COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1211172
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C206
Image Title:
Derbyshire
Parent Work Title:
Darbieshire Described
Creator:
Speed, John
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Date Created:
1666
Description:
Map: Derbyshire. Monochrome with ornate border, the map is very rich in detail including cities, place names, rivers and mountains. Castles, mountains and significant buildings are illustrated by drawings. Inset bottom left is a map of Derby with a key to significant features. There is a decorative cartouche containing the title of the map and a coat of arms. Beneath this is a compass rose and a large though simplistic sketch of Buxton. The inscription reads: 'Performed by John Speed and are to be sold by Thomas Bassett in Fleet Street & Richard Chiswell in St Pauls Churchyard'. Top left are the coats of arms of 'all those honorable famylys as have borne the dignitye and the title of Earles of Darbye from the tyme of the Normans Conquest unto this present'. There are four coats of arms illustrated.
Language Name:
English
Language Code:
eng
Sub-Category:
Maps
Technique Used:
Printed
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
Places Covered:
England: Derbyshire
Item Height:
427 mm
Item Width:
522 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
Copyright restrictions apply
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2012-02-07
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
