Speed’s Miniature Map of Buckinghamshire Printed Area Measurement_26 x 34 cm additional engraved title-page with vignette

additional engraved title-page with vignette of Greenwich Hospital

This railway map was published in October 1845 as Railwaymania neared its peak: in 1846 272 Acts of Parliament setting up new railway companies were passed

Thomas Hartwell

Amstelaedami [Amsterdam]

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Speed’s Miniature Map of Buckinghamshire Printed Area Measurement_26 x 34 cm additional engraved title-page with vignetteThis map of Buckinghamshire is from the so called miniature Speed. This miniature atlas used maps by van den Keere to illustrate a pocket edition of Speeds text, and which Humble generally printed to coincide with editions of the larger atlas. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 8. 7 x 12 cm, recent hand colour, English text on verso.