1710 - "SHROPSHYRE DESCRIBED THE SITTUATION OF SHOWESBURY SHEWED With the Armes of thos Earles and other Memorable things observed". A highly decorative map of Shropshire by John Speed. Inset plan of SHROWSESBURY (Shrewsbury), coats of arms & large compass rose. This is from the Henry Overton edition in 1710.

Condition is generally very fine with central fold as issued and blank 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 fo 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.