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1971mon0000459675Angus and Robertson 1971T. paperback. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual marking. Clean copy in good condition. Angus and Robertson paperback
180949236London, William Nicholson, 1809. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf, but spine lacks, boards loose. In: ""A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts. By William Nicholson."" Vol. XXII. - VIII,384,(8) pp. a. 10 engraved plates. Youngs paper: pp. 104-124. Small stamps to verso of titlepage. Internally fine and clean.
180949236London William Nicholson 1809. 8vo. Contemp. hcalf but spine lacks boards loose. In: "A Journal of Natural Philosophy Chemistry and the Arts. By William Nicholson." Vol. XXII. - VIII3848 pp. a. 10 engraved plates. Youngs paper: pp. 104-124. Small stamps to verso of titlepage. Internally fine and clean. <br/><br/><em>First appearance together with the paper in the "Transactions of the Royal Society at the same time of this famous paper containing Young's implicit discovery of the Joukowski equation for solids 100 years before it appeared under the name of Joukowski 1847-1921 the well-known pioneer in the theory of aerodynamics. </em> hardcover
164623396London: William Humble 1646. Other. In excellent condition. 384 by 508mm 15 by 20 inches. 384 by 508mm 15 by 20 inches. Copper engraving uncolored as published. William Humble unknown
164623408London: William Humble 1646. Other. In excellent condition. 381 by 505mm 15 by 20 inches. 381 by 505mm 15 by 20 inches. Copper engraving uncolored as published. William Humble unknown
16765494London Thomas Bassett &: Richard Chiswell 1676. Copper engraving 38.5 x 51.2 cms recent hand colour English text to verso. John Speed 1552-1629 is unquestionably the most significant English map-maker of the seventeenth-century. A brief note from Granger's Bibliographical History of England 1779 contains most of the information we have about Speed's life: "John Speed who was bred a Tailor was by the generosity of Sir Fulk Grevil his patron set free from a manual employment and enabled to pursue his studies to which he was strongly inclined by the bent of his genius. The fruits of them were his Theatre of Great Britain containing an entire set of maps of the counties drawn by himself his History of Great Britain richly adorned with seals coins & medals from the Cotton collection; and his Genealogies of Scripture first bound up with the Bible in 1611 which was the first edition of the present English translation. His maps were very justly esteemed & his History of Great Britain was in its kind incomparably more complete than all the histories of his predecessors put together ." The first edition of Speed's "Theatre" was published in 1612. It was the first atlas of the British Isles and the first attempt made by an Englishman to match the achievements of the great continental publishing houses - although much of the engraving of the copper plates was performed in Amsterdam by Jodocus Hondius. Speed was an antiquary and intended that his atlas should be read in conjunction with his history of Britain. He managed to include a great deal of historical detail on his 'modern' county maps and the inset town plans some surveyed by himself together comprise the first collection of town plans of the British Isles all in all making the Theatre a highly decorative as well as a useful volume. It was a great success and there were editions printed throughout the seventeenth-century. Map Richard Chiswell unknown
87950Bassett & Chiswell 1676. Lg. map engr.surface ca 51 cm x 37 cm. English text on verso. A nice example of this decorative County map by John Speed. Includes inset of Breknoke with the coat of arms for James Butler Earle of Breknoke and three other coasts of arms plus and early battle scene. FRAMED in double Glazed Hogarth Frame. Strong impression with the detail in the engraving clear and black. Overall in very good condition. Imprint on left- hand corner giving publishers: “Performed by John Speede. And are to be solde by Thomas Bassett in Fleetstreet and Richard Chiswell in St Pauls Churchyard”. The maps by J.Speed are "the best known and most popular of all English county maps" Tooley. Despite competition from maps of the English counties by Blaeu and Jansson Speed’ maps were “bestsellers”. A beautifully coloured map of the historic county of Brecknockshire with an inset map of the city of Brecon. Bassett & Chiswell, 1676 unknown
161011341London: John Sudbury and George Humble 1610. No binding. Good. THE FIRST REASONABLY ACCURATE MAP OF JERSEY. 385 x 510 mm. with recent outline and wash colour in good condition. The first published state of a quartered map by John Speed displaying the tidal Holy Island Lindisfarne reachable on foot at low tide and the Farne Islands both off the coast of Northumberland. On the right side are the two main Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey. This is the first reasonably accurate map of Jersey to be printed. The parish boundaries are marked along with the various waterways each indicating housing along their courses. In addition three windmills are displayed. Guernsey displays no real improvement over that of Gerard Mercator published in 1595 but it does now display its proximity to Jersey. Sark now displays buildings and one windmill which had only recently been built by Hellier de Carteret in 1571. He was the first Seigneur of the island. It was famously decapitated by the Nazis in the Second World War. John Speed 1552-1629 is the best known and among collectors the most popular British cartographer. He was like his father a tailor by trade with a passion for history. On joining the Society of Antiquaries he took his first steps towards the compilation of the atlas that has placed him among the cartographic immortals.In 1611 he produced the 'History of Great Britain' and his atlas the 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain' was published to accompany it. The 'Theatre .' was the first atlas of the British Isles ever produced containing sixty-seven maps which in addition to the counties of England and Wales also included general maps of the Heptarchy England in Anglo-Saxon times Great Britain and Ireland England Wales Scotland and the Provinces of Ireland together with maps of the Isles of Wight and Man and the Channel Islands. Preparation for the atlas took several years and the maps are all engraved by Jodocus Hondius in Amsterdam. This example was printed in 1627 the last edition to be published before the death of Speed. Provenance: private Jersey collection. Shirley T.SPE-1e; Skelton 1966; Skelton 1970 7 & 16. John Sudbury and George Humble unknown
1931WN23147Chicago Ill.: Reilly & Lee 1931. Spine ends slightly frayed and upper cover some damp and splashing at edges. Some offsett on ffep. Laid-in recipe and offset therefrom pp. 134-135. Dust jacket has material loss at edges folds and corners and spine sunned but jacket is intact withoout text loss and not price-clipped. . First Edition. Cloth. Fair/Poor. Illus. by Helen Lorraine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Trade. Reilly & Lee Hardcover books
1610022406London: John Spede Speed John Sudbury Georg George Humble 1610. First Edition . Single Folded Sheet. Near Fine/No Jacket. Image 20 1/2' x 15". 1610 date in both the title block and the printing information block. Original two page map from Speed's atlas in a very strong impression. Very attractive later color coastal water outlines blue with brown along land coastlines inset maps of Bangor and Caernarvon in light blue and orange borders in red shields in red all details nicely colored. Near fine print and coloring strong no tears or repairs very slight dust/soiling in small area in margins adjacent to center fold. Nicely framed with double glaze displaying the atlas pages 123 and 124 on the reverse. <br/> <br/> John Spede (Speed), John Sudbury, Georg (George) Humble unknown
164623417London: William Humble 1646. Other. In excellent condition. 382 by 506mm 15 by 20 inches. 382 by 506mm 15 by 20 inches. Copper engraving uncolored as published. William Humble unknown
16765122London: Basset & Chiswell 1676. Copper engraving 38.5 x 51 cms modern hand-colour four maps on one sheet English text to verso. Islands around the British coast were often grouped in various cominations by early mapmakers. John Speed 1552-1629 is unquestionably the most significant English map-maker of the seventeenth-century. A brief note from Grangers Bibliographical History of England 1779 contains most of the information we have about Speeds life: John Speed who was bred a Tailor was by the generosity of Sir Fulk Grevil his patron set free from a manual employment and enabled to pursue his studies to which he was strongly inclined by the bent of his genius. The fruits of them were his Theatre of Great Britain containing an entire set of maps of the counties drawn by himself his History of Great Britain richly adorned with seals coins & medals from the Cotton collection; and his Genealogies of Scripture first bound up with the Bible in 1611 which was the first edition of the present English translation. His maps were very justly esteemed & his History of Great Britain was in its kind incomparably more complete than all the histories of his predecessors put together The first edition of Speeds Theatre was published in 1612. It was the first atlas of the British Isles and the first attempt made by an Englishman to match the achievements of the great continental publishing houses although much of the engraving of the copper plates was performed in Amsterdam by Jodocus Hondius. Speed was an antiquary and intended that his atlas should be read in conjunction with his history of Britain. He managed to include a great deal of historical detail on his modern county maps and the inset town plans some surveyed by himself together comprise the first collection of town plans of the British Isles all in all making the Theatre a highly decorative as well as a useful volume. It was a great success and there were editions printed throughout the seventeenth-century. Map Basset & Chiswell unknown
16765645London: Basset & Chiswell 1676. Copper engraving 39 x 51.5 cms recent hand-colour inset of Cardigan very minor staining on the right-hand side of the map English text on verso. John Speed 1552-1629 is unquestionably the most significant English map-maker of the seventeenth-century. A brief note from Granger's Bibliographical History of England 1779 contains most of the information we have about Speed's life: "John Speed who was bred a Tailor was by the generosity of Sir Fulk Grevil his patron set free from a manual employment and enabled to pursue his studies to which he was strongly inclined by the bent of his genius. The fruits of them were his Theatre of Great Britain containing an entire set of maps of the counties drawn by himself his History of Great Britain richly adorned with seals coins & medals from the Cotton collection; and his Genealogies of Scripture first bound up with the Bible in 1611 which was the first edition of the present English translation. His maps were very justly esteemed & his History of Great Britain was in its kind incomparably more complete than all the histories of his predecessors put together ." The first edition of Speed's "Theatre" was published in 1612. It was the first atlas of the British Isles and the first attempt made by an Englishman to match the achievements of the great continental publishing houses - although much of the engraving of the copper plates was performed in Amsterdam by Jodocus Hondius. Speed was an antiquary and intended that his atlas should be read in conjunction with his history of Britain. He managed to include a great deal of historical detail on his 'modern' county maps and the inset town plans some surveyed by himself together comprise the first collection of town plans of the British Isles all in all making the Theatre a highly decorative as well as a useful volume. It was a great success and there were editions printed throughout the seventeenth-century. Map Basset & Chiswell unknown
16765646London: Basset & Chiswell 1676. Copper engraving 39 x 51.5 cms recent hand-colour inset town-plan of Harlech light waterstaining to the upper part of the map English text on verso. John Speed 1552-1629 is unquestionably the most significant English map-maker of the seventeenth-century. A brief note from Granger's Bibliographical History of England 1779 contains most of the information we have about Speed's life: "John Speed who was bred a Tailor was by the generosity of Sir Fulk Grevil his patron set free from a manual employment and enabled to pursue his studies to which he was strongly inclined by the bent of his genius. The fruits of them were his Theatre of Great Britain containing an entire set of maps of the counties drawn by himself his History of Great Britain richly adorned with seals coins & medals from the Cotton collection; and his Genealogies of Scripture first bound up with the Bible in 1611 which was the first edition of the present English translation. His maps were very justly esteemed & his History of Great Britain was in its kind incomparably more complete than all the histories of his predecessors put together ." The first edition of Speed's "Theatre" was published in 1612. It was the first atlas of the British Isles and the first attempt made by an Englishman to match the achievements of the great continental publishing houses - although much of the engraving of the copper plates was performed in Amsterdam by Jodocus Hondius. Speed was an antiquary and intended that his atlas should be read in conjunction with his history of Britain. He managed to include a great deal of historical detail on his 'modern' county maps and the inset town plans some surveyed by himself together comprise the first collection of town plans of the British Isles all in all making the Theatre a highly decorative as well as a useful volume. It was a great success and there were editions printed throughout the seventeenth-century. Map Basset & Chiswell unknown
164623400London: William Humble 1646. Other. In excellent condition. 386 by 512mm 15¼ by 20¼ inches. 386 by 512mm 15¼ by 20¼ inches. Copper engraving uncolored as published. William Humble unknown
191219949Chicago: The Reilly and Britton Co. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1912. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Just perhaps the faintest hint of fading to the spine and 3 small light spots at the bottom of the front cover. Owner's name in pencil on the fep. Not chipped bumped or rubbed. It doesn't get much better. ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 313ads pages . The Reilly and Britton Co. hardcover
87965Published by Bassett and Chiswell -The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine described by John Norden. 1676. Engraved map with later hand colouring. Map size 52cm x 39cm. In good condition. Some slight darkening around edges and centre fold. Professional repair ends of folds. Map has been laid down onto hard Card. Unframed. With heraldic shields and insets of Richmond and Nonsuch Palace. Published by Bassett and Chiswell -The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, described by John Norden. 1676 unknown
197528530Hull: N.T. Leslie 1975. First edition thus. Hardcover. Very good condition. Beautiful color reproductions of the English county maps from the London edition of 1611. <br /> <br /> Elephant Folio 59 cm unpaginated 43pp 1/4 black and blue cloth boards title label on front with gilt title no title on spine. Spine rubbed top front corner bumped otherwise good. OCLC: 57296131<br /> <br /> Speed John 1552–1629 historian and cartographer was born in 1552 in Farndon Cheshire. His father was also called John and was a member of the Merchant Taylors’ Company; his mother was Elizabeth Cheynye. He was brought up in his father's trade and in 1580 was himself admitted into the Merchant Taylors’ Company. At this time he also speculated in property and acquired a number of sites through the patronage of the Taylors’ Company and through Sir Fulke Greville first Lord Brooke.<br /> <br /> However although Speed is regarded as the first English historian as opposed to chronicler or annalist it is through his hobby that he is best known; he made maps of English counties in his spare time. In 1598 he presented a number to Queen Elizabeth and in 1600 others to the Merchant Taylors’ Company. Speed became a recognised and skilled cartographer – his insertion of town plans into his maps in particular was a distinctive feature. In 1607 he copied John Norden's map of Surrey for William Camden's Britannia and in 1608–10 published a series of fifty-four maps of England and Wales. These were issued in 1611 as his famous Theatre of the empire of Great Britain. In 1608 the publisher George Humble was granted the twenty-nine-year privilege to print this book ‘compiled by John Speed’ CSPD 1603–10 425. It was reprinted in 1614 and 1627 and brought out in a Latin version in 1616 and 1646. Dictionary of Irish Biography. N.T. Leslie hardcover
1760e8831London: W. Owen at Homer's Head Temple-Bar. G : in Good condition. Boards scuffed with edge wear. Spine cracked with wear at base. Text block firm. 1760. Fourth Edition Revised and Corrected. Quarter leather marbled board cover. 180mm x 100mm 7" x 4". xii vi 328pp 118pp. Two engraved plates. ' To which is added a translation of Dr. Speed's commentary on sea water. As also an account of the nature properties and uses of all the remarkable mineral waters in Great Britain.' Bound with an extract pages 165-283 from Francis Fuller ' Medicina Gymnastica: or A treatise concerning the power of exercise with respect to the animal oeconomy and the great necessity of it in the cure of several distempers'. . W. Owen, at Homer's Head, Temple-Bar hardcover
164623421London: William Humble 1646. Other. In excellent condition. 383 by 512mm 15 by 20¼ inches. 383 by 512mm 15 by 20¼ inches. Copper engraving uncolored as published. William Humble unknown
164623404London: William Humble 1646. Other. In excellent condition. 378 by 507mm 15 by 20 inches. 378 by 507mm 15 by 20 inches. Copper engraving uncolored as published. William Humble unknown
2011DBS-9780199533909OUP 2011. 1st. Hardcover. New. OUP hardcover
2011DBS-9780199533909OUP 2011. 1st. Hardcover. New. OUP hardcover
16651780London: to be sold by Roger Rea the Elder and younger at the Golden Crosse in Cornhill against the Exchange 1665. 410 by 550mm. 16.25 by 21.75 inches. Double-page engraved map upper left and right margins skilfully repaired margins reinforced with japan paper. The map bears the imprint of Roger Rea the Elder and Younger. The Reas had purchased the rights to Speed's work from William Garrett in 1659 who had previously purchased them from the widow of William Humble in the same year. Skelton suggests that the father and son intended a new edition of the atlas for the Restoration of 1660. However the atlas would appear not to have been published until 1665. This is borne out by an advertisement in the Term Catalogue by the subsequent owners of the plates Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell in 1675: "Mr John Speed's. Geography of the Kingdoms of England Scotland and Ireland. together with his Prospect. all in one entire Volume hath been for seven Years past out of Print the greatest part of an Impression then newly Printed being destroyed by the late dreadful Fire 1666". This is borne out by the rarity of the Rea edition of the atlas. There is evidence that they planned an edition of 1666 as there are impressions of Sussex Buckingham and Derby with Rea's imprint which bear that date. Rea would later sell the plates to Bassett and Chiswell who would publish a new edition in 1676. to be sold by Roger Rea the Elder and younger at the Golden Crosse in Cornhill against the Exchange, unknown
1632AN17GLTBRN01London: George Humble 1632. Hardback full-calf gilt title to spine label. 35cm x 23.5cm. Pp. 18 1237 86. Lacking frontis. Numeorous illustrations to the text throughout. 3rd edition 1632. Small losses to spine ends some wear to extremities with a couple of small surface abrasions to boards. Bookplate of Charles Bathurst to front pastedown. Slight water staining to upper margins towards rear. A heavy book additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. under AN17. 3rd Edition. Hard Cover. Good. George Humble Hardcover
