A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World - bound with - England Wales Scotland and Ireland Described
London: M. F. for William Humble/George Humble, 1646/1627. First Thus. An original travel atlas containing an early map of the world, maps of the continents, several countries, and detailed maps of Ireland, Wales, Scotland and the counties in England. Bound in modern full grain leather over boards with new endpapers. Housed in a custom clamshell box using archival cloth and with a leather and gilded label on the spine. A few names on first blank in 19th century/early 20th century ink (dated). Pages are toned, some trimmed very close to the plate. Some infrequent soiling, all text and maps are legible. With 1 folding map; a short tear to the folded part of the map. General wear to page edges. Complete with an engraved double-hemisphere map of the world, 4 maps of the continents, 15 other global maps, and 63 maps of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. A 64th map is called out in the table of maps, but Midia seems to be missing from all examples. This a miniaturized version of John Speed's folio edition.
Pages: (4) 206; (2); 378 Dimensions: 6(5/16) x 4(3/16) x 2. Very Good. Item #6182
Price: $5,500.00