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Click here to subscribeSpeed (John), The West Ridinge of Yorkshyre with the most famous and fayre Citie Yorke described, published C.Dicey & Co., circa 1770, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of York, slight creasing, 385 x 505 mm, no text on verso Dicey produced the last edition of John Speed's maps almost 160 years after they were first published. The maps were chronically out of date and didn't sell making this an uncommon edition. (1)
Thoresby (Ralph). Ducatus Leodiensis: Or, the Topography of the Ancient and Populous Town and Parish of Leedes, and Parts Adjacent in the West-Riding of the County of York, 1st edition, 1715, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding engraved map, eleven engraved plates (some folding & close-timmed), engraved armorials to text, plus few additional plates including some window mounted, one or two repaired and lined to verso, manuscript pedigrees and annotations, some browning and dampstaining throughout volume, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, brass clasps, rebacked and corners repaired, folio Upcott pp.1381-1383; Boyne 93. (1)
Austria. Ortelius (Abraham), Austriae descrip. per Wolfgangum Lazium, [1612], uncoloured engraved map, small worm hole to central fold, 350 x 485 mm, Latin text on verso, together with Salisburgensis Iurisdictio..., [1592], uncoloured engraved map, inset town view of Saltzburg, worm hole affecting image at central fold, 340 x 435 mm, Latin text on verso Marcel van den Broecke. Ortelius Atlas Maps, nos. 106 & 107. (2)
Bill (John). Mountgomerieshire [and] Brecknockshire, [1626], two uncoloured engraved maps, some staining and dust soiling to margins, one small rust hole to Brecknockshire, each approximately 90 x 125 mm, English text on verso, together with Van den Keere (Pieter), Glamorganshire [and] Darbyshire, circa 1630, two hand coloured engraved maps, each approximately 85 x 125 mm, English text on verso, with Bertius (Pieter), Cambria, circa 1610, uncoloured engraved map, 85 x 125 mm, German text on verso (5)
Bowen (Emanuel & Owen John). A collection of thirty-one maps originally published in 'Britannia Depicta', [1720 or later], thirty-one uncoloured engraved county maps, strip road maps to verso, sheet size 185 x 120 mm, together with thirty-eight uncoloured strip road maps from the same series, plus eleven county maps by Seller/Grose, two copies of Moll's map of the North Riding of Yorkshire, (one coloured), a Mercator/Hondius map of Scotland and two other maps similar, various sizes and condition (86)
Fries (Lorenz). Geographicae Enarrationis Libri Octo, printed in Vienne and published in Lyons by Gaspar Trechsel, 1541, title page trimmed at base, two woodcuts attributed to Albrecht Durer, twenty-nine (only of fifty) double page woodcut maps, occasional staining, one map wormed along gutter, index bound at rear, text block broken and split, later endpapers, 19th century half vellum with marbled boards, later printed label to spine, folio The second edition of Ptolemy edited by Servetus. The maps were printed from the unaltered blocks used in Lorenz Fries's earlier edition which was printed by Gruninger in 1522. Several of the maps in this edition are printed without their descriptive text on the verso. This was because of the malignant effect of Calvinism, which meant that many copies of the earlier editions were burnt on Calvin's orders and the unfortunate Michael Servetus, a Spanish theologian and physician, was burned at the stake in 1553, condemned by Calvin for his doctrinal heresies. Although not complete a scarce collection of early 16th century maps, Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)
British Islands. Blaeu (Johannes), Sarnia Insula vulgo Garnsey et Insula Caesarea vernacule Jarsey, published Amsterdam, circa 1648, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, some staining affecting image, slight creasing, 390 x 470 mm, Latin text on verso, together with Insula Sacra vulgo Holy Island et Farne, published Amsterdam, circa 1648, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, some staining to image, 390 x 470 mm, Latin text on verso, with Vectis Insula Anglice The Isle of Wight, published Amsterdam, circa 1649, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, toned overall, 385 x 500 mm, Latin text on verso, plus Mona, published Amsterdam, circa 1648, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, some staining affecting image, 380 x 275 mm, Latin text on facing sheet and on verso (4)
British Isles. Blaeu (Johannes), Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae tabula, published Amsterdam, circa 1650, engraved map with sparse outline colouring, inset map of the Orkney Islands, occasional repaired marginal closed tears, toned overall, 390 x 500 mm, Latin text on verso R.W.Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, no.423. (1)
British Isles. Munster Sebastian & Petri Heinrich), Beschzeibrung Engellants und Schottlandts, published Basle, [1578 or later], uncoloured woodblock map, slight staining to margins, 250 x 170 mm, German text on verso R.W.Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1477 - 1650, no.122. (1)
British Isles. Porcacchi (Tomaso), Inghilterra, circa 1572, engraved map orientated to the east, pale hand colouring, 110 x 150 mm, polyglot text on verso, together with Mercator (Gerard), Anglia Scotia et Hibernia, circa 1610, uncoloured engraved map, some dust soiling and staining largely confined to margins, 135 x 180 mm, German text on verso, with De Fer (Nicholas), Britannicarum Insularum Typus, circa 1688, hand coloured engraved map, 150 x 170 mm (3)
Greece. Atlas van Morea..., getekend door F[ranciscus] J[ohannes] Boonzaajer, circa 1810, manuscript atlas with 1 general double-page map and 40 more detailed double-page maps, all sepia pen and ink with yellow, red/pink and grey wash outline colouring and yellow borders, each approximately 14 x 18 cm, bookplate of Anthony Bryer to front pastedown, early 19th-century half calf over boards with leather spine label, slightly rubbed and soiled and some wear to extremities, 8vo An intriguing and well-executed manuscript collection of maps of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece. Boonzaajer was born at Corinchem in 1789, studied at Utrecht, and died there as early as 1809. There are resemblances in the general map to Blaeu's 'Morea olim Peloponnuesus' (1640 and later); and J. Dankerts, 'Peloponnuesus hodie Morea' (circa 1700). (1)
British Isles. Jansson (Jan), Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae, sive Britannicar: Insularum descriptio, Amstelodami Ioannes Janssonius Anno. 1621, uncoloured engraved map orientated to the west, central fold partially strengthened on verso, left hand margin with repaired closed tear, not affecting image, 350 x 500 mm R.W.Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, no. 374. A scarce map. A re-issue of Pieter van den Keere's map of 1604, which in turn bears a striking resemblance to Ortelius's map of 1570. The map shows the British Isles under the newly installed James I with portraits of himself and his wife and son. There is also a royal coat of arms in the Stuart form. (1)
British Isles. Speed (John), Britain as it was devided in the tyme of the Englishe Saxona especially during their Heptarchy, published John Sudbury & George Humble, [1627], hand coloured engraved map, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, fourteen engraved historical scenes to vertical margins, central fold partially strengthened on verso, faint printers folds, 385 x 510 mm, English text on verso R.W.Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1477 - 1650, no.317. (1)
British Isles. Fries (Martin, Waldeseemuller Martin), Tabula nova Angliae & Hiberniae, published Vienne [1541], uncoloured woodcut map, a reduction of Waldeseemuller's map of the British Isles, 280 x 410 mm, blank on verso R.W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, no.31. (1)
British Isles. A mixed collection of six maps, 17th & 18th century, including Merian (Matthaus), Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae tabulae die Britannischen Insulen, published Nuremberg, circa 1650, uncoloured engraved map, inset map of the Orkney Islands, 275 x 365 mm, together with Chiquet (Jacques), Les Royaumes D'Angleterre, D'Ecosse et D'Irlande, published Paris, 1719, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, with a list of monarchs in two vertical columns, some marginal staining, 165 x 225 mm, with Buffier (Claude), Carte de la Grande Bretagne..., published Paris, 1714, uncoloured engraved map, old folds, 180 x 140 mm, plus Porcacchi (Tomaso), Descrittione dell' isola D'Inghilterra, published Venice, [1572 or later], uncoloured engraved map, orientated to the west, Italian text below and on verso of map, map size 105 x 145 mm, with two others similar (6)
Buckinghamshire. Buckingham both Shyre and Shire towne describ., 1st edition, published George Humble. circa 1611, uncoloured engraved map, inset town plans of Buckingham and Reading, central fold frayed and torn with some loss to image, 380 x 505 mm, English text on verso, together with Bedford Shire and the situation of Bedford described..., 1st edition, published George Humble, circa 1611, uncoloured engraved map, inset town plan of Bedford, trimmed with slight loss to left hand strapwork margin, some splitting to central fold, repaired on verso, 385 x 505 mm, English text on verso, with Dorsetshyre with the Shyre-towne Dorchester described..., 1st edition, circa 1611, uncoloured engraved map, inset town plan of Dorchester, central fold frayed and torn with slight loss, slight worming affecting image, 385 x 505 mm, English text on verso, plus Wilshire, 1st edition, published John Sudbury & George Humble, circa 1611, uncoloured engraved map, inset town plan of Salisbury and an oval vignette of Stonehenge, central fold heavily worn and frayed, slight worming, 385 x 505 mm, English text on verso (4)
Cambridgeshire. Blaeu (Johannes), Cantabrigiensis comitatus Cambridge Shire, published Amsterdam, circa 1648, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, slight creasing to central fold, 420 x 520 mm, Latin text on verso, together with Regiones Inundatae in finibus comitatus Norfolciae, Suffolciae, Cantabrigiae, Huntingtoniae, Northamtoniae et Lincolniae, published Amsterdam, circa 1648, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, slight creasing to central fold, slight staining to margins, 435 x 540 mm, no text on verso (2)
*Carnarvonshire. Speed (John), Caerarvon both Shyre and Shire-towne with the ancient Citie Bangor described, 1st edition, published John Sudbury & George Humble, [1611], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plans of Carnarvon and Bangor, small hole in lower margin, 380 x 510 English text on verso, mounted, framed and glazed A good example of the first edition. (1)
Cary (John). Cary's Traveller's Companion, or a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales..., 1791, calligraphic title, advertisement and contents list, forty-three (complete as list) engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, printed back-to-back, text block detached, contemporary calf, crudely repaired with sellotape, rubbed and worn, 8vo, together with Bowen (Emanuel), A Corrected Map of the County of Stafford divided into Hundreds..., published H. Overton, J. Bowles, H. Parker, Carington Bowles, J. Ryall & R. Sayer and T. Kitchin, circa 1750, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 525 x 410 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with printed label to upper board, with another twenty-two folding county, touring and regional maps including examples by Cruchley, Hall, Bacon, J & C Walker, Philips, Bartholomew and Ordnance Survey, plus two Ordnance Survey maps of parts of Warwickshire and Staffordshire (dated 1834 & 1862 respectively), each sectionalised and laid on linen and each contained in contemporary green morocco slipcases with envelope style lids, each approximately 630 x 715 mm, plus seven guide and road books, including examples by Cary, Fraser and Blacks, various sizes and conditon Sold as a collection of maps and plates, not subject to return. (approx.35)
*Cheshire. Bowen (Emanuel), An Accurate Map of the County Palatine of Chester divided into its Hundreds..., published T. & J. Bowles and Robert Sayer, circa 1764, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, toned overall, laid on card, 540 x 710 mm, framed and glazed, together with Kitchin (Thomas),Cheshire drawn from the best Surveys &c..., circa 1780, hand coloured engraved map, 145 x 225 mm, mounted, framed and glazed (3)
*Commemorative china. Victoria, Queen & Empress, Jubilee Year 1887, octagonal plate illustrated with transfer illustrations of the queen and the Prince of Wales, heraldic crests of Australia, Canada, Cape Colony and India and a hemispheral map of the world highlighting the British Empire, with figures illustrating the balance of trade within the empire, gilding to rim is worn, produced by Nestle and Huntsman, pattern number 63164, 240 mm diameter (1)
Cumberland. Speed (John), Cumberland and the ancient citie Carlile described with many memorable antiquities therin found observed, 1st edition, published John Sudbury & George Humble, circa 1611, uncoloured enrgaved map, inset town plan of Carlisle, slight wear to central fold, strengthened and repaired on verso, 385 x 505 mm, English text on verso, together with The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the cheif towne described, 1st edition, published George Humble, circa 1611, uncoloured engraved map, inset town plan of Kendal, trimmed with loss of strapwork margin to lower border, central fold split and frayed, slight creasing and staining, 380 x 505 mm, English text on verso, with The Bishoprick and citie of Durham, 1st edition, circa 1611, uncoloured engraved map, inset town plan of Durham, left hand border trimmed with loss to strapwork margin, central fold partially split and frayed with slight loss, repaired on verso, slight staining, 385 x 500 mm, English text on verso (3)
Cyprus. Magini (Giovanni Antonio), Cypri Insula, published Venice, [1596 or later], uncoloured map, engraved by G.Porro, Italian text below and on verso of map, two repaired closed tears, one affecting image, map size 135 x 175 mm, together with Porcacchi (Tomaso), Cipro, published Venice, [1572 or later], uncoloured engraved map, Italian text below and on verso of map, map size 105 x 145 mm, supplied with five sheets of descriptive text (2)
Devon. Morden (Robert), Devonshire (1695 or later), uncoloued engraved map, 365 x 420 mm, together with Van den Keere (Pieter), Devon-shire, circa 1627, hand coloured engraved map, slight tape staining to margins, 85 x 120 mm, English text on verso, with Kitchin (Thomas & Jefferys Thomas), A Map of Devonshire, [1749], engraved map with outline colouring, text below map, 180 x 145 mm, plus Cole (G. & Roper J.), Devonshire, 1805, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, 185 x 235 mm (4)
Dorset. Blaeu (Johannes), Comitatus Dorcestria sive Dorsettia vulgo Anglice Dorset Shire, published Amsterdam, circa 1648, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, slight toning, 385 x 500 mm, Latin text on verso, together with Somersettensis Comitatus Somersetshire, published Amsterdam, circa 1648, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, toned overall, slight creasing, 380 x 500 mm, Latin text on verso (2)
*Drayton (Michael). Untitled map of South Wales and North Devon and Somerset, [1612 - 1622], uncoloured engraved allegorical map, 250 x 330 mm, mounted framed and glazed Probably the most charming of Drayton's series of curious maps, depicting a Welsh and an English orchestra on opposite sides of the Bristol Channel, seemingly playing in order to drown out the opposing musicians. Neptune and his queen ride sea monsters on either side of Lundy Island. The naked nymph representing Lundy has a bird on her head which is probably meant to be a puffin as Lundy is 'Puffin Island' in Norse. (1)
England & Wales. Quad (Matthias), Angliae regni florentissimi nova descriptio auctore Humeredo Lhuyd Denbygiense, published Cologne, [1592 or later], hand coloured map engraved by Henricus Nagel, slight staining to margins, 185 x 270 mm, Latin text on verso A smaller but close copy of an earlier map by Abraham Ortelius. (1)
England & Wales. Mercator (Gerard & Hondius Jodocus), Anglia Regnum, circa 1628, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, central fold strengthened on verso, slight staining, 355 x 470 mm, French text on verso R.W.Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477 - 1650, no.181. (1)
England, Wales & Ireland. Speed (John), The Invasions of England and Ireland with al their Civill Wars since the Conquest, published George Humble, circa 1627, hand coloured engraved map by Cornelius Danckerts, decorative cartouche, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, one repaired marginal closed tear, 385 x 520 mm, English text on verso Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1477 - 1650, no.397. (1)
Essex. Blaeu (Johannes), Essexia comitatus, published Amsterdam, circa 1648, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, slight showthrough, 420 x 525 mm, Latin text on verso, together with Vectis Insula Anglice, The Isle of Wight, published Amsterdam, circa 1648, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, slight staining, 385 x 500 mm, Latin text on verso (2)
Essex. Speed (John), Essex devided into Hundreds with the most antient and fayre towne Colchester described and other memorable monuments observed, 1st edition, published George Humble, circa 1611, uncoloured engraved map, inset town plan of Colchester, vertical borders trimmed with loss to strapwork margins, central fold a little worn and stained and strengthened on verso, 385 x 500 mm, English text on verso, together with Kent with her cities and earles described and observed, circa 1611, uncoloured engraved map, inset town plans of Canterbury and Rochester, central fold trimmed and worn with loss, trimmed with loss along lower border, slight worming, 370 x 495 mm, English text on verso, with Suffolke described and divided into hundreds..., 1st edition, published George Humble, uncoloured engraved map, inset town plan of Ipswich, central fold frayed with some loss, vertical margins trimmed with some loss to strapwork margins, 385 x 510 mm, English text on verso, plus The countie and citie of Lyncolne described..., 1st edition, circa 1611, uncoloured engraved map, inset map of Lincoln, trimmed to strapwork margin, central fold split and crudely repaired on verso, lower margin frayed and chipped, occasional closed marginal repaired tears, torn with loss to lower left corner, slight staining, 385 x 510 mm, English text on verso (4)
Estate Plan. Harris (John, surveyor), To the Right Honorable Edward Earl of Oxford and Mortimer and to James King Esq. This Map of the division of North-wood in the Township of Noke in the Parish Of Pembridge, County of Hereford. According to the directions of William Preece, Richard Turberville and Roger Edwards Gentlemen Commissioners..., 1781, pen and wash plan on vellum edged in silk, large ornate strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, the scale decorated with the tools of a surveyor, table of reference and compass rose, slight dust soiling, 545 x 575 mm, manuscript title of the enclosure repeated on verso in a contemporary hand (1)
Estate Plan. A Map & Description of the Manor of Walmer lyinge in East Kente with one Tenement one Parte of Marsh and 16 Peeces of Errable & Pasture thereunto belonginge, contayninge acers 320:0:2, [surveyed by] William Boycot, 16[40?], pen, ink and watercolour on vellum, decorative strapwork cartouche, coat of arms, compass rose and distance scale, a flotilla of ten ships in the sea outside Deal Castle, one ship (heavily soiled and indistinct) outside Walmer Castle, plus a few smaller vessels in the sea, also depicting the two castles and buildings for the towns of Deal and Walmer, the coastal bulwark ('White Bullworke' and 'Blacke Bullwork'), also identifying various plots, the boundary for the Archbishop of Canterbury, the road from Deal to Dover, names of tenants and their landholdings including Edward Boys, Robert Gillo, Caleb Cocke, William Coppin, Sir Matthew Mennes and Ezekiel Parker [died 1641?], a few small holes, some soiling throughout including very heavy soiling from mildew largely occuring in two vertical strips (just east of Deal Castle and through Walmer and Walmer Castle), blue wash border with old stud holes from previous framing, rebacked on modern thick paper, 538 x 715 mm A rare Kentish estate plan from the reign of King Charles I, which in spite of its condition issues is historically revealing. William Boycot (flourished 1615-48) 'was a prolific cartographer of considerable skill with a distinctive use of blue and yellow, especially in his borders and for other decoration and also of a fine red pigment... he worked widely but mainly in the east of the county... More than twenty of his maps are known to survive and as a group they form one of the finest Kentish expressions of cartography for the years before the Interregnum' (F. Hull, 'Kentish Map-Makers of the Seventeenth Century' in Archaeologia Cantiana, volume 109 (1991), p. 70).N.B. It has been noted that the above item may contain manorial documents which are subject to the Manorial Documents Rules 1959, 1963 and 1967, administered by The Historical Manuscripts Commission at The National Archives on behalf of the Master of the Rolls. Accordingly the purchasers of the documents lie under an obligation to notify the Secretary of the Commission of their acquisition and to provide details of where they will be kept. They may in no circumstances be removed from England and Wales without the prior consent of the Master of the Rolls. (1)
*Europe. Jansson (Jan), Europam sive Celticam veterem sic describere conobar Abrahamus Ortelius, [1640 or later], hand coloured engraved map, decorative cartouche and mileage scale, 355 x 475 mm, mounted, framed and glazed A striking map of Celtic Europe, based upon Abraham Ortelius's earlier map which appeared in his 'Parergon'. (1)
France. Ortelius (Abraham), Poictou. Pictonum Vicinarumque regionum fidiss descriptio, [1592], uncoloured engraved map of South west France, strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, 360 x 505 mm, Latin text on verso, together with Regionis Biturigum exactiss desriptio..., [on sheet with] Limaniae topographia Gabriele Symeoneo auct. [1592], uncoloured engraved map, 315 x 485 mm, Latin text on verso (2)
France. Nolin (Jean Baptiste), Le Canal Royal de Languedoc pour la Jonction de L'Ocean et de la Mer Mediterrane....., published Paris, 1697, large engraved map on three sheets, contemporary outline colour with the right hand sheet with additional later colouring, the map is surrounded by fifty-three vignettes, inset maps and plans of aspects of the canal's construction and fifty-nine coats of arms, old folds, occasional marginal repaired closed tears and splits to folds, one affecting image, slight creasing, 595 x 1445 mm A monumental map of one of the great civil engineering projects of the 17th century. The Canal du Midi was designed to connect the Mediterranean to the Atlantic and took twenty years to complete. (3)
*Glamorganshire. Speed (John), Glamorgan Shyre with the sittuations of the cheife towne Cardyff and ancient Landaffe described, published John Sudbury & George Humble, [1611 - 1627], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plans of Cardiff and Llandaff, large strapwork cartouche, 385 x 510 mm, mounted, framed and glazed A good example. (1)
Goa. Van Linschoten (Jan Huygen), Ailhae Cidade de Goa Metropolitana da Indiae partes Orientais que esta en 15 Graos da Banda do Norte, circa 1598, uncoloured engraved city plan, orientated to the south, 'ribbon' cartouche, upper horizontal margin trimmed with slight loss, old folds, 380 x 430 mm, together with Merian (Matthaus), Grundriss von Goa, circa 1695, uncoloured engraved plan, old folds, slight water staining to margins, 215 x 355 mm The first described item is the reduced version of Van Linschoten's map by Theodore de Bry. (2)
Hertfordshire. Blaeu (Johannes), Hertfordia comitatus vernacule Hertfordshire, published Amsterdam, circa 1648, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, 385 x 490 mm, Latin text on verso, together with Bedfordiensis comitatus Anglis Bedfordshire [on sheet with] Buckinghamiensis comitatus Anglis Buckingham Shire, published Amsterdam, circa 1648, two engraved maps on one sheet (as published), contemporary outline colouring, each map approximately 420 x 270 mm, Latin text on verso (2)
*Hungary. Speed (John), The Mape of Hungari newly augmented..., published George Humble, circa 1627, hand coloured engraved carte-a-figure map, eight costumed figures to vertical margins and four oval vignettes of principal cities along upper horizontal margin, 395 x 520 mm, English text on verso (1)
India. Pierson (Francis, Royal Engineers, Surveyor), Sketch of Road from Baghdad to Khanuakin, 29th February 1864, manuscript pen and ink map with notes to margins and on verso, old folds, small split along old fold, 410 x 320 mm A map which trys to illustrate the feasibility of a London to India Telegraph. One of Pierson's marginalia states "The red line marks the proposed direction for the Telegraph. Note. There may be some error in the representation of the road between Bakooba & Sheraban, owing to the loss of my note book. It is however, approximately accurate. FP". (1)
Ireland. Speed (John), The Province of Connaugh with the citie of Galwaye described, published John Sudbury and George Humble, circa 1627, uncoloured engraved map, inset town plan of Galway, vertical margins trimmed with loss to strapwork borders, central fold split and crudely repaired on verso, some abrasion to image, some marginal closed tears, slight staining, 390 x 505 mm, English text on verso, with The Countie of Leinster with the citie Dublin described, 1st edition, published John Sudbury and George Humble, circa 1611, uncoloured engraved map, inset town plan of Dublin, trimmed to strapwork margins, central fold split with old sellotape stains, repaired marginal closed tears, slight worming, 390 x 510 mm, English text on verso, with The Isle of Man exactly described..., 1st edition, circa 1611, uncoloured engraved map, large strapwork cartouche and compass rose, abrasion to printed surface causing some loss to image, 380 x 505 mm, English text on verso, plus half of John Speed's map of the Isle of Wight (3)
Ireland. Ortelius (Abraham), Eryn. Hiberniae Britannicae Insulae nova descriptio, [1592] uncoloured engraved map orientated to the east, large strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, worm hole affecting central fold, slight staining to margins, 355 x 480 mm, Latin text on verso Marcel van den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas Maps, no. 22. (1)
Ireland. Lea (Philip), An Epitome of Sr. William Petty's large survey of Ireland..., circa 1690, uncoloured map engraved by Sutton Nicholls, inset map of the British Isles showing Ireland in relation to Britain as a whole, old folds, narrow margins, some fraying to margins with slight loss, left hand vertical margin extended, some spotting and staining, 480 x 555 mm, together with Speed (John),Merionethshire, published Henry Overton, circa 1710, engraved map with sparse outline colouring, slight fraying to margins, backed with archival tissue, 380 x 505 mm, with Braun (Georg & Hogenberg Franz),Znaymum vulgo Znaym, Moraviae civitas primaria, published Cologne, circa 1620, uncoloured engraved city prospect, 320 x 500 mm, mounted (3)
Ireland. A mixed collection of five maps, mostly 18th century, including Porcacchi (Tomaso), Descrittione dell' isola D'Irlanda, published Venice, [1572 or later], engraved map orientated to the west, Italian text below and on verso of map, map size 105 x 145 mm, together with Moll (Herman), Ireland, circa 1701, uncoloured engraved map, English text below and on verso of map, map size 190 x 180 mm, with Von Reilly (Franz Johann Joseph), Das Konigreich Ireland, [1796], engraved map orientated to the west, contemporary wash colouring, 215 x 280 mm, plus Bickham (George), A Map of Ireland divided into Provinces and Counties, [1754], uncoloured engraved map, calligraphic title above map, overall size 250 x 150 mm, and Le Rouge (George Louis), L'Irlande [1748], engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, 285 x 215 mm (5)
*Java. Van Keulen (Gerard), Insulae Iavae Pars Occidentalis Edente Hadriano Relando / Insulae Iavae Pars Orientalis Edente Hadriano Relando, published Amsterdam, circa 1753, engraved map on two conjoined sheets with contemporary outline colouring, inset map of the harbour of Batavia and a large panorama view of Batavia from the sea, decorative cartouche and ten compass roses and numerous rhumb lines, old folds, some spotting, 515 x 1180 mm, framed and glazed The second state of this large and scarce map of Java; published in volume VI of Van Keulen's 'De Nieuwe Groote Ligtende Zee-Fakkel, 't Vyfde Deel'. (1)
London. Gill (Macdonald), Wonderground Map of the London Town, published The Westminster Press, circa 1928, colour photolithographic map, old folds, slight surface abrasion, laid on later card, faded overall, 745 x 930 mm This is the slightly smaller and later edition of Gill's original 1913 map. There is a 1924 edition which is assumed to have been altered to help the promotion of the 1924 British Empire Exhibition that was held at Wembley between April and October of that year. It can be identified by a sign saying:- 'On To Wembley' and an empire lion in the top left hand corner below the man pushing a bus. This example is a slightly later state with a greyhound replacing the lion. Greyhound racing started at Wembley in 1927 so this edition probably dates from 1927 or 1928. The map remains highly stylised and whimsical and was held in great affection by Londoners. It was originally commissioned by The London Underground and was designed to be displayed in tube stations. The intense pictorial content of the map caught the public's imagination and as a result Gill is often credited with creating a resurgence in the genre of decorative map making. Much work and research has been done by Roderick Barron and Bryars & Bryars on the maps of the Underground and the work of Macdonald Gill and I am also grateful to Claire Dobbins book, London Underground Maps: Art, Design and Cartography. (1)
London. Environs of London - Windsor Castle to Gravesend, published 'The Illustrated London News', [1855], uncoloured engraved map by John Dower, decorated with approximately 100 topographical vignettes, old folds, occasional marginal closed tears, 535 x 780 mm, together with Warburton (John), A New and Correct mapp of Middlesex, Essex and Hertfordshire..., [1725], one sheet from Warburton's monumental map of South east England, this being the top left corner, including the cartouche, ninety heraldic shields to left hand margin and showing the North east of Hertfordshire including St. Albans, Hemel Hempstead, Hertford, Watford and Tring, old folds, slight creasing, some repaired marginal closed tears, 540 x 625 mm, with Metcalf (R.), Plan and Elevation of London Bridge in its present state..., by Mr Dance, 1799, large engraved plan with contemporary outline colouring, old folds, slight dust soiling and marginal fraying, 630 x 2510 mm, with another two single sheet plans from the same series, with another single sheet from a larger (possibly Dutch) plan of east London around the Isle of Dogs, and three engraved topographical views of London, various sizes and condition (10)
Manuscript maps. The Frome Highway District, circa 1820, pen, ink and watercolour map laid on linen, explanation code to the various types of roads to lower right corner, dust soiled with some rust marks, some damage with slight loss to margins, 750 x 550 mm, presented on contemporary turned and stained wooden battens, together with Map of the Town of Yeovil Somerset, Drawn by W.Bidder Yeovil, 1843 (but early 20th century copy), manuscript ink and watercolour map based on Bidder's earlier map of Yeovil, slight water staining, laid on card, 285 x 385 mm (2)
Middlesex & Hertfordshire. Jansson (Jan), Middelsexiae cum Hertfordiae comitatu Midlesex & Hertfordshire, published Amsterdam, circa 1650, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, ornate cartouche and mileage scale, slight offsetting and toning, 445 x 550 mm, Latin text on verso, mounted, together with Hantoniae comitatus cum Bercheria, published Amsterdam, circa 1650, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, decorative cartouche and mileage scale, some toning and staining, one small rust hole affecting image, one short marginal repaired closed tear, central fold a little frayed, strengthened on verso, 450 x 550 mm, Latin text on verso, with Comitatus Northumbria vernacule Northumberland, published Amsterdam, circa 1650, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, slight staining and offsetting, 415 x 495 mm, Latin text on verso, mounted, plus Episcopatus Dunelmensis vulgo The Bishoprike of Durham, published Amsterdam, circa 1650, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, slight staining and offsetting, 410 x 515 mm, Latin text on verso, mounted (4)
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