H. G. FORDHAM—HERTFORDSHIRE MAPS. 
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degrees and minutes of East longitude, Dunstable being about 
20° east. In left top comer, in panel, “ Hartford Shire ” ; in left 
bottom corner, “ A Seal {sic) of Miles.” On back English text 
with description of Buckinghamshire. 
This map is from ‘ The abridgment of Camden’s Britania with 
The Maps of the severall Shires of England and Wales.’ Printed 
by John Bill, Printer to the King’s most exellent Maiestie, 1626. 
London, obi. 12mo. It contains 62 county maps. They are 
uniform in size, and are printed in the middle of an oblong page. 
These maps vary a little in style, and may have been engraved by 
different artists, but they seem to have been copied very closely in 
design from those of Keer. 
*1627. Speed, John. 20 x 15. Scale, 2£ miles = 1 inch. 
Engraved by Jodocus Hondius. 
This map of Herts is an identical impression with that of 1611, 
and has the same imprint. On the back is the text of chap, xx 
of the ‘Theatre’ of 1611, with the same scroll-heading. The 
initial letter H of the text differs, however, slightly from that 
of 1611. It is of much the same size and design, with the same 
figure, but the border is a plain, unornamented double line. The 
type of the letterpress is also slightly different from that in the 
first edition. 
From the third edition of the ‘ Theatre,’ London, 1627-31, folio. 
The title-page is that of the first and second editions, redated, but 
with the imprint ‘ ‘ Are to be sold by George Humble at the Whit 
horse in Popes-head Alley.” The second, third, and fourth books 
are dated 1631. This edition of the ‘Theatre’ is in one volume 
with ‘ A Prospect of the most famous parts of the World .... 
together With all the Provinces, Counties, and Shires, contained 
in that large Theator of Great Brittaine’s Empire. Performed by 
John Speed,’ which is dated London, 1631. 
* 1627. Speed, John. 4Jf x 3-^6. Scale, 8miles = 1 inch. 
Engraved by Peter Keer [1599]. 
A reprint of the map in the 1620 edition of the abridgment 
of the ‘ Theatre.’ 
From ‘ England . . . . Described and Abridged,’ by 
John Speed, London, 1627, obi. 12mo. The title-page in this copy 
is dated at foot “ Anno Cum privilegio 1627.” Its design is 
identical with that of the title-page ascribed to 1620. In the 
letterpress the type differs slightly from that of 1620, though 
the matter and arrangement are the same. 
1685. Simons, Mathew. Thumb-nail map in corner 
of plate, about ,1^ inches square. Scale, about 40 miles = 1 inch. 
Engraved by Jacob van Langeren. 
Part of an engraved plate 4 inches square, containing on left 
a triangular table of distances of “ Hartforde shire, w th some 
c5fining Towns,” giving 26 names of towns arranged along the 
top and left-hand side, and, in the right-hand bottom corner, 
