1676 "DEVONSHIRE WITH EXCESTER DESCRIBED and the Armes of such Nobiles and haue borne the titles of them". 

A fine example of this copper engraved map of Devon by John Speed. This is the edition published by Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell.

Condition is generally very fine with central fold as issued with English text on verso.

Size 53cm x 41.5cm including the margins & with later hand colour.

John Speed (1552-1629) is the most famous of all English cartographers primarily as a result of The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, the first Atlas of the British Isles. The maps from this Atlas are the best known and most sought-after of all county maps. The maps were derived mainly from earlier prototypes for Christopher Saxon and Robert Norden but with notable improvements include parish "Hundreds" and county boundaries, town plans and embellishments such as the coats of arms of local Earls, Dukes and the Royal Household.