The Empire Of Great Britaine’ / ‘The First Booke Containing the Principalities of England and Ireland’.
References:
Skelton, R.A. County Atlases of the British Isles 1579-1703.London 1970 :: 92 81/116.
Chubb, T. The Printed Maps in the Atlases of Great Britain and Ireland ..1579-1870. Folkestone 1977 :: Speed XXVII, P.37-38.
Skelton, R.A. County Atlases of the British Isles 1579-1703.London 1970 :: 92 81/116.
Chubb, T. The Printed Maps in the Atlases of Great Britain and Ireland ..1579-1870. Folkestone 1977 :: Speed XXVII, P.37-38.
John Speed (1563 - 1612)
John Speed (1563-1612) Speed was born at Cheshire, and went into his father’s tailoring business. While working in London, his knowledge of history led him into learned circles and he came to the attention of Sir Fulke Greville, who subsequently made him an allowance to enable him to devote his whole attention to research. As a reward for his earlier efforts, Queen Elizabeth granted Speed the use of a room in the Custom House. Speed began his Historie of Great Britaine, which was first published in 1611 and is an important record of the British towns depicted on his maps . In 1627 George Humble published the Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World, printed by John Dawson. This is the world map from this atlas with Speed’s name in the title, but not attributed to him. His atlas The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine was published in 1610-11, and contained the first series of individual county maps of England and Wales. It also included maps of Ireland and Scotland. In 1627, two years before his death, Speed published Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World which was the first world atlas produced by an Englishman. Like his other publications Speed used the Dutch map engraver Jodocus Hondius to engrave the plates. Speeds maps rightly hold a premier place in the cartography of Britain, with their superb embellishments and fine engraving made at the height of the Golden Age of map making.
