LEADER 03177nam 2200481 n 450 001 996390300503316 005 20200824121316.0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000651218 035 $a(EEBO)2264238750 035 $a(UnM)99857419e 035 $a(UnM)99857419 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000651218 100 $a19921211d1632 uy | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn||||a|bb| 200 04$aThe theatre of the empire of Great Britaine$b[electronic resource] $epresenting an exact geography of the kingdomes of England, Scotland, Ireland, and the iles adioyning: with the shires, hundreds, cities and shire-townes, within ye kingdome of England, divided and described by Iohn Speed 210 $aImprinted at London $c[By Iohn Dawson] anno cum privilegio 1627 Are to be sold by George Humble at the Whit horse in Popes-head Alley$d[1627, i.e. 1632] 215 $a[162], 146 p. $cill. (woodcuts), maps (metal cuts) 300 $aThe text is mainly taken from: Camden, William. Britannia. 300 $aThe title page is engraved. 300 $aConsists of 7 disjunct preliminary leaves; 70 folded sheets, signed A-2L² 2M¹ 2N¹, mounted on stubs; and 5 disjunct index leaves. Each folded sheet, consisting of two leaves, is signed as a single leaf; i.e., A² is actually two folds, the first signed A1 on the first recto, the second A2. Furthermore, sheets A-2L are grouped in fours, with two sheets bearing a particular letter sandwiched between two sheets bearing the previous letter. For example, the first grouping consists of the two conjugate leaves A1, the two conjugate leaves B1, the two conjugate leaves B2, and the two conjugate leaves A2. Sixty-six of these folds have engraved maps printed on the inner pages, with text on the outer pages; three have text or woodcuts on all pages. Only the outer pages are paginated; inner pages are not included in pagination. There are other irregularities in pagination. 300 $a"The woodcuts were no doubt cut by Christoph Schweitzer." Some of the maps are signed by Jodocus Hondius, and "all were engraved by him or under his direction in his workshop at Amsterdam" (Skelton). 300 $aBooks 2-4 each have separate title page. Those to books 2 and 4 give William Hall as printer; those to books 3 and 4 are dated 1612. 300 $aThe pagination is continued in "The history of Great Britaine" (STC 23045). 300 $aReproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. 330 $aeebo-0216 606 $aAtlases, British$vEarly works to 1800 607 $aGreat Britain$xDescription and travel$y1601-1700$vEarly works to 1800 607 $aGreat Britain$vMaps$vEarly works to 1800 615 0$aAtlases, British 700 $aSpeed$b John$f1552?-1629.$01001140 701 $aCamden$b William$f1551-1623.$0694594 702 $aHondius$b Jodocus$f1563-1612, 702 $aGoos$b Abraham 801 0$bCu-RivES 801 1$bCu-RivES 801 2$bUk-ES 801 2$bCStRLIN 801 2$bWaOLN 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996390300503316 996 $aThe theatre of the empire of Great Britaine$92298489 997 $aUNISA