[Speed, John] | A charming map of Cambridge

[Speed, John]

Cambridgeshire described with the devision of the hundreds, the townes, situation, with the armes of the Colleges of that famous Universiti. [London]: J. Sudbury and G. Humble, 1610 [but 1611 or later]

Copperplate engraved map (to sight: 535 x 395 mm). Handcoloring, inset plan of Cambridge, side borders incorporating the escutcheons of 17 colleges and 4 figures in academic dress; minor primarily marginal toning, one or two primarily marginal closed tears repaired, repairs to verso of center fold. Matted and framed; not examined out of frame.

From John Speed’s Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, a cartographic landmark.