England Wales Scotland and Ireland described and abridged with ye historic relation of things worthy memory from a farr larger voulume
By: Done by John Speed
Contributors: Keere, Pieter van den, 1571-approximately 1646, engraver; Dawson, John, -1634?, printer, attributed name; Humble, George, -1640, bookseller; Camden, William, 1551-1623
Publisher: Printed by John Dawson] and are to bee sould by Georg Humble at ye Whithorse in popeshead Alley
Published: 1632
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Description and travel; Maps
Other titles: Speeds B. Empire. 1727
Work titles: Theatre of the Empire of Great Britainne
Notes: Title page is engraved.

Place of publication, printer's name and suggested publication date from STC.

Signatures: A-Z⁸ chi⁴.

The final quire is unsigned.

The maps were mostly engraved by Pieter van den Keere. --ESTC.

In this edition, A2v line 14 of text ends: behoue-. --ESTC.

The maps are numbered 1-63; the table of maps: p. [375] lists 64 maps, but this edition was apparently issued without it; maps no. 1, 38 are folded plates.

An abridgement of Speed, John. The theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine, the text of which is mainly based on Camden, William. Britannia.

Rare Book copy: A1 (which includes t.p.) wanting; A2 laid in and mutilated. Edition determined from A2v.

STC (2nd ed.), 23036

English short title catalogue, S117733