Oxfordshire Described With Ye City ... Armes Of The Colledges
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An attractive and sought-after map of Oxfordshire with an inset plan of the city and decorated with the arms of the university colleges. John Speed (1552-1629) is arguably the most famous English cartographer of any period as a result of his atlas "The Theatre Of The Empire Of Great Britaine" in which his maps of the individual English counties appeared. The maps are perhaps the best known and amongst the most sought after of all county maps. The maps themselves were derived from the best and most up-to-date sources available predominantly those of Saxton and Norden. However Speed also made innovations of his own, introducing town plans on many of the maps vignette scenes of topographical, historical or archaeological interest and also the coats of arms of local Earls and Dukes. The overall effect is to produce very decorative, attractive and informative maps. Some restoration to centrefold and margins, but very decorative.
region: Oxfordshire
mapmaker:
J.Speed
place and date of publication:
London 1612 -1676
medium and colour:
copperplate, Coloured
ref:
37777
size in cms: 52.5 x 38 Price: reserved |
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