SPEED, John France revised and augmented ....... Lot 505

SPEED, John France revised and augmented [...]. T. Bassett; R. Chiswell [1676] Copper engr., 40 x 52,4 cm, hand-coloured. Hinged at upper edge. Under passe-partout. English carte-à-figures of France with 8 town views (Angers, Poitiers, Orleans, Paris, Rouen, La Rochelle, Bordeaux and Calais) and 10 costumed figures in 3 borders. English text on verso, pp. 23-24. From the 1676 ed. of "The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine [...] Together with a Prospect of the most famous Parts of the World". Ref. Shirley T.SPE-1j.