"Cambridgshire Described with the Devision of the Hundreds, the Townes Situation, with the Armes of the Colleges of that Famous Universiti", Speed, John
Subject: Cambridge, England
Period: 1610 (dated)
Publication: The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine
Color: Hand Color
Size:
20.5 x 14.8 inches
52.1 x 37.6 cm
One of the most decorative maps of Cambridgeshire, Speed's map is flanked with University armorials with the dates of their founding. The coats of arms of Dukes and Earls form a border along the bottom. The map was drawn and updated from the surveys of Norden and Saxton and is filled with detail. Four university scholars and a bold title cartouche topped with the royal arms further adorn the map. The composition is completed with an inset plan of Cambridge with a key to the colleges and churches. Published by John Sudbury and George Humble in the English edition of 1616.
References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.SPE-1b; Goss (Art) plt. #5.48.
Condition: B+
Strong impression with a short centerfold separation at bottom that enters 0.75" into map image that has been closed on verso with archival material. There is a small spot just above the coats of arms at bottom, faint text show-through, and a small chip in the upper blank margin.
