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Click here to subscribeWorld. Wells (Edward), A New Map of the Terraqueous Globe according to the latest Discoveries and the most General Divisions of it into Continents and Oceans, circa 1701, hand coloured engraved map on a hemispheral projection, insular California, 375 x 510 mm R.Shirley. The Mapping of the World, no.609, plate 420. (1)
Blackie (W.G.). The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World, published Blackie & Son, 1884, additional half title, ten lithographic plates of costumes and races and sixty-seven lithographic maps (complete), index bound at rear, slight spotting throughout, all edges gilt, contemporary half morocco gilt, upper board detached, rubbed and worn, folio, together with Thomson (John, publisher), The Edinburgh School Classical Atlas containing a series of Maps, published Edinburgh, 1831, printed title and twenty-one (complete as list) double page engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, late 19th century ownership signature to front blank, torn with slight loss, later endpapers, contemporary marbled boards, repairs with modern tape to spine and corners, 8vo, with Darton (William), Suffolk, Divided into Hundreds and the Parliamentary Divisions, published Willim Darton & Son, circa 1835, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight staining, 360 x 460 mm, publisher's cloth boards with gilt title to upper board, with one other folding map similar (4)
Baxter (Willielmo). Glossarium Antiquitatum Britannicarum, sive Syllabus Etymologicus Antiquitatum Veteris Britanniae atque Iberniae Temporibus Romanorum, 1719, black and white engraved portrait frontispiece, minor worming throughout to upper left corner, period inscription to front endpaper, some light marks, rebound in modern full brown calf, 8vo, together with Davies (Walter), General View of the Agriculture and Domestic Economy of North Wales, 1st edition, 1813, General View of... South Wales, 1st edition, 1815, both with colour folding map frontispiece, plus folding plates, some light marks, all volumes lack original endpapers, rebound in gilt-decorated brown half morocco, 8vo, plus Jones (Ifano), A History of Printing and Printers in Wales to 1810... in Monmouthshire to 1923, 1st edition, Cardiff, 1925, inscription to front endpaper, original green cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly toned, rubbed and chipped to head and foot, 8vo, with other 19th century and modern Welsh reference and related, including Glamorgan County History, volumes 1, 3 & 6, 1936-88, plus some Welsh language, some leather bindings, many original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/folio (3 shelves)
Caernarvonshire. Speed (John), Caernarvon both Shyre and Shire-towne with the ancient Citie Bangor described, 1st edition, published John Sudbury and George Humble, [1611], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plans of Caernarvon and Bangor, large strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, some creasing, central fold strengthened on verso, one repaired closed tear affecting image, 390 x 510 mm, English text on verso (1)
*Cambridgeshire. Speed (John), Cambridgshire described with the devision of the hundreds, the Townes situation with the Armes of the colleges of that famous Universiti and also the Armes of all such Princes and Noble men as have heertofore borne the honorable tytles & dignities of the Earldome of Cambridg, published John Sudbury and George Humble, circa 1627, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Cambridge, twenty-four heraldic shields to margins, some creasing and dust soiling, small chip in upper right margin causing slight loss to strapwork margin, 395 x 530 mm, framed and glazed (1)
World. Munster (Sebastian), Das erst general, inhaltend die beschreibung und den circtel des gantzen erdtreichs und moeres, [1550 - 1578], hand coloured woodblock map, engraved by David Kandel (whose initials appear in the lower left corner of the map), margins decorated with clouds and windheads, German text on verso, 275 x 385 mm R.Shirely. The Mapping of the World, no.92. (1)
Jerome (Saint). Sancti Eusebii Hieronymi Stridonensis Presbyteri divina Bibliotheca antehac inedita, complectens translationes Latinas Veteris ac Novi Testamenti cum ex Hebraeis, tum e Graecis fontibus derivatas, innumera quoque scholia marginalia antiquissimi Hebraei cujusdam Scriptoris Anonymi, Hebraeas voces pressius exprimentis..., Studio ac labore Domni Johannis Martianay & Domni Antonii Pouget, monachorum Ordinis S. Benedicti e` Congregatione S. Mauri, 5 volumes, Paris: Joannem Anisson, 1693-1706, half-titles, engraved frontispiece to volume 1, titles in red & black, one folding map with short closed tear, occasional light dust-soiling & spotting to margins, armorial bookplate of George Thackeray and inscription 'Robert Birley from the library of Sir Henry Marten' to upper pastedowns, contemporary vellum, blind arabesque to centre of each board, upper joint and spine of volume 5 torn to upper three compartments, some dust-soiling, folio, plus Bernard of Clairvaux (Saint), Sancti Bernardi abbatis primi Clarae-vallensis..., volume 2 only (of 6), Paris: Petri de Launay, 1690, tititle in red & black, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spine, joints split, lacking volume number label and portion of spine compartment, worn, folio Sir (Clarence) Henry Kennett Marten KCVO (1872-1948) was the Provost of Eton and private tutor to Queen Elizabeth II. Sir Robert Birley KCMG (1903-1982) was head master of Charterhouse School and later of Eton College. He was also an anti-apartheid campaigner. (6)
Belt (Thomas). The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Goldmines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests, with Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of the Evolution of Living Forms, 1st edition, 1874, wood-engraved frontispiece and some illustrations to text, folding map at rear, contemporary ownership signature of Ph. Brown MD at head of title, author's presentation inscription to Brown inscribed to front free endpaper verso, minor spotting and soiling, upper hinges cracked and lower hinges near-broken, original blue cloth gilt, rubbed, some fading to extremities, 8vo A rare presentation copy of this significant work on the natural history of Nicaragua which received positive acclaim from Charles Darwin. (1)
Hooker (Richard). The Works of... in Eight Books of Ecclesiastical Polity, 1662, black and white engraved portrait frontispiece and half-title, some light spotting and marks, period inscriptions to front endpapers, contemporary full calf with inscriptions to the front board, boards and spine slightly rubbed with minor loss to head and foot, large 8vo, together with Dickens (Charles), Oliver Twist, volumes 1-3, 2nd edition, 1839, black and white illustrations by George Cruikshank, all volumes lacking front endpapers, some light spotting and marks, uniform contemporary plum cloth, boards and spines slightly faded and rubbed, 8vo, plus Prejevalsky (N.), From Kulja, Across the Tian Shan to Lob-Nor, 1st edition, 1879, 1 colour folding map (of 2), some light spotting, internal hinges cracked, contemporary gilt-decorated cloth, boards slightly marked, spine rubbed to head and foot, 8vo, plus other 18th and 19th-century literature, fiction and reference, including The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy, by William Paley, volumes 1-6, 1803-04, The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, by Mr Tickell, volumes 1-6, 1804, 8 volumes of 19th-century cookery reference, mostly leather bindings, many gilt decorated, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo (approximately 80 volumes in total) (3 shelves)
Dugdale (Sir William). The History of St Pauls Cathedral in London, from its Foundation..., Whereunto is added, a Continuation thereof, setting forth what was done in the Structure of the New Church, to the Year 1685. Likewise, an Historical Account of the Northern Cathedrals, and Chief Collegiate Churches in the Province of York, 2nd edition corrected and enlarged by the Author's own hand. To which is prefixed, his Life, written by himself, London: Printed by George James, for Jonah Bowyer, 1716, engraved portrait frontispiece and numerous plates and full-page illustrations by Hollar, some spotting and toning, endpapers renewed, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked and board edges repaired, folio, together with Collinson (Rev. John), The History and Antiquities of the County of Somerset..., 4 volumes including index, Bath & Taunton, 1791-1898, folding map frontispiece to volume 1, engraved plates and plans, occasional spotting, endpapers renewed, first three volumes in contemporary marbled calf, rebacked with gilt decorated spines, lower boards of volume 1 & 3 detached, rubbed, index volume in contemporary marbled calf, gilt armorial of Edward Lenox Dutton, 4th Baron Sherborne (1831-1919) to upper board, boards detached, rubbed, all 4to, with Dart (John), The History and Antiquities of the Cathedral Church of Canterbury, and the once-adjoining Monastery..., 1726, title in red & black, numerous engraved plates, armorial bookplate of George John Earl De la Warr to upper pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, boards detached, leather surface very rubbed, worn, folio, plus Bentham (James), The History and Antiquities of the Conventual & Cathedral Church of Ely..., 2 volumes, 2nd edition, Norwich, 1812, engraved portrait frontispiece, numerous engraved plates (some folding), 20th century green cloth, large 4to (8)
Picturesque Europe. 5 vols., published Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., circa 1880, additional engraved titles, numerous engraved plates and wood engraved illustrations, contemporary red half calf, gilt decorated spines, volume 2 torn at head of spine, extremities rubbed, 4to, together with Virtue (George, pub.), The Picturesque Beauties of Great Britain - Kent, 1828-[1830], engraved frontispiece of Canterbury Cathedral, engraved title (letterpress title not present), folding engraved map, 128 engraved plates on sixty-four leaves, light toning, occasional spotting and offsetting, all edges gilt, contemporary morocco, slightly rubbed to extremities, 4to, plus Cassell & Company (Publishers), Our Own Country, Descriptive, Historical,Pictorial, 6 volumes in three, circa 1870, engraved frontispieces, plates and illustrations, occasional scattered spotting, contemporary red half calf gilt, 4to (9)
Lancashire & Cheshire. Pamphlets, a collection of pamphlets authored or co- authored by the genealogist and topographer, John Paul Rylands (1846-1923), comprising the following titles: A seventeenth-century Perthshire public library (accompanied by a manuscript letter, 1898, from a grateful recipient,C. Birnie), An eighteenth-century Leicestershire church library, Twenebrokes, or Twanbrook, of Appleton, Grappenhall, and Daresbury in the county of Chester, A.D. 1170 to 1831, On an impressed plaque bearing a portrait of King Charles I, On the armorial glass at Vale Royal, Spurstow Hall, Utkinton Hall, and Tarporley rectory, George William Marshall, York Herald, Some memorials of the family of Ferrar, of Little Gidding, co. Huntingdon, The rectors of Woodchurch ... 1588-1919, Memoranda relating to the parish church of St. Wilfrid, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, co. Notts. 1907, Notes taken in the churches of Preston, Manchester, Eccles, Winwick, Farnworth, Sephton, and Hale, and at Lea Hall, in the county of Lancaster, Heraldic memorials of the Hulton family, in Deane church, co. Lancaster, Arms and crest of John Westby, 1560, An armorial bench end in Hawarden church, Armorial panels in Eastham church, Impressions of armorial seals of Cheshire gentry, made by Elias Ashmole in 1663, Some armorial house-tablets in Lancashire, frequent illustrations (especially armorial), some pedigrees, bound in gilt decorated green cloth, with original wrappers bound in, the front free endpaper bearing an inscription in pencil, "For John Power Rylands from Grannie", 8vo, together with others related including P. Sulley, The Hundred of Wirrall, Birkenhead, 1889, with large folding map and illus.; Rev. J. E. G. Cartlidge, Newbold Astbury and Its History, Congleton, 1915; and others, Lancashire and Cheshire, including a number of Chetham Society volumes (34)
London. Cruchley (George Frederick), Cruchley's New Plan of London Shewing all the New and Intended Improvements to the Present Time, new edition, January 1st 1841, uncoloured engraved map, printed on silk, sight staining, 430 x 605 mm, mounted J.Howgego. Printed Maps of London, no.307. State 12. (1)
London. Mogg (Edward), London in Miniature with the Surrounding Villages, An entire new plan..., 1808, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight browning, 515 x 935 mm, contained in contemporary card slipcase with orange printed label to upper board and publisher's advertisement to rear board, worn and rubbed J.Howgego, The Printed Maps of London, no.237, state 3. (1)
World. Ortelius (Abraham), Typus Orbis Terrarum, published Antwerp, [1570], hand coloured map, engraved by Franz Hogenberg, slight worming repaired on verso, occasional marginal repaired closed tears, slight marginal staining on verso, one short closed repaired tear to image, 340 x 490 mm, Latin text on verso Marcel van den Broecke. Ortelius Atlas Maps, no.1.1. R.Shirley. The Mapping of the World, no.122, plate 104. The first of the threeworld maps by Abraham Ortelius. (1)
London. Andrews (John), Andrew's New and Accurate Map of the Country Twenty-five miles round London, on which are delineated from an Actual Survey His Majesty's Palaces, Noblemen and Gentlemen's seats, Cities, Market Towns, Villages, Churches, Cottages, Rivers, Mills, Parks, Woods, Heaths and Remarkable Hills, 1777, large engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, some thinning and small tears to old linen folds, slight dust soiling, 1250 x 1360 mm, contained in contemporary marbled slipcase, heavily worn and frayed J.Howgego. Printed Maps of London, no.167. (1)
England, Wales & Ireland. Bertius (Pieter), Anglia, Cambria [and] Hibernia, circa 1618, three uncoloured engraved maps with additional text leaves, each with an additional title in German above map, each approximately 90 x 120 mm, German text on verso (3) NB: Amendment - These maps are by Barent Langenes not Bertius and date from 1612 not 1618
Cary (John). Cary's New Universal Atlas, containing Distinct Maps of all the Principal States and Kingdoms throughout the World from the Latest and Best Authorities Extant, 1st edition, published J.Cary, 1808, double page printed title with small library stamp to upper right margin and another to the verso, sixty (complete as list) double page engraved maps with contemporary hand colouring, occasional offsetting and pencil marginalia, index and list of subscribers bound at rear, small ink library stamp to verso of first and last map, library label to front pastedown, contemporary half morocco, skillfully re-backed, worn and rubbed at extremities, folio (1)
Bible [New Testament]. The Newe Testament of our Lord Jesus Christ, translated out of Greeke by Theod. Beza. Whereunto are adioyned large expositions of the phrases and harde places by the Authour and others: together with a Table or Concordance conteining the principall wordes and matters comprehended herein. Englished by L. Tomson. Imprinted at London by Christopher Barker, Printer to the Queenes most excellent Maiestie, [1583], [6],322,[20] leaves, title within decorative woodcut border, woodcut map illustration and decorative initials etc., black letter text, publication date from colophon, lacking first two blank leaves at front before title, ten leaves (Q7-R8) torn or frayed with some loss of text and repaired, dampstaining throughout, front free endpaper and rear endpaper replaced, all edges gilt, contemporary calf with gilt panelled and decorated boards (lacking clasps and ?later bosses), recent reback, 4to in 8s Herbert 180; Darlow & Moule 137; STC 2885. The Geneva version, translated by William Whittingham, Anthony Gilby, Thomas Sampson, and perhaps others, revised by Laurence Tomson. (1)
World. Blome (Richard), A Mapp or General carte of the World, Designed in two Plaine Hemisphers by Monsieur Sanson Geograph'r to the French King and rendered into English and Illustrated with figures..., circa 1670, hand coloured engraved map on a hemispheral projection, insular California, decorated with swags of flowers, old folds, backed with archival tissue, 400 x 525 mm R.Shirley. The Mapping of the World, no.455. (1)
World. Homann (Johann Baptist), Planiglobii Terrestris cum utroq Hemisphaerio Caelesti Generalis Repraesentatio..., published Nuremberg, circa 1730, engraved hemispheral map with contemporary hand colouring, two additional hemispheres showing northern and southern celestial projections, central fold partially split, strengthened on verso, 495 x 550 mm (1)
London. Smith (Charles), Map of the Country Twelve Miles round London, 1822, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, engraved by W.R.Gardner, sectionalised and laid on linen, 745 x 860 mm, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase with printed label to upper board, a little worn and rubbed J.Howgego. The Printed Maps of London, no.288 state 1. (1)
Folio Society. History of the Conquest of Mexico, by William H. Prescott, 1994, The Fatal Shore, by Robert Hughes, 1998, Captain Cook's Voyages 1768-1779, by Glyndwr Williams, 1997, The Source of the Nile, by Richard F. Burton, 1993 [includes facsimile folding map), Notable Historical Trials, volumes 1-4, by Justin Lovell, together with 67 further volumes, plus 9 others unrelated, all original cloth in slipcases, G/VG, 8vo (84)
Shackleton (Sir Ernest). South, The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917, new impression, 1919, colour frontispiece, black and white plates from photos, folding map at rear, some dust-soiling and few minor marks, original publisher's cloth, blocked decoration and title in silver, bumped and scuffed, contents shaken and partly loose, large 8vo, together with twelve other titles relating to Antarctic travel and exploration, including Martin Lindsay, Sledge, first edition, dust jacket fraying with some loss to head and foot of spine, plus others similar, all 8vo (13)
*British Isles. Blaeu (Johannes), Britannia prout divisa suit temporibus Anglo-Saxonum praesertim durante illorum Heptarchia, published Amsterdam, circa 1645,published Amsterdam, circa 1645 [or later], engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, 415 x 530 mm, Latin text on verso, mounted, framed and double glazed One of the most decorative maps of the British Isles ever produced. The dramatic vignettes to each side of the map depict the founders of each of the seven Kingdoms, whilst the scenes on the right show the conversion of the various Kingdoms to Christianity. Closely modelled on Speed's Heptarchy of 1611, the vignettes surrounding Blaeu's version have been completely redone in the grand style of Dutch contemporary paintings. R.W.Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, no.549. (1)
Barclay (Rev. James). The Universal English Dictionary..., published J & F Tallis, circa 1850, additional decorative half title, engraved frontispiece of Buckingham Palace, fifty-eight engraved maps by J. Archer, all with contemporary outline colouring, slight offsetting, some fraying and chipping to fore-edges, contemporary half morocco gilt, rebacked, together with Philip (George & Son, publishers),Philip's Atlas of the Counties of Scotland..., 1868, title and index, folding map of Scotland and twenty-six uncoloured lithographic maps, contemporary decorative boards, worn and stained, upper board detached, small 8vo, together with Philips' Handy Atlas of the Counties of Ireland..., 1886, title and index, general map of Ireland and thirty-three colour lithographic maps with index bound at rear, publisher's gilt decorative cloth, stained, small 8vo, with Philips' Handy Atlas of the Counties of Scotland..., 1884, title and index, general map of Scotland and thirty-one colour lithographic maps, index bound at rear, publisher's gilt decorative cloth, small 8vo with another copy similar (5)
World. Senex (John), A New Map of the World from the latest Observations, circa 1720, hand coloured engraved hemispheral map of the world, four additional hemispheral projections, decorated with an armillary sphere and an elaborate allegorical cartouche depicting the four continents, insular California with Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania in partial outline, central fold partially strengthened on verso, slight creasing, 430 x 540 mm Uncommon. (1)
Ordnance Survey (publisher) - 'Ordnance Survey of the Isle of Wight and Part of Hampshire', folding engraved map in 8 sections and backed onto linen, approx 61.5cm x 92cm, together with two further maps published by the Ordnance Survey, all contained within a single red straight grain morocco slipcase.
John Speed - 'Cambridgshire described with the Devision of the Hundreds, the Townes situation with the Armes of the Colleges of that famous Universiti' (Map of Cambridgeshire), late 17th Century engraving published by Thomas Bassett and Richard Chiswell, with near period colour, approx 40cm x 53cm, double-glazed within an oak frame.
A White Star Dominion American Lines Organisation Precis of Old and Important Circular Instructions issued prior to 1st July 1913, this is preface to volume one with attached label inscribed 'Purser and Chief Steward, S.S. Doric', two unframed early 20th century amateur maritime artworks, a vintage map of North Wales, a picture book entitled 'Lourdes et Les Pyrenees', four volumes of 'Butlers Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and other Saints', prefaced by J H McShane and four volumes of Charles Dickens library.
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