"The Countie of Radnor Described and the Shyretownes Sittuatione", Speed, John
Subject: Wales
Period: 1610 (dated)
Publication: The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine.
Color: Hand Color
Size:
20 x 15 inches
50.8 x 38.1 cm
Typically beautiful work of Speed with four decorative cartouches; view of the castle at Radnor, scale of miles, coat of arms, title, also Prince of Wales feathers, fancy script lettering, etc. Engraved by Jodocus Hondius, cartography by Christopher Saxon, with revisions by Speed. There is modest detail throughout the map. Imprint of Bassett and Chiswell, published circa 1676. English text on verso.
References:
Condition: B
The map has been professionally backed with light Japanese tissue repairing some paper weakness and a small hole in the coat of arms at upper right. There are some minor creases in the map.
