Title Page for the first volume of Chatelain’s Atlas Historique Printed Area Measurement_38 x 49.5 cm Speed’s Theatre

Speed’s Theatre

stretching back into the Anglo-Saxon era (a school of thought asserted that its origins lay with the fleet ordered by King Alfred in 896)

With a splendid binding by William F Matthews

and later Chief Valuer to the Inland Revenue)

corners renewed

Title Page for the first volume of Chatelain’s Atlas Historique Printed Area Measurement_38 x 49.5 cm Speed’s Theatre[Title page] Atlas Historique The classical muses on this title page represent Chronology, History, Navigation and Geography. Atlas braces himself against a crumbling pyramid, supporting the heavens, while the title of the atlas is suspended on a banner, borne by the winged angel of fame. It was engraved for the first volume of Chatelains historical atlas. Condition & Materials Copper engraved title page, 40 x 24. 5 cm, black and white as issued,