MAP Sussex Described and divided into Rapes with the siutuation of Chichester the cheife citie thereof. And the armes of such Nobles as have bene dignified with the title of Earles since the conquest and other accidents therein observed.

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Nice later hand-colouring. An attractive and decorative map with inset town plan of Chichester, crests and elaborate coat of arms, vignettes of galleons and sea-monsters, there is a Civil War battle (probably a skirmish at Haywards Heath) and a representation of William the Conqueror's fleet arriving at Pevensey. In very good condition. Some slight darkening around edges and centre fold. Professional repair lower margin. Unframed. Large double sided map (engraved surface 20.5 x 16 inches). The maps by John Speed are "the best known and most popular of all English county maps" (Tooley). This is a very famous map, engraved by Jodocus Hondius in 1610 and first published the following year, in Speed's atlas 'The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain'. N° de ref. del artículo 86954

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