Lakes Source, atlas, Speed 1611

Speed 1611


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	Atlas, The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain, by John Speed, 1611, published by Thomas Bassett, The George, Fleet Street, and Richard Chiswell, The Rose and Crown, St Paul's Curchyard, London, 1676. The atlas includes maps and descriptive text; of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, and separate counties, and of the world and separate countries. There are 9 pages of index placed at the end of Book 3. Maps and road diagrams of interest to the Lakes Guides project, are recorded separately, other items recorded only briefly.
		Speed 1611
	book feature:-	rebound & half bound (leather and marbled paper on boards) & frontispiece & title page (engraved) & title page (printed) & dedication page (to Sir Joseph Sheldon, Lord Mayor of London et al, by E Phillips, 1676) & dedication page (to James I, by John Speed, 1611) & imprimatur (1675) & contents & preface (by John Speed) & aulogies (poems and prose honouring John Spped) & maps (of Great Britain, counties, then of the world and countries) & text
	inscription:-	printed frontispiece ... / THE ACHIEVEMENT OF / OUR SOVERAIGNE / KING CHARLES THE IID. / With the ARMES of the Severall Kings / that have anciently Reigned within his / DOMINIONS. coat of arms, royal, of Charles II replacing those of James I of earlier editions
	inscription:-	printed half title page ... / THE / THEATRE / OF THE EMPIRE / OF GREAT / BRITAINE. / Presenting / an Exact Geography of the / Kingdomes of ENGLAND SCOTLAND / and IRELAND and the Isles adjoyning / With / the Shires Citys Hundreds and the / Shire Townes within the Kingdome / of England devided and described / As also / a Prospect of the most famous / Parts of the World / By / Iohn Speed / With many Additions never before / Extant // LONDON / Printed for Thomas Bassett / and Richard Chiswell. 1676 / R; White sculp monumental wall with figures of A Britaine, A Romane, A Saxon, A Dane, and A Norman
	inscription:-	printed title page THE / Theatre of the Empire / OF / GREAT-BRITAIN, / Presenting an Exact Geography of the / KINGDOM of ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, IRELAND, / and the isles adjoyning : / As also the Shires, Hundreds, Cities and Shire-Towns within the KINGDOM / of ENGLAND and PRINCIPALITY of WALES; / WITH A / Chronology of the Civil-Wars in ENGLAND, WALES and IRELAND. / TOGETHER WITH / A PROSPECT / Of the most famous Parts of the WORLD, Viz. / Asia, Africa, Europe, America. / With these EMPIRES and KINGDOMS therein contained; viz. / Grecia, Roman-Empire, Germany, Bohemia, France, Belgia, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Denmark, Poland, Persia, Turkish-Empire, Kingdom of China, Tartaria, Summer-Islands. / By HOHN SPEED. / In this New Edition are added; / In the THEATRE of GREAT-BRITAIN, / The principal Roads, and their Branches leading to the Cities and Chief Towns in England and Wales; / with their computed distances. In a new and accurate method. / The Market Towns wanting in the former Impressions. / A Continuation of all the Battels fought in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland; with all the Sea-Fights / to this present time. / The Arms of all the Dukes and Earls, whose Titles of Honour were wanting in each particular County, / to the last Creation. / The Descriptions of His Majesty's Dominions abroad; with a Map fairly engraven to each Description, / Viz. New-England, New-York, Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Mary-Land, Jamaica, Barbadoes. / In the PROSPECT of the WORLD. / The Empire of the Great Mogul, with the rest of the East-Indies, Palestine, or the Holy-Land, The Empire of Russia. // LONDON; / Printed for Thomas Bassett at the George in Fleet-street, and Richard Chiswel / at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard, MDCLXXVI.
	inscription:-	printed reverse of dedication page, 1676 This Book Entituled The Theatre of the Empire of Great-Britain, &c. is Licensed to be Reprinted with Additions; by the appointment of the Right Honourable Sir Joseph Williamson, Principal Secretary of State to His Sacred Majesty. / Aug. 2 1675. / Roger L'Estrange.
	inscription:-	printed dedication page, original To the Most High, and Most Potent / MONARCH, / JAMES, / Of GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, and IRELAND, / KING; / The Most Constant and Most Learned DEFENDER OF THE FAITH; / Inlarger and Uniter of the BRITISH EMPIRE; Restorer of the / BRITISH NAME; Establisher of PERPETUAL PEACE, in CHURCH / and COMMONWEALTH; President of all PRINCELY VERTUES and / NOBLE ARTS : / JOHN SPEED, / His Majesties most Lowly and / most Loyal Subject and Ser- / vant, Consecrateth these his / Labours, though unworthy / the Aspect of so High an Im- / perial Majesty.
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