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This is the text only for the first edition published in 1739 of this magnificent work which was published with a suite of exquisitely engraved plates delineating the attempted Spanish Armada invasion of 1588. In this example the Subscribers List is in the first state. It is unusual to find the text bound separately from the plates. Almond ‘Maps of the Spanish Armada’ IMCoS Journal no. 109 pp. 7-13; ESTC T145911; Schrire ‘Adams’ and Pine’s Maps of the Spanish Armada’ in the ‘Map Collectors’ Circle’ no. 4; Shirley ‘Atlases in the British Library G.Pine 1a.
PINE, John
The Tapestry Hangings of the House of Lords
London, 1739
Folio (550 x 380 mm.), contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards, spine with gilt title. With ornate engraved titlepage, Dedication to the King, List of Subscribers, followed by the text. pp. (6), 24.
Stock number: 7002
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