G. Humble P. van den Keere England, Wales, Scotland & Ireland Describedand Abridged.... from a Farr Larger Volume by John Speed 1627-76
Uncoloured and in good condition. Around 1599 Peter Van Den Keere engraved a set of miniature British maps based on Saxton. By 1619 the plates had passed to George Humble, who revised them (changing Latin county names to English), but also engraved new plates to replace those counties grouped together on one map in the originals. The Nottingham map was one of these new additions. All the maps are generally referred to as by Van Den Keere, but Skelton doubts this attribution for the new maps. The atlas went through several later editions until 1676.
G. Humble P. van den Keere England, Wales, Scotland & Ireland Described from a Farr Larger Volume by John Speed 1627-76 (c.1605)
Around 1599 Peter Van Den Keere began engraving a set of miniature British maps (based on Saxton). These were first published in Amsterdam in c1605. By 1619 the plates had passed to the London bookseller George Humble, who revised them (changing Latin county names to English), but also engraved new plates to replace those counties grouped together on one map in the originals. The original van den Keere plate for Worcestershire was retained but with the aforementioned amendments. Humble's first issue of the maps was in 1619. For his second edition of 1627 English text was added to the verso of the maps. All the maps are generally referred to as by Van den Keere, but Skelton doubts this attribution for the newly engraved versions. The atlas went through several later editions until 1676.
G. Humble P. van den Keere England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland Described and Abridged ….from a Farr Larger Volume Done by John Speed 1627-65 (c1605)
Around 1599 Peter Van Den Keere began engraving a set of miniature British maps (based on Saxton). These were first published in Amsterdam in c1605. By 1619 the plates had passed to the London bookseller George Humble, who revised them (changing Latin county names to English), but also engraved new plates to replace those counties grouped together on one map in the originals. The original van den Keere plate had Devonshire as an individual county and so was retained, but with the county name revised to it's English version. Humble's first issue of the maps was in 1619. For his second edition of 1627 English text was added to the verso of the maps. All the maps are generally referred to as by Van den Keere, but Skelton doubts this attribution for the newly engraved versions. The atlas went through several later editions until 1676. This example dates from between 1627 and 1665 (the plate number being changed to (9) from the edition of 1627, but before the later development of cracks to the printing plate).