SPEED JOHN America

Sale 2464 - Lot 217

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Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000

SPEED, JOHN. America. Hand-colored double-page engraved map of the Western Hemisphere with carte-a-figures and city plan border panels. 16 1/4x21 1/4 inches sheet size, ample margins, English text on verso; lower center fold minimally strengthened on verso. London: Roger Rea, 1662

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Particularly scarce third state of the map with the imprint of Roger Rea replacing that of George Humble's. "This edition was largely destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666" (Burden 217).