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Roberts (Captain George). The Four Years Voyages of Capt. George Roberts; being a Series of Uncommon Events, which befell him in a Voyage to the Islands of the Canaries, Cape de Verde, and Barbadoes, from whence he was bound to the Coast of Guiney..., 1st edition, 1726, 4 engraved plates and folding map, some mostly light browning throughout, armorial bookplate of William Monson to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed, antique-style reback, 8vo Sabin 71888. (1)

Sackville-West (Vita). Passenger to Teheran, 1926; Twelve Days. An Account of a Journey across the Bakhtiari Mountains in South-western Persia, 1928, 1st editions, half-tone illustrations, press cutting at end of Passenger, a few spots, original patterned cloth in bright condition, 8vo, together with Narrative of the United States Expedition to the River Jordan and the Dead Sea, by W.F. Lynch, new and condensed edition, 1852, folding map frontispiece, some spotting, bookplate of S.F. Widdrington, original blindstamped cloth, spine faded, 8vo, plus Twenty Years in the Near East, by Ardern G. Hulme-Beaman, 1st edition, 1898, portrait frontispiece, a few spots, original cloth gilt, 8vo, with other travel including Claude Conder's Heth and Moab. Explorations in Syria in 1881 and 1882, 1883 and The New Israelite; or, Rabbi Shalom on the Shores of the Black Sea, by Jaakoff Prelooker, 1903 (11)

[Shehan, John V.]. Guide to Shikar on the Nilgiris by 'Big Bore', new edition with a map, Madras, Spck Depot, Vepery, 1924, folding map at rear, 12 pages of advertisements at end, original cloth, rubbed and some marks, frayed to head and foot of spine, and outer corners, 8vo, together with Burke (W.S.), The Indian Field Shikar Book, 5th edition, Calcutta and Simla, Thacker, Spink & Co., 1920, advertisements at rear, some spotting and toning, original green cloth gilt, rubbed, upper cover near-detached along upper inner hinge (front endpaper loose), oblong 8vo, plus Van Ingen and Van Ingen. The Preservation of Shikar Trophies, Van Ingen & Van Ingen, Artists in Taxidermy, Mysore, Wesleyan Mission Press, 1924, monochrome illustrations after photographs, original printed wrappers stapled as issued, a little rubbed and some marks, slim 8vo, and others related, including Henry Sullivan Thomas, The Rod in India, being hints how to obtain sport with remarks on the natural history of fish and their culture, 3rd edition, 1897, C.W.F. Noyce, A Climber's Guide to Sonamarg, Kashmir, New Delhi, Frontier Exchange Press for the Himalayan Club, 1945, Henry Hayden and Cesar Cosson, Sport and Travel in the Highlands of Tibet, 1st edition, 1927, Colonel A.I.R. Glasfurd, Musings of An Old Shikari, Reflections on Life and Sport in Jungle India, 1st edition, 1928, H.H. King, The Englishman's Dog in the Tropics, Field Press, [1922], and E.M. Forster, The Hill of Devi, reprinted 1953, all 8vo (9)

Thomson (Joseph). Through Masai Land: a journey of exploration among the snowclad volcanic mountains and strange tribes of Eastern Equatorial Africa..., new and revised edition, 1887, frontispiece, large folding map to rear, with several closed tears to folds, numerous black and white illustrations to text, scattered spotting, heavy in places, hinges repaired, untrimmed, original blue cloth gilt, with some light soiling to rear cover, 8vo, together with Through the Masai Country to Victoria Nyanza, [extract from] Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society, 1884, [cover-title] pp.689-712, large folding map, with short handling tear, recent wrappers, slim 8vo (2)

Verner (Captain Willoughby). Sketches in the Soudan, 2nd edition, 1886, 37 colour lithographed plates, colour map, subscribers list at front, publisher's list at end (with some waterstains), recent cloth, original front panel relaid to upper cover, oblong folio (1)

Williamson (Robert W.). The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea, 1st edition, 1912, folding map, illustrations, a few spots, blindstamp at foot of title, top edge gilt, original cloth, spine slightly faded, 8vo, together with Peoples & Problems of the Pacific, by J. Macmillan Brown, 2 volumes, 1927, numerous illustrations, some spotting, original cloth, spines a little faded, 8vo, plus Java, Sumatra, and the Other Islands of the Dutch East Indies, by A. Cabaton, Translated with a Preface by Bernard Miall, 1911, folding map, half-tone illustrations, scattered spotting, original cloth, small stain to upper cover, 8vo, with others related including James Bischoff's Sketch of the History of Van Diemen's Land, 1832, A. Henry Savage Landor's The Gems of the East, 2 volumes, 1904, J.F. Scheltema's Monumental Java, 1912 and Charles Bruce's Twenty Years in Borneo, 1924 (15)

Bartlett (John Russell). Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua, Connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission During the Years 1850, '51, '52, and '53, 2nd edition in one volume, New York, 1856, 16 lithographed plates, including two folding frontispieces, plate 2, Californian Geysers listed twice in volume II, folding map (torn into three pieces and repaired), some offsetting and light soiling, Archibald Church Library perforation stamp to preface, shelf numbers and labels, library cloth, 8vo (1)

Herrera (Antonio de). Historia General de las Indias Ocidentales, & de los Hechos de los Castellanos en las Islas y Tierra Firme del Mar Oceano, volumes I, II & IV only (of 4), Antwerp, 1728, four engraved titles (one repaired), 26 engraved plates and portraits, one double-page engraved map, volume I lacking some text leaves at end, several portraits detached (two with tears and small loss), some light water stains and soiling, contemporary calf, one cover detached, rubbed, folio, together with Historia General de los Hechos de los Castellanos en las Islas y Tierra Firme del Mar Oceano, volumes 2-5 only (of 8) in 2 volumes, Madrid, 1726, four engraved titles, engraved headpieces, several leaves detached, occasional light water stains, contemporary half calf, lacking spines, covers rubbed and detached, folio Sabin 31545 & 31546 respectively. Sold with all faults not subject to return. (5)

Monette (John W.). History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the Mississippi... and the subsequent occupation, settlement, and extension of civil government by the United States until the year 1846, 2 volumes, New York, 1846, double-page hand-coloured engraved map at front of first volume, single-page map of the early French missions in Canada, double-page hand-coloured engraved map of Texas in 1836 at front of second volume, contemporary ink signature of Richard E. Butler to head of title of each volume, some scattered light spotting, modern good-quality brown crushed half morocco gilt, 8vo Sabin 49966. (2)

Norman (B.M.). Rambles in Yucatan; or, Notes of Travel through the Peninsula, including a visit to the remarkable ruins of Chi-Chen, Kabah, Zayi, and Uxmal, New York, J. & H.G. Langley, 1843, additional lithographed title, tinted lithograph and wood engraved plates, contemporary half calf, backstrip deficient, 8vo, together with Shea (John Gilmary), Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley: with the original narratives of Marquette, Allouez, Membré, Hennepin, and Anastase Douay, New York, Redfield, 1853, frontispiece, folding facsimile map at rear (torn without loss), 4 pages of adverts at end, some scattered spotting with first few leaves heavily spotted, 20th century library cloth, rubbed and marked, 8vo, plus Smyth (Lieutenant W. and Lowe, F.), Narrative of a Journey from Lima to Para, across the Andes and down the Amazon, John Murray, 1836, lithographed plates (somewhat browned), rough-trimmed original blindstamped cloth, worn, with backstrip deficient and covers detached, and other American travel and history, including Albert D. Richardson, Beyond the Mississippi, Harford, 1867, Elisha Kent Kane, Arctic Explorations in the Years 1853, '54, '55, 2 volumes, Philadelphia, 1856, Richard Irving Dodge, Our Wild Indians, Hartford, 1882, H.W. Bates, Illustrated Travels: A Record of Discovery, Geography and Adventure, 4 volumes, Cassell, circa 1870s (bound in contemporary uniform red half morocco gilt), etc., mostly leather-bound but including some in original or contemporary cloth, generally with some wear, mostly 8vo (approx. 100)

Steward (Julian H., editor). Handbook of South American Indians (Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 143), 7 volumes, including index, Washington, 1946-59, folding maps, numerous monochrome plates after photographs, all original olive green cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed, one or two spines lightly faded, thick 8vo, together with Hodge (Frederick Webb, editor), Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico (Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 30), 2 volumes, Washington, 1907-10, folding map to rear of first volume, numerous monochrome illustrations after photographs, some spotting towards rear of second volume, original olive green cloth gilt, a little rubbed and some minor marks, thick 8vo (9)

Aikin (J.). A Description of the Country from thirty to forty Miles round Manchester..., 1st edition, published John Stockdale, 1795, engraved allegorical frontispiece (with later ownership signature to verso), additional engraved title, forty-five uncoloured engraved plates an sixteen engraved maps two large folding maps (one with contemporary outline colouring), housed in later morooco pocket at rear, one folding map with folds partially strengthened and repaired on verso, list of subscribers present, occasional spotting, hinges strengthened, contemporary diced calf, rebacked, worn at extremities, 4to (1)

Blome (Richard). Britannia: or a Geographical Description of the Kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland with the Isles and Territories thereto belonging....., 2 parts in one volume, 1st edition, published Thomas Roycroft for the Undertaker, Richard Blome, 1673, title page with near contemporary ownership signature, front endpaper near detached, dedication to Charles II, preface and list of subcribers, 806 engraved coats of arms, folding engraved map of the British Isles, the British Isles, forty-eight uncoloured double page engraved maps including five folding (North Wales, South Wales, Scotland, Ireland and British Islands) and one single page map of London (complete as list), occasioanl slight creasing, book plate of Gloddaeth Library to front paste down, upper hinge cracked. near contemporary mottled calf with an elaborate gilt decorated spine with contrasting red gilt morocco label, a little worn at head and foot of spine, bumped and a little rubbed, folio William Nicholson, the Bishop of Carlise condemned Blome's Britannia 'as a most entire theft out of Camden and Speed'. As most cartographers borrowed from the works of earlier atlases this is somewhat harsh and certainly overlooks the fact that Blome's maps have a charming naivety which has never been replicated. Chubb XCIX, Skelton 90. (1)

Camden (William). Britannia: or a Chorographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, together with the Adjacent islands..., 2 volumes, 2nd edition, 1722, titles printed in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece, ten engraved plates of coins, 51 (complete) double page engraved maps by Robert Morden, including two folding (Kent & Norfolk), Britannia Saxonica & Herefordshire loosely inserted, possibly supplied from another copy, Sussex with short repaired closed tear, map of Nottinghamshire with some creasing, two or three small paper repairs, near-contemporary gilt and blind-panelled calf, joints splitting, rubbed and scuffed, folio Chubb CXV. Maps are good dark impressions with large margins. (2)

Cary (John). Cary's New and Correct English Atlas: Being a New set of County Maps from actual surveys..., 1st. edition, 1787, title page torn with slight loss, dedication, advertisement and contents list, general map of England & Wales with short closed tear and forty-five (complete as list) engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, each sheet with a page of descriptive text, slight marginal staining throughout, table of roads, lists of market towns and ports and harbours and a subscribers list bound at rear, near contemporary ownership signature (Matthew Campbell) to front endpaper, contemporary half sheep with gilt morocco label and heraldic wax seal of the Clan Campbell with the monogram 'MC' below crest to upper board, heavily worn and rubbed, 4to Chubb CCLX. (1)

Depping (George Bernhard). L'Angleterre ou Description Historique et Topographique du Royaume Uni de la Grande-Bretagne..., 6 volumes, published Paris, 1824, additional half titles, folding engraved map of the British Isles, folding table, engraved mileage scale, fifty-eight (complete) engraved maps by A.Perrot and fifteen uncoloured aquatint plates, some spotting and staining throughout, later endpapers, modern half calf with contrasting labels to spines, small 8vo (6)

Fullarton (A. and Co., publisher). The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales..., 4 volumes 1847, printed title to each volume, folding engraved map of England and Wales, three engraved plates, forty-two double page uncoloured engraved county maps by Archibald Fullarton and four further folding engraved maps, contemporary half calf with gilt decorated spines, large 8vo (4)

Gregson (Matthew). Portfolio, Second Edition, with Additions, of Fragments, Relative to the History and Antiquities of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, 3 parts in one, Liverpool, 1824, engraved portrait frontispiece, folding map (with closed tear) and plan, engraved plates and illustrations, folding pedigree, a little light spotting, previous owmer signature, all edges gilt, contemporary unique black morocco, upper cover with gilt arms related text within a stylised shield, a little rubbed, scuff marks, folio (1)

Lewis (Samuel). A Topographical Dictionary of England..., Atlas volume only, published S.Lewis and Co., 1831, title page with slight fraying to margins, folding engraved map of England and Wales torn with loss, folding engraved plan of London split along old fold and with a short closed tear, both repaired on verso, forty-two uncoloured engraved maps (including thirteen folding), text block detached, contemporary cloth, spine partially lacking, heavily worn and rubbed, 4to Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)

Manning (Owen & William Bray). The History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey; Compiled from the best and most Authentic Historians, Valuable Records, and Manuscripts in the Public Offices and Libraries, and in Private Hands, 3 volumes, 1804-14, double-page engraved map, 73 engraved plates, 13 facsimile Domesday leaves, mezzotint portrait of Sir Henry Fletcher close-trimmed at fore margin, some offsetting and scattered spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary calf gilt, neatly rebacked, folio Upcott pages 1209-1216. Large paper copy. (3)

Moll (Herman). A Set of Fifty New and Correct Maps of England and Wales &c. with the Great Roads and principal Cross-Roads &c. shewing the computed Miles from Town to Town. A work long wanted and very useful for all Gentlemen that Travel to any part of England, published H.Moll, Thos. Bowles and J.Bowles, 1724, title with some creasing and staining, map of 'Britanniam' with long closed tear, repaired on verso, fifty (complete) uncoloured engraved maps. some staining throughout, later 19th century ownership signature to front pastedown, upper joint cracked and weak with upper board near detached, nineteenth century half calf, rubbed and worn, oblong 4to Chubb. CLXI. A reprint of 'A New Description of England and Wales' published in the same year with the only alteration being the addition of bracketed numbers in the map's borders. (1)

Nash (Treadway Russell). Collections for the History of Worcestershire, 2 volumes, 1st edition, [London]: Printed by John Nichols, 1781-1782, additional engraved title to volume 1, folding county map, seventy-three full-page engraved maps and plates only (of 76), eighteen folding pedigrees and engraved illustrations to the text, fifteen leaves from an 18th century facsimile of the Worcestershire section of the Domesday book (including two related engraved dedication leaves), occasional spotting and offsetting, 2, title to each volume with signature of Wm. Henry Lyttelton to upper blank margin, front free endpaper inscribed "To Slade Baker Esqr. from his faithful & obliged friend Lyttelton, Hagley, Novr. 21. 1828", contemporary diced calf (with bookseller's label of Reynolds & Son, 137 Oxford Street to upper pastedown), gilt decorated spines, boards detached and some wear, folio Upcott vol. III, p.1330-1337. William Henry Lyttelton, 3rd Baron Lyttelton (1782-1837) of Hagley Hall, Worcestershire was a Whig politician and Member of Parliament for Worcestershire. He was the son of William Henry Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton (Colonial Governor of South Carolina from 1756-1760). He married Lady Sarah Spencer, daughter of George John, 2nd Earl Spencer in 1813. Lady Sarah was for a time governess to the children of Queen Victoria and a Lady of the Bedchamber. (2)

Senex (John). The Roads through England delineated or Ogilby's Survey, revised, improved and reduced to a size portable for the pocket..., published John Bowles and Son, 1762, calligraphic title, eight pages of index, text and tables, engraved map of England & Wales and 101 (complete) uncoloured engraved strip road maps printed back to back, slight offsetting, endpapers toned, front endpaper with closed marginal tears, early 20th century ink ownership stamp to verso of upper cover, contemporary limp sheep, frayed at extremities, oblong 8vo First published in 1719 this appears to be the same as the 1757 edition - Chubb CXL - but is not recorded as a separate edition in Chubb. (1)

Skelton (Joseph). Engraved Illustrations of the Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire, from Original Drawings by F. Mackenzie ..., published Oxford, 1823, decorative engraved frontispiece, calligraphic title with inset vignette, dedication and list of subscribers, small near contemporary ownership sinature to front free endpaper, uncoloured engraved map of Oxfordshire, forty-nine engraved plates on india wove and numerous engraved vignettes to text throughout, index, addenda et corrigenda bound at rear, slight spotting, upper hinge cracked, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco on marbled boards, ornate gilt decorated spine, bumped and a little worn at extremities, folio Large paper copy. (1)

Thoroton (Robert). The Antiquities of Nottinghamshire, extracted out of records, original evidences, leiger books, other manuscripts, and authentick authorities, 1st edition, printed by Robert White, for Henry Mortlock, 1677, title printed in red and black, imprimatur leaf bound in after title (both leaves relined), folding county map (with some early marginal annotations in pale brown ink), eight etched plates of coats of arms printed back-to-back, plus a further etched slip (containing one line of coats of arms only), sixteen engraved plates, including views, plans, etc., many folding, numerous etched illustrations to text, all by W. Hollar and R. Hall, Southwell Church plate with split to centre of one fold, leaf Rr3 with lower blank outer corner missing (not affecting text), leaves Uu3-4 with lower blank outer corners repaired, a few minor archival repairs to folds and margins, Newark Church folding plate repaired and relined and with some light spotting and a small handling corner tear without loss, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, 20th century antique-style gilt-decorated red morocco by A. Price, Oxford, folio Upcott 1047-1051; Wing w1063. Attractive copy. (1)

Tomkins (Charles). A Tour to the Isle of Wight, 2 volumes, 1796, 80 sepia aquatint plates, bound without the map as often, printed apology for the map delay, dated 1796 and signed by the author inserted in volume I, occasional light offsetting and spotting, previous owner inscription, 1855, small bookplates, hinges reinforced, contemporary calf, old reback, joints cracking, rubbed, 8vo Abbey Scenery 344. (2)

Victoria County Histories. A History of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, 6 volumes, 1900-1914, numerous plates, maps and plans, some folding, illustrations, New University Club Library blindstamps, original red cloth gilt, volumes IV & V spines defective, 4to, together with The Beauties of England and Wales; or, Delineations. Hampshire, 2 volumes, 1805, double page engraved map with colour outline (trimmed at lower margin shaving imprint), extra-illustrated with over 100 engravings, some folding and trimmed, manuscript list front and rear, some offsetting, toning and a few spots, contemporary green half morocco, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus The Beauties of England and Wales: Or Delineations Topographical, Historical and Descriptive, volume XV, Wiltshire, by John Britton, 2 volumes, 1814, folding engraved maps, extra-illustrated with some 100 engravings, some folding, occasional offsetting and a few spots, top edges gilt, contemporary morocco, spines a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, with others related including William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, 1859 and The Civil War in Hampshire (1642-45) and the Story of Basing House, by G.N. Godwin, new and revised edition, Southampton, 1904 (24)

Wales. Camden (William), [Britannia..., 1722], lacking? title, three uncoloured engraved maps by Robert Morden (North Wales, South Wales and Monmouthshire) and seventy-eight pages of text, 19th century half calf, upper board detached, rubbed and worn, slim folio, together with Lewis (Samuel), A Topographical Dictionary of Wales..., 2 volumes (bound in one), 1834, folding uncoloured engraved map of Wales and twelve uncoloured engraved maps of Welsh counties, some staining and browning, contemporary half morocco gilt, worn at extremities, quarto, with Woodward (B.B.),The History of Wales from the Earliest Times, 2 volumes, 1854, additional half title, numerous engraved plates, bold ink ownership signature to verso of frontispiece in volume two, contemporary half sheep, rubbed and worn 8vo, plus Gastineau (Henry),Wales Illustrated in a Series of Views..., circa 1830, decorative title and numerous uncoloured engraved plates each with tissue guard, contemporary half calf with gilt decorated spine, rubbed and worn at extremities, large 8vo, with another seven volumes similar on Welsh topography, various sizes and condition Sold as a collection of plates and maps, not subject to return. (13)

Warner (Richard). Collections for the History of Hampshire, and the Bishopric of Winchester: Including the Isle of Wight, Jersey, Guernsey and Sarke, 5 volumes [all published] in three, [1795], 61 engraved plates and portraits, including two hand-coloured, folding engraved map, bound without the 'Plan of the Form of Jersey' as usual, some light offsetting and spotting, bookplates of Laurence Currie, all edges gilt, contemporary mottled calf by F. Bedford, spines gilt decorated with raised bands and red and green labels, a little rubbed, 4to Only 250 copies printed. (3)

Williams (David). The History of Monmouthshire, Illustrated and Ornamented by Views of its Principal Landscapes, Ruins, and Residences, by John Gardnor, Vicar of Battersea..., 1796, engraved folding county map by John Cary (close-trimmed with small repair), 36 fine uncoloured aquatint plates (one reinforced to verso) numerous pedigrees (two folding), list of subscribers, bound without pages 117-118 as usual, light offsetting, occasional minor spotting, previous owner signature to title, all edges gilt, modern brown half morocco gilt, 4to Abbey, Scenery 537. One hundred and sixty-eight copies were subscribed, thirty-two of them coloured. (1)

Wright (James). The History and Antiquities of the County of Rutland..., 1st edition, published Bennet Griffin, Christopher Wilkinson & Samuel Keble, 1684, title printed in red & black, dedication and preface, folding engraved map by Robert Morden, illustrations and heraldic coats of arms to text throughout, errata printed at end of index, retaining original endpapers but with additional later marbled endpapers, 20th century gilt panelled calf with contrasting morocco labels to spine by A.Price of Oxford, upper board a little faded, slim upright folio Wing W3696. (1)

Bannerman (David Armitage). The Birds of Tropical West Africa. With Special Reference to those of the Gambia, Sierra Leone, The Gold Coast and Nigeria, 8 volumes, 1st editions, 1930 - 1951, numerous colour chromolithographic and black and white plates, folding map to volume one, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, dust jackets a little frayed and dust soiled, publisher's blue cloth gilt, 4to, together with Thorburn (Archibald),British Birds, 4 volumes, volumes 1 & 2, 4th edition, volumes 3 & 4 third edition, 1918, additional half titles, eighty-two (complete) colour plates, each with tissue guard, top edge gilt, publisher's red cloth gilt, spines faded, a little worn and frayed at head and foot of spines, boards a little stained and marked, folio (12)

Americas. Ortelius (Abraham), Americae sive novi orbis nova descriptio, [1603], engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, 360 x 490 mm, Latin text on verso Marcel van den Broecke, no.11. (1)

British Isles. Speed (John), The Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland, published John Sudbury & George Humble, circa 1627, hand coloured engraved map, inset views of London and Edinburgh, inset map of the Orkney Islands, slight marginal fraying, central fold repaired on verso causing slight toning, some creasing, occasional marginal closed and repaired tears, vertical right hand margin partially trimmed to plate mark, 385 x 510 mm, English text on verso (1)

British Isles. Ortelius (Abraham), Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae, sive Britannicar Insularum Descriptio, [1584], engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, some marginal staining, watercolour streaked and smudged, some marginal fraying, backed with archival tissue, 345 x 505 mm, Latin text on verso Marcel van den Broecke. Ortelius Atlas Maps, no. 16. (1)

Caernarvonshire. Speed (John), Caernarvon both Shyre and Shire-towne with the ancient Citie Bangor described, published John Sudbury and George Humble, [1616], uncoloured engraved map, inset town plans of Caernarvon and Bangor, slight toning to central fold, 390 x 510 mm, Latin text on verso (1)

Carmarthenshire. Speed (John), Caermarden both Shyre and Towne described, 1st edition, published John Sudbury and George Humble, [1611], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Carmarthen, large strapwork cartouche, compass rose and mileage scale, slight creasing, 390 x 515 mm, English text on verso, together with Greenwood (C. & J.),Map of the South West Circuit of the Principality of Wales, comprising the Counties of Cardigan, Pembroke and Caermarthen, from actual survey made in the years 1832 and 1833, published 1834, large engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, uncoloured engraved vignette of St. David's Cathedral, 615 x 775 mm (2)

Cary (John). Cary's New Map of England and Wales with part of Scotland on which are laid down all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads, the Course of the Rivers and Navigable Canals..., 1st edition, 1794, engraved title, general map of England & Wales and table of explanation, seventy-seven engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, index bound at rear, long near contemporary manuscript note to verso of the last map, some ink and pencil marginalia, dust and finger soiled throughout, occasional closed tears, occasional spotting and staining, stiching broken, contents shaken and loose, contemporary half calf, lacking spine, boards detached, heavily worn and frayed, 4to Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)

Dorset. Blaeu (Johannes), Comitatus Dorcestria sive Dorsettia vulgo Anglice Dorset Shire, published Amsterdam, circa 1645, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, printers folds affecting image, 390 x 510 mm, Dutch text on verso, together with Mercator (Gerard & Hondius H.),Cornubia, Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria, Monumetha, Glamorga, Caermarde, Penbrok, Cardigan, Radnor, Breknoke, Herefordia et Wigornia, circa 1620, hand coloured engraved map, some offsetting and staining, 375 x 470 mm, French text on verso (2)

East Indies. Ortelius (Abraham), Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacentium Typus, Antwerp, [1589], engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, 355 x 500 mm, German text on verso Marcel van den Broecke, no.166. (1)

Egypt and Middle East. Michalet (Etienne), Les Deserts d'Egypte de Thabaide d'Arabie de Sirie &c..., published Paris, 1693, large engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, 565 x 765 mm This fascinating map of the Holy Land is unusually focused on the lives of early Christian anchorites. These ascetics would retreat into the deserts of Egypt and Syria to remove themselves from human society, and then choose a location to spend the rest of their lives in solitary devotion. The map is covered with small detailed vignettes with accompanying inscriptions of their lives. It covers the Middle East from Libya to Syria, and is oriented to the northwest. Near Antioch stands the pillar of Saint Simeon Stylites, who spent thirty-six years in solitary prayer on the top. Next to Tabenna in the upper Nile region Saint Pachomius sits facing a semicircle of other hermits. He had been inspired to go there to found a lavra, an early form of monastery for those not suited to a solitary ascetic life. Further down the Nile the journeys of Saint Helena of Constantinople are recorded. The mother of the Emperor Constantine was sent by her son to visit the Holy Places in Palestine to collect relics, and founded several churches and monasteries including the Church of the Nativity. The ships sailing across the Mediterranean record the legend of Hilarion, an anchorite who was forced to retire to Cyprus after his original cell near Gaza became a tourist destination. The inscription tells of how he helped to repel a pirate attack on the fort which was built near the site of his new home on Cyprus. On the left shore of the Red Sea is the voyage of Saint Anthony the Great to find Saint Paul of Thebes, after having a dream that Paul was a better hermit than he. The map shows his encounters with a centaur and satyr, his eventual meeting with Paul and Pauls death soon after, with the two lions who helped to dig his grave.On the right of the map in Syria the story of Saint Malchus is shown, an enslaved man who refused to consummate the marriage forced on him incaptivity to preserve his vow of chastity. He and his wife eventually escaped using inflated goatskins as a raft and were saved by a lioness who killed their pursuers, and were both eventually able to retire to monastic houses. Lower down, in the desert by the River Jordan, is the story of Saint Mary of Egypt, a sexually active young woman who was barred from entering the Church of the Holy Speulchre by an invisible force, which only ceased after she repented and promised to live in the desert as penitence for her earlier sins. She was met in the desert by Saint Zosimas of Palestine, who lent her his mantle and gave her Holy Communion, which she walked across the river to obtain. E.Laor. Maps of the Holy Land, no.496. (1)

Egypt. Homann (Johann Baptist), Aegyptus Hodierna..., published Nuremberg, circa 1730, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, large uncoloured vignette of pyramids, the Sphinx and tombs of kings, old folds, 580 x 480 mm, together with DelaRochette (Louis Stanislas), Lower Egypt and the adjacent deserts with a part of Palestine..., published William Faden, 1802, engraved map with contemporary colouring, slight staining, 540 x 750 mm, with Benard (R.),Carte du Golfe d'Arabie depuis Suex a Bab-el-Mandeb..., circa 1780, hand coloured engraved map, four inset maps of ports and harbours, old folds, 640 x 510 mm (3)

England & Wales. Moll (Herman), The South part of Great Britain called England and Wales..., published J.Bowles, Thomas Bowles, Philip Overton and John King, [1730], engraved map with contemporary outline colouring on two conjoined sheets, tables to vertical margins, old folds, 610 x 975 mm R.W.Shirley. Printed Maps of the British Isles 1650 - 1750. Moll 6. state 5. (1)

*England & Wales. Ortelius (Abraham), Angliae regni florentissimi nova desriptio, auctore Humfredo Lhuyd Denbygiense, [1573 - 1584], engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, 380 x 470 mm, mounted, framed and glazed R.W.Shirley, Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1477 - 1650, no.98. Marcel van den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas Maps no.19, state 1 with the uncorrected mileage scale. (1)

England & Wales. Stockdale (John, publisher), Map of England & Wales from the latest surveys, published 14th June 1809, twenty large uncoloured engraved map sheets (including calligrahic title), slight dust soiling, each sheet approximately 620 x 710 mm, overall size if joined, 3020 x 1925mm, library label to front endpaper, contemporary half sheep with gilt sheep label to upper board, boards detached, lacking spine, heavily worn and rubbed, large oblong folio (1)

England & Wales. Hollar (Wenceslaus), The Kingdome of England & Principality of Wales, exactly describe with every Sheere & the small Townes in every one of them, in Six Mappes, Portable for every Mans Pocket, published John Garrett, circa 1688, folding title, six (complete) uncoloured engraved folding maps, old folds strengthened on verso, occasional closed tears and splits along old folds, some dust soiling, near contemporary manuscript title on verso of each map, later marbled endpapers, library label to front endpaper, early 19th century blind and gilt decorated calf with relief panels, blind embossed armorial depicting a Talbot's head crest (for the Travers family) to upper board, upper hinge cracked, contrasting morocco label to spine, worn at head and foot of spine with a little wear at extremities, binding size 220 x 95 mm R.W.Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1477 - 1650, no.537. Often called 'The Quartermaster's Map', Sheets 1, 2, 4 & 5 are from 1676 and sheets 3 & 6 from the1688 state.The map aquired its moniker owing to its usefulness to 'all Commanders for Quarteringe of Souldiers, & all sorts of Persons, that would be informed, Where the Armies be; never so Commodiously drawne before this.' It was used widely during the English Civil War particularly by the Parliamentarians with whom the publisher Thomas Jenner's sympathies lay. Jenner was a print and map seller who set up in business at the White Bear in Cornhill about 1618. Until the impending Civil War Jenner was not known for cartographic material. Then in 1643 he published a revised edition of the 'Direction for the English Traviller' whose plates he had acquired from his printer Matthew Simmons. Jenner had timed his move perfectly. The demand for maps to help the large numbers of people moving about the country at the time of the Civil War was on the increase. The market for the little atlas clearly proved so great that he was attracted to do more. He engaged the services of the noted engraver Wenceslaus Hollar to etch a reduction of Christopher Saxton's great wall map of 1583, therby enabling his customers to have a more detailed and yet still portable map of England and Wales. Its sucess can be measured by how often it was re-printed; however its portability probably resulted in the destruction of most examples and complete copies such as this example are rare. (1)

Ireland. Jansson (Jan), Comitatus Lageniae, The Countie of Leinster, published Amsterdam, circa 1680, hand coloured engraved map, orientated to the west, central fold strengthened on verso, 385 x 495 mm, German text on verso (1)

Ireland. Blaeu (Johannes), Hibernia Regnum vulgo Ireland, published Amsterdam, circa 1650, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, 390 x 505 mm, French text on verso (1)

Isle of Man. Blaeu (Johannes), Mona, circa 1645, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, slight creasing and staining, 385 x 280 mm, German text on verso and also on a separate attached sheet (1)

Japan. Blaeu (Johannes), Japonia Regnum, published P.Mortier, Amsterdam, circa 1710, engraved map with contemporary out line colouring, central fold and guard runs horizontally, slight creasing, 430 x 580 mm This was to remain the standard form of Japan until the eighteenth century and although replaced by the maps of Reland and Kaempfer, it is in its outline, closer to the true shape of Japan than either of these or indeed any printed map before the nineteenth century. It was compiled by Father Martino Martini, an Italian Jesuit, and appears in Blaeu's Atlas Sinensis, the first European atlas of China. It is the first map to correctly show Korea as a peninsula. (1)

*London. Weller (Edward), Civitas Londinum Ano. Dni. circiter MDLX, London in the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, a facsimile (reduced) of the map by Aggas 1566, published Weekly Dispatch, circa 1865, large hand coloured engraved map, old folds, small repaired closed tears to margins, slight creasing, 465 x 1250 mm, framed and glazed (1)

*Malta. Homann (Johann Baptist), Insularum Maltae et Gozae..., published Nuremberg, circa 1720, engraved map with very sparse outline colouring, inset map of Valetta harbour and engraved prospect, toned overall, one large crease affecting image, 490 x 585 mm, framed and glazed (1)

Morden (Robert). The County of Monmouth, Herefordshire, Episcopatus Dunelmensis vulgo The Bishoprick of Durham [and] Bedfordshire, [1695 or later], three uncoloured and one coloured (Herefordshire) engraved maps, each approximately 360 x 420 mm, together with Owen (John & Bowen Emanuel),A Map of Somersetshire [and] Glocestershire, [1720 or later],two hand coloured engraved maps, each with an uncoloured strip road map on verso, each approximately 185 x 120 mm, with Darton (William), Worcestershire, [1820], engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, 110 x 70 mm, with a further thirteen engraved county maps, including examples by Seller/Grose, Moule and Cary, various sizes and condition (20)

Nottinghamshire. Speed (John), The Countie of Nottingham described, The Shire Townes situation and the Earls thereof observed, published Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, [1676], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Nottingham, central fold repaired on verso, 385 x 515 mm, English text on verso, together with Morden (Robert), Worcestershire, [1695 or later], hand coloured engraved map, tipped on to later card, 365 x 420 mm (2)

Ogilby (John). The Road from Bristoll to Worcester..., circa 1675, uncoloured engraved strip road map, slight fraying to lower margin, 320 x 450 mm, together with The Road from Glocester to Montgomery North Wales, circa 1675, hand coloured engraved strip road map, 320 x 440 mm (2)

Ogilby (John). The Road from Oxford to Chichester, circa 1675, hand coloured engraved strip road map, 355 x 430 mm The road runs from Oxford through Abingdon, Harwell, Newbury, Basingstoke and Petersfield. (1)

*Ogilby (John). The Road from London to Aberistwith on the Sea Coast com. Cardigan. Wherein are Included the Roads to Oxford and Worcester actually Surveyed and Delineated, circa 1676, hand coloured engraved strip road map (map no.1 in the atlas), ornate cartouche showing a surveyor using a waywiser, slight creasing, small repaired hole to image, 315 x 440 mm, mounted, framed and glazed The road runs from London through Acton, Uxbridge, Beaconsfield, High Wycombe, Oxford and Islip. (1)

Oxfordshire. Jansson (Jan), Oxonium comitatus vulgo Oxfordshire, published Amsterdam, circa 1648, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, slight spotting to margins but not affecting image, 385 x 495 mm, Latin text and an uncoloured engraved vignette of the Rollright stones to verso (1)

Pembrokeshire. Speed (John), Penbrokshyre described and the sittuations both of Penbroke and St Davids shewed in due form as they were taken..., published John Sudbury and George Humble, circa 1627, uncoloured engraved map, inset town plans of Pembroke and Saint Davids, very slight creasing, margins frayed but not affecting image, 390 x 510 mm, English text on verso (1)

Scotland. Ortelius (Abraham), Scotiaeta Tabula, [1592], hand coloured engraved map, 360 x 475 mm, Latin text on verso Marcel van den Broecke. Ortelius Atlas Maps, no.18. (1)