Buckinghamshire

Buckingham both Shyre, and Shire : towne describ.
Buckingham both Shyre, and Shire : towne describ.
Printed map. "Performed by Iohn Speed and are to be sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate London." Visual scale [89 mm=10 miles]. Includes two inset maps: Buckingham and Redding. Text within oval frame alongside Redding inset, "For that Bark: Shire cold not contayn place for this Towne I have here inserted it, as one of ye most ancient and chei: fest in yt Coutye". Along map's lower right edge: “The armes of those honorable families which have born ye titles of Buckinghá.” followed by coats of arms of "Walter Gifford Earle", "Richard Stranbowe E.", "Thomas of Wodstoke E." and "Humfr. Stafforde Duke". Along lower left edge: “Posui deum adiutorem meum” above two coats of arms with mottos, “Beati Pacifici” and “Union” respectively. Described in Chubb, The Printed Maps in the Atlases of Great Britain and Ireland, entry XXXI, pp. 41-43. Originally published in Overton's atlas, England Fully Described in a Compleat Sett of Mapps of ye County's of England & Wales..., published 1743.
The County of Buckingham
The County of Buckingham
Printed map. "Surveyed in MDCCLXVI, VII, and VIII and engraved by Thomas Jefferys". Two visual scales [152 mm = 6 statute miles approximately]. Insets: "The Town of Buckingham". Acquired as part of the Lord Cholmondely collection.