Printed Books, Maps & Decorative Prints, Autographs, Documents, The Donald & Monique King Collection

Allom (Thomas, illustrator). China, in a Series of Views, displaying the scenery, architecture, and social habits, of that ancient empire... with ...

Bellasis (George Hutchins). Views in Saint Helena, London: John Tyler, 1815, subscribers list, 6 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by Robert Have...

Bickham (George). The British Monarchy: Or, a New Chorographical Description of all the Dominions Subject to the King of Great Britain. Comprehend...

Douglas Cockerell binding. General Sir Richard Meade and the Feudatory States of Central and Southern India. A Record of Forty-Three Years' Servic...

Blackie & Son (publishers). The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World, Glasgow, Edinburgh & Dublin, 1882, additional half-title, preface, c...

Borthwick (John David). Three Years in California, 1st edition, Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood, 1857, 8 tinted lithograph plates, light o...

* Britton & Rey (lithographers). San Francisco & Bay, as seen from the Clifton House, & Clifton House, Saucelito, Marin Co., California, circa 188...

Brookes (Richard). The General Gazetteer: or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary, 1st edition, London: J. Newberry, 1762, 9 folding engraved maps...

Churchill (Winston Spencer). My African Journey, 1st edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1908, half-title, 61 monochrome illustrations after phot...

* Company School. Two soldiers, mounted on camelback, with rifles, 19th century, watercolour and gouache on paper, collection stamp to lower right...

Hall (Captain Basil). Forty Etchings, from sketches made with the Camera Lucida, in North America, in 1827 and 1828, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Cadel...

* India. Two views on the River Ganges, India, circa 1830s-40s, two fine pencil drawings on paper, showing boats on the river, buildings and trees...

Jacob (William). Travels in the South of Spain, in letters written A.D. 1809 and 1810, 1st edition, London: J. Johnson and W. Miller, 1811, foldin...

Jesuits. Lettres e?difiantes et curieuses e?crites des missions e?trange?res, [edited by Yves Querbeuf], Nouvelle e?dition, orne?e de cinquante be...

La Expedicion Malaspina. La Expedicion Malaspina 1789-1794, 9 volumes in 10, Madrid: Lunwerg Editores, 1987-1999, numerous colour & monochrome ill...

La Perouse (Jean-Francois Galaup, comte de). The Voyage of La Perouse Round the World, in the Years 1783, 1786, 1787, and 1788, 2 volumes, London:...

Labillardiere (Jaques Julien Houton de). Voyage in search of La Perouse. Performed by Order of the Constituent Assembly, during the Years 1791, 17...

Le Bruyn (Cornelius). Travels into Muscovy, Persia and part of the East-Indies, containing an accurate description of whatever is most remarkable ...

Lear (Edward). Journal of a Landscape Painter in Corsica, 1st edition, London: Robert John Bush, 1870, half-title, single-page map and 40 single-p...

Lear (Edward). Journals of a Landscape Painter in Calabria, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1852, half-title, 2 single-page engraved maps, a...

Lyall (Robert ). The Character of the Russians, and a Detailed History of Moscow, 1st edition, London: T. Cadell, 1823, 13 fine hand-coloured aqua...

Major (Thomas). The Ruins of Paestum, otherwise Posidonia, in Magna Graecia, 1st edition, London: published by T. Major, printed by James Dixwell,...

* Mayer (Luigi). A collection of 19 colour aquatint plates from Vues dans L'Empire Ottoman ..., London: R. Bowyer, 1803, hand-coloured aquatints, ...

[Merigot, James]. A Select Collection of Views and Ruins in Rome and its vicinity. Recently executed from drawings made upon the spot, London: sol...

Montbard (Georges, pseud., i.e. Charles Auguste Loyes). Among the Moors, sketches of Oriental Life, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co...

Moor (Henry). A Visit to Russia in the Autumn of 1862, 1st edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1863, 8 tinted lithograph plates, 32 pp. catalogue a...

Newton (Charles). A collection of 31 plates from A History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus and Branchidae ..., London: Day & Son, [1862], ...

Pococke (Richard). Inscriptionum Antiquarum Graec. et Latin Liber. Accedit, Numismatum Ptolemaeorum, Imperatorum, Augustarum, et Caesarum, in Aegy...

Raffles (Lady Sophia). Memoir of the Life and Public Services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, particularly in the government of Java, 1811-1816, B...

Rome. Costumi della Corte Pontificia, Rome, 1846, 31 hand-coloured engraved plates of Vatican costume, including title, [by V. Mochetti and A. Ber...

South Polar Times. The South Polar Times, 3 volumes, Centenary Edition, Orskey, Bonham, Niner, 2002, numerous facsimile maps and illustrations, or...

Stanley (H.M.) In Darkest Africa or the Quest, Rescue and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Sampson Low, 189...

Staunton (George). An Historical Account of the Embassy to the Emperor of China, Undertaken by Order of the King of Great Britain; including the M...

[Svin'in, Pavel Petrovich]. Sketches of Russia; illustrated with 15 engravings, 1st edition, London: R. Ackermann, 1814, 15 fine hand-coloured aqu...

Waterloo. Collection de Douze Vues de Waterloo, chez Gerard Lithographe editeur, Brussels: Rue de la Bergère, circa 1842?, 12 lithograph plates (m...

Wyld (James). A General Atlas, Containing Maps Illustrating some Important Periods in Ancient History; and Distinct Maps of the Several Empires, K...

Allom (Thomas & others, illustrators). Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, Illustrated ..., with Descriptions by T. Rose, 2 volum...

Blomefield (Francis). An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk, 11 volumes, 2nd edition, London: William Miller, 1805-10,...

Bowen (Emanuel & Owen John). Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd..., fourth edition, Thomas Bowles, 1753, printed title with two near-contemporar...

Britton (John). Picturesque Antiquities of the English Cities. Illustrated by a Series of Engravings of Antient Buildings, Street Scenery, etc...,...

Cary (John). Cary's New and Correct English Atlas: Being a New Set of County Maps from Actual Surveys..., 1st edition, Sept 1st. 1787, calligraphi...

Chamberlain (Henry). A New and Compleat History of the Cities of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent; from the ea...

Dearn (Thomas Downes Wilmot). Historical, Topographical and Descriptive Account of the Weald of Kent, Cranbrook: S. Reader, 1814, eight uncoloured...

Dugdale (Thomas). Curiosities of Great Britain, England & Wales Delineated, historical, entertaining & commercial, alphabetically arranged, ...ass...

Finden (E. & W.). The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain, illustrated by views taken on the spot, 2 volume...

Finden (William & Edward). Views of Ports and Harbours, Watering Places, Fishing Villages... on the English Coast, London: Charles Tilt, 1838, add...

[Gleig, George Robert]. The Veterans of Chelsea Hospital. By the Author of "The subaltern," "Traditions of Chelsea College," "Country curate," etc...

Hoare (Richard Colt). The History of Modern Wiltshire, 14 volumes in 11, 1822-1844, hand-coloured engraved maps, numerous engraved plates and plan...

Ingram (James). Memorials of Oxford, 3 volumes, Oxford: John Henry Parker & London: Charles Tilt, 1837, large paper copy, vignette titles, 100 eng...

Leighton (Clare). The Farmer's Year. A Calendar of English Husbandry, 1st edition, London: Collins, 1933, 12 wood-engraved plates, one or two mino...

Mudie (Robert). Hampshire: Its Past and Present Condition and Future prospects, 3 volumes, James Robbins. Winchester, [1838 - 39], additional pict...

Neave (Sir Digby). Four Days in Connemara, 1st edition, London: Richard Bentley, 1852, occasional minor spotting, original green blindstamped clot...

Plot (Robert). The Natural History of Oxfordshire, Being an Essay toward the Natural History of England, Oxford: Printed at the Theater, [1676], e...

Pountney (W. J.). Old Bristol Potteries..., 1st edition, Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd., 1920, signed & inscribed by the author to the half-title,...

Shaw (Stebbing). The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire, compiled from the manuscripts of Huntbach, Loxdale, Bishop Lyttelton, and other col...

Slater (Isaac, publisher). Slater's New British Atlas, Comprising the Counties of England (upon which are laid down all the Railways completed and...

Stonehenge - Charleton (Walter). Chorea Gigantum, or, the most Famous Antiquity of Great-Britain, Vulgarly called Stone-Heng, Standing on Salisbur...

Storer (James). History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Churches of Great Britain, 4 volumes, 1st edition, London: Rivingtons [et al], 1814-1819,...

* Barnett (Edward, 1815-1894). A collection of drawings, mainly for Nathaniel Mills, Silversmith, of Birmingham, circa 1835-1845, 21 pencil drawin...

Eggert (Franz Xaver). Die Glasgemälder der neuerbauten Mariahilf-Kirche in der Vorstadt au zu München, ein Geschenk Seiner Majestaet des Koenigs L...