Beschreibung:

Speed, John THE THEATRE OF THE EMPIRE OF GREAT BRITAIN, PRESENTING AN EXACT GEOGRAPHY OF THE KINGDOM OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND AND THE ISLES ADJOYNING... A PROSPECT OF THE MOST FAMOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD... WITH MANY ADDITIONS NEVER BEFORE EXTANT. LONDON: THOMAS BASSETT AND RICHARD CHISWELL, 1676 Folio (440 x 308mm.), engraved title and achievement of Charles II, additional title printed in red & black, dedications to the Lord Mayor of London, King James and "the Well-Affected and Favourable Reader", contents and sectional titles, 68 engraved general and county maps, 5 printed road tables, the Prospect with 28 maps of all parts of the world (including the double-hemisphere map of the world), TOGETHER 96 ENGRAVED MAPS IN HAND COLOUR, title, achievement, and woodcut initials throughout also hand-coloured, near contemporary mottled calf with central blind-stamped panel, preserved in a clamshell box, short tears mostly at lower folds, minor offsetting, repairs and strengthening on verso, minor browning, map of Spain shaved to neatline, binding lightly rubbed and scuffed, neatly rebacked and recornered