Copper engraving with later hand colouring. Overall size : 57.4cms x 44.5cms. Image size : 505mm x 384mm. English text verso. Inset plan of Chester and Armes of the Earles of Chester since the Normans Conquest. Four decorative cartouches. Speed has used William Smith's revisions of Saxton and the Braun & Hogenberg plan of Chester .Angels and globes in bottom right and left corners. Scale of distance at bottom right. Centre fold as published. Little browning to margins ; one tear 3cms from bottom margin ending below neatline; one pinhole in town plan visible only when held up to the light else very good condition. Until his late thirties, John Speed was a tailor by trade but his passion for history and map-making led him to gain a patron in Sir Fulke Greville, the poet and statesman, who found him a post in the customs and helped subsidize his map-making, giving him 'full liberty to express the inclination of my mind'. He became aquainted with the publisher William Camden, whose descriptive text was used by Speed for most of the maps in his atlas 'The Theatre of Empire of Great Britain' published most probably in 1612 although it bears the date 1611 on the main title page. The maps were engraved in Amsterdam by Jodocus Hondius, one of the foremost engravers of his time. Speed's maps are unique historical documents of their time and the town plans featured on the maps are in most cases the first information we have of their early apppearance. Their artistry has guaranteed the collectability of these maps in the centuries that have followed.`
| Subject | Cheshire |
|---|---|
| Map maker | Speed, John |
| Publisher | Bassett and Chiswell |
| Published at year | 1676 |
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