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Dorset. Speed (John), Dorsetshyre with the Shyre-towne Dorchester described as also the Armes of such families as have bene honored with the Titles thereof since the Normans Conquest to this present, Anno 1662, pub. Christopher Browne, [1686], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Dorchester, strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, trimmed to neat line and remargined, 383 x 505mm, mounted, together with, Blaeu (Johannes), Comitatus Dorcestria sive Dorsettia vulgo Anglice Dorset Shire, c.1660, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, some overall toning, 385 x 505mm, French text on verso -2

Drayton (Michael). Surrey & Sussex, c.1612, hand coloured engraved map, illustrated with nymphs, water sprites and allegorical representations of forests and major cities and towns, slight overall toning, central fold partially strengthened on verso, slight marginal worming, 260 x 335mm, mounted -1

Ecuador & The Galapagos Islands. Villavicencio (Manuel), Carta Corographica de la Republica del Ecuador...., pub. F.Mayer & Co., New York, 1858, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, inset map of the Galapagos Islands, slight marginal fraying, 765 x 1040mm. Rare separately published map of Ecuador, probably the first large format map of this part of South America. -1

England & Wales. Lewis (Samuel), A Map of England & Wales Divided into Counties, Parliamentary Divisions and Dioceses, Shewing the Principal Roads, Railways, Rivers & Canals and the Seats of the Gentry and Nobility....., pub. S.Lewis & Co., 1840, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, in four parts (as published), inset map of the Scilly Isles, calligraphic cartouche, compass rose, table of explanation and large b & w eng. vignette of the Post Office in London, slight offsetting, each sheet approx. 1050 x 850mm, each section bound in contemp. gilt dec. morocco, slight rubbing to extrems., together with Stanford (Edward),Stanford’s Library Map of England & Wales Constructed on the Basis of The Ordnance Survey & The Census......, c.1875, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, in four parts (as published), some staining, dust and finger soiling, each section approx. 940 x 805mm, marbled endpapers, contained in worn and frayed contemp. book box lacking lid and base -5

Europe. Dosseray (Giovanni), Nuova Carta Dell’ Europa Politica E Commerciale, pub. Lucca, 1893, large col. litho. map, army uniforms of sixteen European countries decorate the vertical margins, panorama of Italian regiments to the upper margin, inset map of the Nile Delta, old folds, some wear to folds causing slight loss, repaired on verso, slight creasing, occ. repaired marginal closed tears, 760 x 1025mm, together with, Victoires et Conqu?tes de la Religion Catholique, pub. Paris, c.1870, litho. map with contemp. hand colouring, inset maps of Africa, Asia, North and South America, 515 x 680mm -2

France. Nolin (Jean Baptiste), Le Canal Royal de Languedoc pour la Jonction de L’Ocean et de la Mer Mediterrane....., pub. Paris, 1697, large uncoloured engraved map on three conjoined sheets, the map surrounded by fifty-three vignettes, inset maps and plans of aspects of the canal’s construction and fifty-nine coats of arms, occ. marginal repaired closed tears, one affecting image, slight creasing, 600 x 1445mm. 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. -1

Geological Maps. Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Somerset, pub. Ordnance Survey, 1817 - 31, together three engraved maps with contemp. hand colouring showing geological strata, numbered 19, 35 and 43, each map sectionalised and laid on linen, each with the blind stamp of the Geological Survey Department in the upper margin, each map approx. 640 x 770mm, contained in contemp. sheep book box with contrasting morocco label to spine, a little rubbed and worn. The three maps run from Hereford in the North following the course of the Rivers Wye and Severn as they run south through Monmouth and Gloucester; down to Bristol, following the Seven estuary and on to the Somerset levels. -1

Geological Maps. Lowry (J.W., eng.), Geological Survey of Great Britain, Horizontal Sections, map nos. 12 - 17, c.1845, together six engraved geological profile maps with contemp. hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, each map with the blind stamp of the ‘Geological Survey of the United Kingdom, each approx. 630 x 830mm, contained in contemp. calf book box with contrasting morocco gilt label to spine, a little rubbed and worn. The geological profiles relate to Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Monmouthshire, Wiltshire and Somerset. -1

Germany. Moll (Herman), A New & Exact Map of the Electorate of Brunswick-Lunenburg and ye rest of ye Kings Dominions in Germany, very much Inproved by ye kind Assistance of severall Curious Gentlemen, natives of those Countries, c.1720, large engraved map with contemp. hand outline colouring on two conjoined sheets (as published), inset maps of the North Sea and the Duchy of Saxon Lauwenburg, very large b & w martial cartouche, old folds, partially strengthened on verso, occ. repaired marginal closed tears, 615 x 1015mm -1

Gloucestershire. Taylor (Isaac), To the Subscribers in General and more Particularly to those Noblemen and Gentlemen who Honoured me with their Assistance in the Survey; This Map of the County of Gloucester is Humbly Dedicated by their Obedient & most Humble Servant...., 2nd. ed., pub. W.Faden, 1800, engraved map with bright contemp. hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, on two sheets, five inset vignettes of prominent buildings and castles, large b & w cartouche and table of explanation, pubs. printed labels to verso, each sheet approx. 670 x 1210mm, contemp. waxed card chemise, contemp. speckled calf book box with contrasting morocco gilt label to spine, a little rubbed and worn -1

Hawaii. Edwards (Parker), The Dole Map of the Hawaiian Islands U.S.A. Being a Descriptive Portrayal of the History, Transportation, Industries and Geography of the Territory of Hawaii, U.S.A., pub. Hawaiian Pinapple Co. Ltd, 1937, colour lithographic map, slight marginal spotting and creasing, occ. marginal closed tears, 450 x 905mm. A highly decorative map, produced for advertising and promotional purposes during the islands territorial period. -1

Herefordshire. Saxton (Christopher & Lea Philip), The County of Hereford resurveyed & enlarged, Anno 1665, c.1690, uncoloured engraved map, inset town plan of Hereford, old folds, slight creasing, marginal repaired closed tears, slight dust soiling, laid on later paper, 380 x 505mm -1

Hong Kong. The War Office (pubs.), Hong Kong and the New Territories, 1946, colour photo-litho map, silk mounted and laid on paper, small hole in margin, 740 x 1000mm, supported on wooden battens -1

India. Dury (Andrew), A Map of the Provinces of Delhi, Agrah, Oude and Ellahabad, Comprehending the Countries lying between Delhi and the Bengal-Provinces, surveyed by Major James Rennell, Surveyor General to the Honourable East-India Company and Published by the Order of the Court of Directors of the said Company, pub. Laurie & Whittle, 1794, engraved map with contemp. outline colouring, on four conjoined sheets, laid on later linen, overall size 1075 x 1075mm -1

India. Mercator (Gerard & Hondius Henricus), India Orientalis, c.1613, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, slight worming largely confined to lower margin, repaired on recto, 360 x 495mm, Latin text on verso, mounted -1

Ireland. Camden (William, pubs.), Hiberniae Ireland Anglis Yvrndon Britannis Erin incolis......, c.1610, uncoloured engraved map by G.Hole, orientated to the west, strapwork cartouche and compass rose, 270 x 340mm, with 145 pps. of descriptive text, disbound. Originally published in William Camden’s ‘Britannia..’. -1

Istanbul. Braun (Georg & Hogenberg Franz), Byzantium Nunc Constantinopolis, pub. Cologne, c.1600, hand coloured engraved map, twelve portrait medallions in the lower foreground, 330 x 480mm, French text on verso. The second state with the last roundel now completed with a portrait of Murad III. The Bosphorus and the Golden Horn are shown crowded with both Turkish galleys and European galleons. In the centre a mounted Turkish Sultan is supported by his Janissaries armed with bows and swords. -1

Japan. Mercator (Gerard & Hondius Henricus), Japonia, c.1613, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, large strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, slight wear to central fold, stengthened on verso, slight overall toning, 345 x 450mm, French text on verso, mounted -1

Key West. Bryant (Tomas), Plano del Puerto de Cayo Hueso y sus Immediaciones en al Arrecife de la Florida, pub. Direccion de Hydrografia, Madrid, 1863, uncoloured sea chart of Key West on the Florida Keys, inset map of Fort Zachary Taylor (on the western end of the island), lighthouses highlighted with watercolour, blind stamp of the Spanish hydrographic department, 590 x 950mm. Uncommon Spanish chart of Key West and the surrounding islands. It is based on an earlier survey which was conducted by the U.S. Navy in 1849 -1

Lancashire. Hennet (George), A Map of the County Palatine of Lancaster Divided into Hundreds and Parishes from an Accurate Survey made in the Years 1828 and 1829, pub. Henry Teesdale 1830, large map with contemp. hand colouring, engraved by James Bingley, sectionalised and laid on linen, calligraphic cartouche, b & w vignette of the New Custom House Liverpool, table of explanation, and compass rose, slight staining, 1600 x 1120, marbled endpapers, contained in contemp. red morocco gilt book box. B.Kentish. A Catalogue of County Atlases of England and Wales 1607 - 1864 and large scale maps. 2012 Item 68 -1

Manuscript map. Merrier (Capt. L. R.E.), Whitchurch Parish, Oxfordshire, north of the River Thames, 1875, partially printed map with watercolour and manuscript, sectionalised and laid on linen, tipped on letter signed by the Justices from Oxfordshire and Berkshire explaining the establishement of the boundary between Oxfordshire and Berkshire, signed and dated by the surveyor to lower right, slight creasing and dust soiling, marbled endpapers, 1215 x 955mm, contained in contemp. black morocco gilt slip case. A fascinating cartographic document with its attached letter showing how Whitchurch was mapped - after agreement between the Justices of both counties - on the boundary between Berkshire and Oxfordshire. -1

Maps & prints. A mixed collection of approx. forty maps and engravings, 17th - 20th century, including maps and sea charts by Morden, Levasseur, Braun & Hogenberg, Hulsius, Bachiene, Smith and Arrowsmith, with a title page from a French edition of Braun & Hogenberg’s city atlas, plus a large map printed on silk of England by Christopher Browne, with engravings and etchings including examples by Cruikshank and Gillray, and two partial atlases, various sizes and condition (approx.40)

Maps. A good mixed collection of British county maps, 17th - 19th century, including Jansson (Jan),Comitatis Cantabrigiensis vernacule Cambridge Shire, c.1650, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, ornate cartouche and mileage scale, some creasing, 415 x 515mm, together with, Speed (John),Wilshire, pub. John Sudbury & George Humble, c.1627, hand coloured engraved map, inset plan of Salisbury and an engraved vignette of Stonehenge, trimmed to neat line and laid on later card, 385 x 520mm, with, Jansson (Jan),Buckingamiae comitatus cum Bedfordiensi; vulgo Buckingamshire and Bedfordshire, c.1650, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, some oxidisation to watercolour causing some cracking and splitting to image, backed with archival tissue on verso, slight staining and dust soiling, 410 x 510mm, Latin text on verso, plus six hand coloured engraved county maps by Richard Blome, two hand coloured engraved maps by Robert Morden, four hand coloured engraved maps by Thomas Moule, and a map of the British islands by Mercator, with another twelve maps, including examples by Kitchin/Jefferys, Hermannides, Beer, Dawson, Lewis, Laurie & Whitle, Kitchin and Reuben Ramble, plus two maps of Ireland by Mercator and Cloppenburgh, various sizes and condition (approx.30)

Mexico. Ortelius (Abraham), Hispaniae Novae Sivae Magnae Recens et vera Descriptio, [1579 or later], engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, large strapwork cartouche, 350 x 505mm, Latin text on verso, mounted, together with Homann (Johann Baptist, Heirs of,)Tabula Americae Specialis Geographica Regni Peru Brasiliae Terrae Firmae & Reg. Amazonum...., pub. Nuremberg, c.1748, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, 485 x 570mm, mounted. The first described item. Marcel van den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas Maps, no.13. -2

Netherlands. Visscher (Nicolas), Ducatus Geldriae nec non Comitatus Zutphaniae cum adjacentibus Regionibus denuo recogniti......, pub. Amsterdam, c.1640, hand coloured engraved ‘carte a figures’ map, with costumed figures to the vertical margins and city views along the horizontal margins, trimmed to neat line, some marginal fraying causing slight loss, replaced in facsimile, repaired on verso, 470 x 560mm, together with, Ducatus Holsatiae Summa Diligentia Accurataq censura Noviter Editus....., pub. Amsterdam, c.1640, hand coloured engraved ‘carte a figures’ map, two inset maps, costumed figures to vertical margins and oval city views along the horizontal margins, trimmed to neat line, some marginal fraying causing loss, replaced in facsimile, repaired on verso. margins extended, 445 x 550mm, with another seventeen 17th century engraved maps of European regions in France, Poland, Germany and Scandanavia, including examples by Jansson, Blaeu and Visscher, occ. duplicates, all with some fraying and wear with varying degress of loss to image, various sizes and conditon. Sold as a collection, not subject to return. -19

Northamptonshire. Blaeu (Johannes), Comitatus Northantonensis Vernacule Northanton Shire, c.1658, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, large decorative cartouche and mileage scale, 415 x 505mm, French text on verso, together with Morden (Robert),Northamptonshire [1695 or later], hand coloured engraved map, 360 x 420mm, mounted -2

Nottinghamshire. Speed (John), The Countie of Nottingham described, The Shire Townes situation and the Earls thereof observed, pub. John Sudbury & George Humble, [1616], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Nottingham, large strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, slight fraying to margins, repaired on verso, 380 x 510mm, Latin text on verso, mounted, together with Blaeu (Johannes),Comitatus Nottinghamiensis, Nottingham Shire, pub. Amsterdam, c.1648, engraved map with bright contemp. hand colouring, ornate cartouche and mileage scale, 385 x 500mm, French text on verso, mounted, with, Jansson (Jan), Comitatus Nottinghamiensis sive Nottinghamshire, c.1650, engraved map with faded contemp. hand colouring (possibly as a result of cleaning), 385 x 485mm, Latin text on verso, mounted -3

* Ogilby (John). The Road from London to Buckingham Continued to Banbury in Com. Oxon., c.1676, hand coloured engraved strip road map, ornate cartouche, slight staining, 340 x 445mm, mounted, framed and glazed -1

Pacific Ocean. Ortelius (Abraham), Maris Pacifici (quod vulgo Mar del Zur) cum Regionibus Circumiacentibus Insulisque in Codem Passim Sparsis, Novisima Descriptio, [1595], hand coloured engraved map, 345 x 500mm, Latin text on verso. The first printed map focused on the Pacific Ocean, decorated with a large vignette depiction of Ferdinand Magellan’s ship, The Victoria. Marcel van den Broecke. Ortelius Atlas Maps, no.12. Philip Burden. The Mapping of America, no.74. -1

Portugal. Ortelius (Abraham), Portugalliae que olim Lusitania, novissima & exactissima descriptio, [1584], engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, orientated to the west, slight staining, a little dust soiling to margins, Latin text on verso, mounted. Marcel van den Broecke. Ortelius Atlas Maps. no.26. -1

Puerto Rico. Churruca (Cosme Damian de Churruca y Elorza), Plano Geometrico del Puerto Capital de la Isla de Puerto Rico Levantado en 1794 Por D. Cosme De Churucca Capitain de Nacio de la Rl. Armada....., 1794 [but later impression], uncoloured engraved chart of the harbour of San Juan, blind stamp of the Spanish Hydrographic Department, 455 x 605mm. An important chart of San Juan, based upon a detailed study of the harbour by the Spanish Navy’s hydrographical engineers, under the command of Churruca. The chart includes general notes on the harbour, a key identifying major landmarks, an extensive note on the various shoals identified on the map, and sailing instructions for entering the harbour. The importance of this chart is underlined by the fact that it was copied by both the Depot de la Marine, William Faden and the British Hydrographical Office. Churruca had an illustrious career as an officer in the Spanish navy. Serving with distinction at the seige of Gibralter and in the Spanish colonies in the Americas. He was killed at the Battle of Trafalgar after being struck by a cannon ball. -1

Puerto Rico. Moreno (Miguel), Carta Particular Esferica y Corografica de la Isla de Puerto Rico...., pub. Madrid, 1842, uncoloured engraved sea chart, inset map of la Mona, slight offsetting, blind stamp of the ‘Direccion de Hidrografia’, 610 x 910mm -1

Russia & Asia. Senex (John), Moscovy Corrected from ye Observations communicated to the Royal Society of London and Paris, 1712, engraved map on two conjoined sheets (as published), contemp. outline colouring, old folds, 960 x 640mm, together with, Asia Corrected from the Observations communicated to the Royal Society at London and the Royal Academy at Paris, c.1712, hand coloured engraved map, old folds, torn with some loss and replaced in facsimile, margins extended, 665 x 965mm -2

Russia. Moll (Herman), To his Most Serene and August Majesty Peter Alexovitz, Absolute Lord of Russia &c. This Map of Moscovy, Poland, Little Tartary and ye Black Sea &c. is most Humbly Dedicated..., pub. J & T Bowles, P.Overton & J.King, c.1730, large engraved map with contemp. outline colouring, inset maps of the Northern part of European Russia and the lower course of the Volga in the vicinity of Asov, slight creasing, occ. short splits to old folds, 620 x 975mm -1

Scotland. Homann (Johann Baptist), Magnae Britanniae Pars Septentrionalis Regnum Scotiae..., pub. Nuremberg, c.1720, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, ornate b & w cartouche and mileage scale, slight staining to one margin not affecting image, 575 x 485mm -1

* Scotland. Blaeu (Johannes & Pont Timothy), Uistus Insula vulgo Uiist cum aliis minoribus ec Aebudarum Numero ei ad meridiem adjacentibus, pub. Amsterdam, c.1654, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, inset map of Barra and its adjacent islands, large decoartive cartouche, 460 x 590mm, mounted, framed and double glazed, French text on verso, together with, Collins (Capt. Greenville),To the Honble. the Magistrates of the Citty of Aberdeene....., c.1700, uncoloured engraved sea chart, inset maps of Aberdeen and Montrose, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, 445 x 560mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with, Dartmouth. To the Right Honorable George, Lord Dartmouth....., Dedicated and Presented by G.Collins, c.1700, hand coloured engraved sea chart, inset map of Tarr Bay, ornate cartouche and mileage scale, three inset horizon profiles, some overall toning, 455 x 575mm, mounted, framed and glazed -3

* Scotland. Johnston (W. & A.K. pubs.), The Heart of Scotland, Gleneagles, c.1930, large lithographic map, inset map of the British Isles showing the extent of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway, old folds, slight staining, 800 x 1010mm, framed and glazed -1

South America. Moll (Herman), A New and Exact Map of the Coast, Countries and Islands within ye Limits of ye South Sea Company from ye River Aranoca to Terra del Fuego and from thence through ye South Sea to ye North Part of California &c....., c.1730, hand coloured engraved map, three large inset maps of Baldivia harbour, The Bay of Guiaquil and the Island of Chiloe and nine smaller inset maps, insular California, old folds, strengthened on verso, long closed tear affecting image, repaired on verso, 660 x 495mm -1

South America. Mercator (Gerard & Hondius Henricus), America Meridionalis, c.1610, engraved map with bright contemp. hand colouring, inset view of Cuzco, large ornate strapwork cartouche, slight worming affecting image, 365 x 500mm, French text on verso. A highly decorative map with Tierra del Fuego joined on to the southern continent. -1

South Atlantic Ocean. Jansson (Jan), Mar Di Aethiopia vulgo Oceanus Aethiopicus, c.1660, engraved map with contemp. outline colouring, ornate cartouche and mileage scale, compass rose and numeous rhumb lines, slight creasing, slight staining, 440 x 550mm. Published in Jansson’s ‘Atlas Maritimus’. -1

South Pole. Mawson (Douglas), British Antarctic Expedition, 1907, Route and Surveys of the South Magnetic Polar Party 1908 - 09, From Triangulation and Traverses, pub. William Heinemann, c.1909, chromolithograph, laid on later card, 500 x 350mm. Detailed map showing the route taken by Shackleton’s British Antarctic Expedition of 1908 to early 1909 The map also includes the routes of the Erebus Party and the Western Party. Douglas Mawson (1882-1958) was an Australian geologist and explorer. The Australian Dictionary of National Biography gives a detailed account of his time with Shackleton in Antarctica:In November 1907 (Sir) Ernest Shackleton, leader of the British Antarctic Expedition, visited Adelaide on his way south. Mawson approached him with a view to making the round trip to Antarctica on the Nimrod. His idea was to see an existing continental ice-cap and to become acquainted with glaciation and its geological consequences. This interested him because in his South Australian studies he was ‘face-to-face with a great accumulation of glacial sediments of Precambrian age, the greatest thing of the kind recorded anywhere in the world’. After consulting with David, who had agreed to join the expedition, Shackleton telegraphed: ‘You are appointed Physicist for the duration of the expedition’. Mawson accepted, and so began his long association with the Antarctic.Although he recognized that Shackleton’s prime aim of reaching the South Pole was considered essential to financing the expedition, he would have liked more opportunity offered to the scientists. Nevertheless, the scientists’ achievements proved to be considerable and Mawson had good opportunities for glaciological and geological investigations. In March 1908 Mawson was one of the first party, led by David, to climb Mount Erebus. Next summer David (leader), A. F. Mackay and Mawson were the first to reach the vicinity of the South Magnetic Pole, manhauling their sledges 1260 miles. Mawson was responsible for the magnetic observations and the excellent cartographic work. The return was difficult because of exhaustion and shortage of food. David, aged 50, suffered badly and at his request Mawson assumed leadership. The journey almost ended in disaster: having reached their main depot two days late and hearing a rocket distress signal fired from the Nimrod, Mawson, while rushing towards the ship, fell into a crevasse. Help from the ship was required for his rescue.Shackleton’s confidence in Mawson may be gauged from his instructions: should his own expedition to the South Pole not return in time, Mawson was to lead a search party. David said in public tribute: “Mawson was the real leader who was the soul of our expedition to the Magnetic Pole. We really have in him an Australian Nansen, of infinite resourse, splendid physique, astonishing indifference to frost”. -1

St. Lucia. Norie (John William), The Island of St. Lucia, 1827, uncoloured engraved map, inset maps of Port Carenage and Gros Islet Bay, circular cartouche, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, slight dust soiling, ‘blue-backed’, 660 x 475mm -1

Surrey. Greenwood (c. & J.), Map of the County of Surrey from an Actual Survey, made in the years 1822 & 1823, pub. Greenwood & Co., 1829, large engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, b & w engraved vignette of Lambeth Palace, compass rose, table of explanation and list of the Hundreds, slight dust soiling, occ. marginal closed tears not affecting image, 570 x 690mm, together with, Cary (John),A Map of Surry from the Best Authorities, pub. John Stockdale, 1805, engraved map with contemp. outline colouring, 405 x 490mm, with, Blaeu (Johannes),Suthsexia vernacule Sussex, c.1650, hand coloured engraved map, 380 x 525mm, Latin text on verso, plus Cary (John),A Map of Sussex from the best Authorities, pub. John Stockdale, 1805, hand coloured engraved map, old folds, 360 x 510mm -4

Sussex & Kent. Speed (John), Sussex Described and divided into Rapes with the Situation of Chichester the cheife citie thereof and the Armes of such Nobles as have bene dignified with the title of Earles since the conquest and other accidents therein observed, pub. Roger Rea, c.1662, engraved map with sparse outline colouring, inset town plan of Chichester, ‘open book’ cartouche, trimmed to neat line with slight loss to strapwork margin, ink ownership stamp to verso with slight showthrough, 380 x 495mm, together with, Kent with her Cities and Earles Described and observed, pub. George Humble, c.1627, uncoloured engraved map, inset town plans of Canterbury and Rochester, trimmed to neat line with slight loss to strapwork margins, sparse near contemp. manuscript annotation to map, ink ownership stamp to verso with slight showthrough, 380 x 500mm -2

Sussex. Speed (John), Sussex Described and Divided into Rapes with the Situation of Chichester the cheife citie thereof and the Armes of such Nobles as have bene dignified with the title of Earles since the conquest and other accidents therein obserbved, pub. George Humble, c.1627, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Chichester, slight ink staining, slight mount staining, two near contemp. manuscript initials to image, occ. marginal repaired closed tears, central fold partially strengthened on verso, 390 x 510mm, English text on verso -1

United States. Map of the United States of America. The Free States and Territories are coloured Yellow; Slave States Blue; the Red lines show the States in favour of the Union and the Green lines those for Secession, pub. Robert Hughes, Grocer, Tea and Provision Dealer, Bread and Biscuit Baker, No.5 Mostyn Streey, Llandudno, c.1861, colour printed wood engraved map, with advertising print below image, slight creasing, old folds, overall size 280 x 220mm. An extraordinary and somewhat incongruous juxtapositioning of a map of the United States of America at the commencement of the American Civil War and an advertisment for a Llandudno grocer. Unsurprisingly, we can find no record of this map. -1

Wales. Mercator (Gerard, Jansson Jan & Lhuyd Humphrey), Cambriae Typus Auctore, Humfredo Lhuydo Denbigiense Cambrobritanno, c.1660, uncoloured engraved map, decorative cartouche and mileage scale, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, 355 x 490mm, mounted. John Booth. Antique Maps of Wales. no.5. -1

Wales. Ogilby (John), The Road from Priestaine in Com. Radnor to Carmarthen, c.1676, uncoloured engraved strip road map, with page of descriptive text, 320 x 455mm, mounted, together with, Speed (John),The Countie of Radnor Described and the Shyretownes sittuatione, pub. Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, c.1676, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Radnor, strapwork cartouche, mileage scale and compass rose, central fold strengthened on verso, occ. marginal closed tears, slight overall toning, 390 x 515mm, English text on verso, with, Blaeu (Johannes),Comitatus Brechiniae, Breknoke, c.1658, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, 380 x 510mm, French text on verso, mounted, plus, Morden (Robert),A New and Correct Map of North Wales, c.1722, hand coloured engraved map, 365 x 430mm, mounted -4

Wiltshire. Andrews (John & Dury Andrew), A Topographical Map of Wiltshire, on a Scale of 2 Inches to a Mile from an Actual Survey by John Andrews & Andrew Dury, 1st. ed., 1773, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, on eighteen sheets (complete), each sheet laid on later linen, slight creasing and dust soiling, trimmed to neat lines, the sheet showing the cartouche has had the image trimmed and excised and re-laid on contemp. matching paper, each sheet approx. 460 x 635mm, contained in modern purpose made blue cloth gilt portfolio. B.Kentish. Large Scale Maps of England and Wales, 1705 - 1832 Item no.62. -1

World. Rosaccio (Giuseppe), Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio, pub. Venice, c.1599, uncoloured engraved hemispheral map of the world, 190 x 260mm, Latin text on verso, together with, Porcacchi (Tommaso),Discorso Intorno Alla Carta da Navigare, pub. Venice, c.1572, uncoloured engraved map of the world on a Mercator projection, numerous rhumb lines, 110 x 145mm, Italian text surrounding and on verso of map, plus Mercator (Gerard & Magini Giovanni),Universi Orbis Descriptio ad Usum Navigantium, pub. Venice, c.1596, uncoloured engraved map of the world on a Mercator projection, 135 x 175mm, Italian text below and on verso of map, Item one. A later version of Girolamo Ruscelli’s map of 1561 R.W.Shirley. The Mapping of the World, no. 217 Item two. Shirley. no.128. Item three. Shirley. no. 196 -3

World. Ortelius (Abraham & Galle Philippe), Typus Orbis Terrarum, c.1588, hand coloured engraved miniature map of the world on an ovoid projection, 80 x 110mm, French text on verso, together with, Cluver (Philip),Orbis Terrarum Typus, pub. Amsterdam, c.1676, hand coloured engraved map of the world on a hemispheral projection, insular California, ink ownership stamp in lower margin, 150 x 260mm, plus, Ortelius (Abraham & Vrients Jan Baptist),Globus Terrestris 1600, c.1713, hand coloured engraved miniature map of the world on a hemispheral projection, repaired marginal closed tear not affecting image, 120 x 150mm. The first described item. R.W.Shirley. The Mapping of the World, no.161. Item two. Shirely no. 407 Item three. Shirley no. 231, but later issue by Lasor a Varea of Padua. -3

World. Jaillot (Alexis Hubert), Mappe-Monde Geo-Hydrographique, ou Description Generale du Globe Terrestre et Aquatique en Deux Plans Hemispheres......., pub. Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam, c.1700, large engraved hemispheral map of the world after an earlier map by Alexis Hubert Jaillot, on two conjoined sheets (as published), contemp. outline colouring, ten further terrestrial and celestial circular projections, two uncoloured decorative cartouches, old folds, slight toning and offsetting, 580 x 980mm. R.W.Shirley. The Mapping of the World. no.621. State 1 -1

World. Bellin (Jacques Nicolas), Carte des Variations de la Boussole et des Vents Generaux que l’on Trouve dans les Mers les plus Frequentees, pub. Paris, 1765 [but later Italian edition of c.1797], hand coloured engraved map of the world on a Mercator projection, large ornate cartouche, old folds, 555 x 860mm, together with Essay d’une Carte Reduite Contenant Les Parties Connuees du Globe Terrestre..., pub. Paris, 1748 [but later state], hand coloured engraved map of the world on a Mercator projection, ornate cartouche, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, old folds, ownership stamp on verso with slight showthrough, 515 x 710mm -2

World. Fullarton (Archibald), British Empire Throughout the World, Exhibited in One View, c.1860, colour litho. map on a Mercator projection with panoramic vignettes of the peoples and costumes of the British Empire and two tables listing British possessions around the world, slght spotting to margins, 440 x 540mm, together with, Vuillemin (Alexandre),Nouveau Planisphere indiquant les Grandes Divisions Physiques et Politiques de la Terre...., pub. Paris, 1854, large engraved map on a Mercator projection, contemp. outline colouring, six b & w vignettes show scenes of fishing, whaling and exploration, two panoramas show the relative heights of mountains and another showing the locations of the world’s races, 670 x 870mm, plus, Tallis (John),Eastern Hemisphere [and] Western Hemisphere, c.1855, together a pair of coloured engraved hemispheral projections, trimmed with loss to legend at base, each approx. 255 x 345mm and, Swanston (G.H.),The World in Hemispheres with Comparative Views of the Heights of the Principal Mountains and Basins of the Principal Rivers on the Globe, pub. A.Fullarton, c.1860, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, nine inset maps of rivers, large vignette of mountains, 425 x 535mm, with one other similar -6

Lee (Edwin). Cheltenham and its Resources: Mineral Waters, Climate, etc., Considered Chiefly in a Sanative Point of View..., being the Essay for which the Prize Offered by the Town Committee was Awarded..., 1851, wood engraved illustrations, advertisements at front & rear, original green cloth gilt, spine slightly faded, 8vo, together with Scudamore (Sir Charles), The Analysis and Medical Properties of the Tepid Springs of Buxton: with Cases and Observations, 3rd ed., 1839, original cloth, paper label to upper board, joints and spine slightly torn, slim 8vo, with Granville (A.B.), The Spas of England, and Principal Sea-Bathing Places, 3 vols., 1841, wood engraved frontispieces, plates and illustrations, folding engraved map on silk, occasional spotting, original cloth gilt, extremities slightly frayed, 8vo, plus eight others -13

Barter (C.). Alone Among the Zulus, by a Plain Woman, The Narrative of a Journey Through the Zulu Country, South Africa, c. 1866, four b&w engravings incl. frontis, together with Recollections of a Visit to British Kaffrarian, c. 1866, three b&w engravings incl. frontis., light toning throughout, ex libris stamps to front endpapers, both vols. in uniform orig. gilt dec. cloth binding, spines rubbed, slight loss to hinges, 8vo, and Slatin (Rudolph C. Pasha), Fire and Sword in the Sudan, A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes, 1879-1895, translated by Major F. R. Wingate, 3rd ed., 1896, numerous b&w illusts. missing map at rear, ex libris stamp to front endpaper, toned and stained throughout, orig. gilt dec. red cloth, front and rear boards, toned and marked, spine worn at head and foot, hinges torn, 8vo, and thirty-one other Zulu war and Africa reference, including Life of General Gordon, 1885, Shaka Zulu by E. A. Ritter, 3rd imp., 1955, South Africa and the Transvaal War by Louis Creswick, 1900, some ex libris, many in d.j.s, 8vo -34

Cooke (George Alexander). Topographical and Statistical Description of the Principality of Wales, 2 parts in one (North & South Wales), n.d., c.1800, folding engraved map frontispieces, contemporary half sheep, rubbed, 12mo, together with Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of Northumberland, n.d., c.1810, bound with Topographical and Statistical Description of the Principality of Wales Part 1, North Wales, n.d., c.1800, and Topographical and Statistical Description of South Wales, n.d., c. 1830, folding engraved map frontispieces (final map hand-coloured), three engraved plates, slightl spotting and offsetting, contemporary half calf, joints cracked and slight wear, 12mo, with Leigh & Son (Publishers), Leigh’s Guide to Wales & Monmouthshire..., 3rd ed., 1835, aquatint frontispiece, upper hinge cracked and endpapers darkened, original cloth, aquatint pictorial panel to upper board, worn, 8vo, plus other 19th/early 20th c. travel guides of Wales, including Black’s Picturesque Guides & Gossiping Guides etc., few defective (a carton)

Boswell (James). An Account of Corsica, the Journal of a Tour to that Island; and Memoirs of Pascal Paoli, 2nd ed., 1768, folding eng. map frontis., eng. vignette to title, slight offsetting to title, occ. minor spotting and slight browning to margins of last two leaves, contemp. calf, boards detached and lacks title label to spine, rubbed and worn, 8vo, together with Jenkins (Alexander), The History and Description of the City of Exeter, and its Environs, Ancient and Modern Civil and Ecclesiastical, Exeter, 1806, ten maps and plts., slight offsetting, contemp. calf gilt, front cover det., rubbed and worn, 8vo, and Carus (Titus Lucretus), His Six Books of Epicurean Philosophy, Done into English Verse with Notes, 3rd ed., 1683, browning to margins throughout, contemp. calf gilt, rubbed and worn, title label to spine detached, plus other antiquarian interest, various, mostly 18th & 19th century, mostly leather-bound, including some large format (3 shelves)

Murchison (Roderick Impey). Siluria. The History of the Oldest Fossiliferous Rocks and Their Foundations, with a brief sketch of the distributions of gold over the Earth, 3rd ed., 1859, col. frontis., numerous b&w illusts. and plts., light spotting throughout, orig. gilt dec. cloth, spine faded and rubbed, 8vo, together with De La Beche (Henry T.), Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon and West Somerset, pub. H.M.S.O., 1839, col. folding map frontis., numerous b&w illusts., ex-libris stamp to title page and front endpaper ‘Office of Commissioners of Railways’, some light spotting, orig. cloth binding, spine faded and rubbed, 8vo, and Rutter (John), Delineations of the North Western Division of the County of Somerset and of its Antediluvian Bone Caverns, 1st ed., 1829, numerous b&w illusts. and plts., ex-libris stamps to front endpaper and half title, ‘Incorporated Law Society’, contemp. green half morocco, rubbed spine, large 8vo, plus other 19th c./20th c. geology reference, some in d.j.s, 8vo/folio (6 shelves & 2 cartons)

Motley (John Lothrop). The Works of John Lothrop Motley, 9 vols., 1904, photogravure portraits, a few spots, t.e.g., contemporary green half morocco by Sotheran, spines with raised bands and gilt decoration (faded to brown), 8vo, together with Italy. A Poem by Samuel Rogers, 1830, b & w illustrations, some spotting and marginal waterstain, a.e.g., contemporary full burgundy morocco gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus TRUE Stories from English History, by Oscar Browning, 1886, map and wood-engraved illustrations, contemporary full red calf gilt by Relfe Brothers, 8vo, with others leatherbound including Thomas Babington Macaulay’s Lays of Ancient Rome, 1847 and The Plays of William Shakespeare, 1849 (3 shelves)