print;
title-page
- Museum number
- 1896,1230.213
- Description
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Title-page to John Speed, 'The history of Great Britaine under the conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans' (London, John Sudbury and George Humble, 1611); architectural; in niche at top, 'A Britaine'; in niches on the left side, 'A Romane' and 'A Dane'; in niches on the right side, 'A Saxon' and 'A Norman'.
Engraving
- Production date
- 1611
- Dimensions
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Height: 383 millimetres (trimmed)
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Width: 246 millimetres (trimmed)
- Curator's comments
- According to Johnson, 'Catalogue of Engraved and Etched English Title-Pages to 1691' (1934), p. 32, this is the second state, the first state appearing as the title-page to Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine' (1611).
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The history of Great Britaine under the conquests of the Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans
- Acquisition date
- 1896
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1896,1230.213
