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Lot 2174
Two 17th Century Regional Maps by John Speed
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Being copperplate engravings dated 1610, each with hand coloring and verso text, to include: Merionethshire in Wales and Cumberland in northern England. Each map is presented in a wooden frame.

Cumberland framed 20-1/4 x 24-3/4 in.; Merionethshire framed 18 x 22-1/8 in.

Private Virginia Collection

The Merionethshire has light age toning and traces of foxing; the Cumberland map is darkly toned.