Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 6th July 2021
Lot 343
'CORNWALL'
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £900
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Description
'CORNWALL'
AN ENGRAVED MAP BY JOHN SPEED (1552-1629)
a hand-coloured engraved map with an inset view of Launceston, inscribed 'Are to be sold by Thomas Bassett in Fleet Street and Richard Chiswell in St. Paul's Churchyard', dated '1610' but probably later, c.1676, English text to verso, in a later glazed oak frame
39.5 x 52cm
Provenance
From the collection of Edward Croft-Murray CBE (1907-1980).