Theatrum imperii Magnæ Britanniæ; : exactam regnorum Angliæ Scotiæ Hiberniæ et insularum adiacentium geographia[m] ob oculos ponens: vna cum comitatibus, centurijs, vrbibus et primarijs comitatum oppidis intra regnum Angliæ, divisis et descriptis. Opus, nuper quidem à Iohanne Spédo cive Londinensi Anglicè conscriptum: nunc verò, à Philemone Hollando, apud Coventrianos medicinæ doctore, Latinitate donatum.
John Speed (1552? -1629)
Category
Books
Date
1616
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3101503
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 146 [i.e. 280], [12] p. ; fol. Manuscript extract of family tree of kings of England (Henry III to Richard II) in seventeenth?-century hand mounted on additional leaf bound between pp.28-29. On title page "comitatum" has been corrected to "comitatuum" in ink. Maps coloured in outline. Pencil note on front free endpaper verso: "Speed". Pencil notes on third front free endpaper (in a different hand): "Speed 68 Maps" and "4/4/0" (erased). Pencil note at foot of final page of index: "Coll: perfect R.W.". Provenance: Manuscript inscription in seventeenth?-century hand on fourth front free endpaper verso: "Donavit ad N. Moreau doctor Theologium[?] par.[?] Cam. & Offic. Nomoni[?] bibliothoru'[?] aulday[?] Carlisiu'[?]". Twentieth-century armorial bookplate, signed G.S. 24 [1924]: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton’ [i.e.: Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century half maroon morocco, maroon cloth over boards; sewn onto five recessed cords; five raised bands; spine lettered direct (gilt tooled): 'Theatrum Magnæ Britanniæ' and (at the foot): 'John Speed 1616'; gilt top edge; marbled endpapers. Binder's ink-stamp on front free endpaper verso: 'Bound by W.J. Mansell'.
Makers and roles
John Speed (1552? -1629), author William Camden (1551 - 1623), author Philemon Holland (1552-1637), translator