Brightstovve, vulgo; quondam venta, floretissimum Angliae Emporium and Civitates orbis terrarum.
Description:
Mounted on sheet. Annotation on sheet: "Hoefnagel's map of Bristol, 1581 (Braun's Civitates). It shows Broad Stt., where the tennis court stood (1636). Preliminary record.
From Speed's The theatre of the empire of Great Britaine., Hand col. Sheet measures 42 x 55 cm. Lanman Collection., Left and right borders contain illustrations of notable persons from each of the 14 political districts., and Running title on verso: Heptarchiae
Publisher:
Are to be sold by John Sudbury & Georg. Humble,
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain--Maps--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Humble, George, d. 1640, Speed, John, 1552?-1629. Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, and Sudbury, John
Appears in William Camden's Camden's Britannia (1695)., Imprint derived from the earliest atlas in which the map was issued., London meridian., Relief shown pictorially., Shows Roman placenames., and Subsequently issued in the same state in several editions of the
Publisher:
[A. Swalle & A. & J. Churchill],
Subject (Geographic):
British Isles--Early works to 1800--Maps, Europe--British Isles, and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Camden, William, 1551-1623. Britannia. English and Morden, Robert, approximately 1650-1703
Britannia prout divisa fuit temporibus Anglo-Saxonum praesertim durante illorum heptarchia.
Description:
Border illustrations include seven Anglo-Saxon kings on the left; the conversion to Christianity of a further seven are depicted on the right., Manuscript number in upper left corner: 7., Relief shown pictorially., and Shows kingdom boundaries, rivers, settlements and shields.