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H. G. FORDHAM-HERTFORDSHIRE MAPS. 
Ryther, with the above pasted in. The maps seem generally quite 
unaltered, except that the date is changed, and that, in some cases, 
an English title is inserted. The only copy I have seen is one in 
the University Library, Cambridge. 
* 1646. Speed, John. 20 x 15. Scale, 2£ miles = 
1 inch. Engraved by Jodocus Hondius. 
An unaltered impression of the map of 1611, with the same 
imprint. Latin text on hack; no scroll-heading to the chapter. 
The initial H contains a figure of St. Nicholas with a dotted border 
to the design. My notes do not enable me to distinguish the 
text and ornamentation on the hack of this map from those on the 
map of 1616. Any difference which may exist would be very 
slight. 
Erom the ‘ Theatrum imperii magna Britannia . 
A Joanne Spedo Anglice , conscriptum et a Philemone Uollando 
latinitate Donatumd Amstelodami , Apud Johannem Blaeu. clo Iocxlvi 
(1646), folio. The second (and last) edition of Holland’s 
translation into Latin of the 1616 edition of Speed’s ‘Theatre,’ 
with a slightly different title. A copy in the Bodleian Library 
is the only one I have come across. 
1040. Janssonius, Joannes. 22 x 17. Scale, about 
2 miles = 1 inch. 
A plain map of Middlesex and Herts together, with north to right, 
showing hundreds, rivers, towns and villages, parks, churches, 
beacons, and hills. In left top corner Royal Arms with supporters. 
In left bottom corner pediment with cherub supporting emblazoned 
and crowned shield, resting on tablet with inscription “Roger 
Erie of Clare and Hartford.” On face of pediment two shields 
crowned: that on right blank ; that on left emblazoned, with tablet 
below inscribed “ Edward Seimour Erie of Hartford.” In right 
top corner escutcheon bearing £ Middelsexice cum Hertfordice comitatu : 
Midlesex and Hertford Shire,’ supported by agricultural figures 
and animals on either side. Resting on bottom border in centre, 
scale of miles and figures with sheep, oxen, and sheaves of corn, 
inscribed “ Quatuor milliaria Anglica conficiunt unum milliare 
GermanicumT On the bottom margin to the left “ Amstelodami , 
Apud Joannem JanssoniumT 
This map is from the 1 JVovus Atlas , sive Theatrum orbis Terr arum: 
In quo Tabula et Descriptions omnium Regionum totius universi 
accuratissime exhibentur in Quatuor Tomos Distinctusd Amstelodami , 
apud Joannem Janssonium. Anno clo Iocxlvii (1647), large folio. 
It is found in the fourth tome, which is dated 1646, and contains 
the Latin text of Camden’s 4 Britannia ,’ in double columns, with 
maps of the English counties, the text on the back of the map of 
Middlesex and Herts being paged 167 and 168. 
This Atlas was reproduced in various languages, and at various 
dates under the above title, some editions being in a larger number 
of volumes or parts than others. Another Latin edition, in five 
