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Click here to subscribeBirmingham. Blood (Charles Henry), This Map of Birmingham and its Environs within a circle of Ten Miles, the Town Hall being its Centre, pub. F.Grew, Birmingham, 1859, folding lithographic map with orig. outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, calligraphic title, b & w vignette of Aston Hall, compass rose and mileage scale, some spotting and slight dust soiling, occ. splitting along old folds, 1150 x 1250mm, marbled end papers (1)
Bohemia. Speed (John), Bohemia newly described, pub. Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, [1676], hand coloured engraved map, ten costume vignettes to the vertical margins and seven oval city views to upper margin, lower margin trimmed inside image with slight loss, replaced in facsimile, 420 x 530mm, English text on verso (1)
British Isles. Jansson (Jan), Pascaart vants Canaal Tusschen Engelant en Vrancryck, alsmede geheel Ierlant en Schotlant....., Amsterdam, [1650 or later], engraved map with original hand colouring, decorative cartouche, two compass roses and numerous rhumb lines, 440 x 560mm. Published in Atlantis Majoris Quinta pars Orbem Maritimum...., which was volume five of Jansson’s Atlas Novus. Koeman Me.164. Shirley R.W. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477-1650, no.659, pl. 160. (1)
British Isles. Moll (Herman), A New Map of Great Britain, According to the Newest and most Exact Observations, pub. Thos. Bowles & John King, n.d., [1719 or later], engraved map with original hand colouring, inset map of the Shetland islands, two sheets conjoined (as published), closed tear to central fold, 1020 x 625mm (1)
British Isles. Blondeau (Alexandre), Carte des Isles Britanniques ou Royaume-Uni de la Grande Bretagne & d’Irlande....1812, engraved map with orig. outline colouring, dissected and mounted on linen in six sections, orig. pubs. printed label on verso of each section, overall size approx. 1600 x 1600mm, contained in orig. marbled paper slip case but lacking top, worn at extrems., together with Lloyd (J. T. pub.), Lloyd’s Topographical Map of the British Isles and the several Forts and Light Houses along the coasts, 1866, engraved map with orig. hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, calligraphic title, eight inset maps of principal cities and their environs, large inset map of northern Scotland, occ. closed tears along old folds, 1020 x 1300mm, orig. marbled end papers (2)
*Buckinghamshire. Speed (John), Buckingham Both Shyre and Shire towne describ., pub. G.Humbell, [1627 or later], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plans of Buckingham and Reading, strapwork cartouche, compass rose and mileage scale, slight creasing, 385 x 510mm, mounted, framed and double glazed, 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, pub. John Sudbury & George Humbell, c.1627, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Cambridge, elaborate strapwork cartouche, margins decorated with twenty-five heraldic shields, some water staining to mount, central fold restored on verso, re-margined, 375 x 505mm, mounted, framed and double glazed, English text on verso (1)
Canada. Zatta (Antonio), Parte Orientale del Canada, Nuova Scozia Settentrionale e parte di Labrador, Venice, 1778, eng. map with orig. outline colouring, 335 x 450mm, together with, La Parte Occidentale Della Nouova Francia o Canada, Venice, 1778, engraved map with original outline colouring, 335 x 445mm, with, La Baja D’Hudson Terra di Labrador e Groenlandia con le Isole Adjacenti, Venice, 1778, engraved map with original outline colouring, decorative cartouche, 320 x 420mm. The three maps show the Gulf of St. Lawrence to Quebec, Montreal to Lake Nipissing and Hudson Bay. Three sheets from Zatta’s twelve sheet map of North America. Published in ‘Atlante Novissimo’. (3)
*Dartmouth.. Collins (Greenville Capt.), Dartmouth, To the Right Honorable George Lord Dartmouth, Mr. Generall of his Majesty’s Ordnance &c., n.d., c.1700, hand coloured sea chart, decorative cartouche and mileage scale, inset map of Tarr Bay and three horizon profiles, 450 x 565mm, mounted, framed and glazed (1)
East Indies. Ortelius (Abraham), Indiae Orientalis Insularumque Adiacentium Typus, Antwerp, [1592], hand coloured engraved map, elaborate strapwork cartouche, decorated with sea monsters and sailing ships, vertical margins extended, two worm hole repairs to lower margin not affecting image, 350 x 500mm, Latin text on verso. Marcel van den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas Maps, no. 166. (1)
East Indies. Wells (Edward), A New Map of the East Indies taken from Mr. de Fer’s Map of Asia, shewing their Cheif Divisions, Cities, Towns, Ports, Rivers, Mountains &c., n.d., [1700], hand coloured engraved map engraved by Sutton Nicholls, elaborate strapwork cartouche, 370 x 495mm, together with, Sanson (Nicolas), Les Isles Philippines [and] Islas de Los Larones ou Isle des Larrons, n.d., c. 1693, two hand coloured engraved maps on one sheet (as published), 195 x 250mm, with, Purchas (Samuel), India Orientalis, n.d., c.1625, hand coloured engraved map with title above map of ‘Hondius his map of the East Indies’, 150 x 185mm, English text below and on verso of map, plus, Purchas (Samuel), Insulae Indiae Orientalis, n.d., c.1625, hand coloured engraved map, 140 x 195mm, English test above and on verso of map, with, Scherer (Heinrich), Nova et Vera exhibitio Geographica Insularum Marianarum cum Insulis de Pais..., n.d., c.1700, hand coloured engraved map of Guam & South East Asia, two maps on one sheet (as published), 240 x 350mm, together with, Valentyn (Pierre), Batavia in’t Verschier, n.d., c.1726, uncoloured engraved town view of Jakarta, old folds, 280 x 535mm, together with another four similar (10)
England & Ireland. Vrients (Jan Baptista), Angliae et Hiberniae Accurata Descriptio Veteribus et Recentioribus Nominibus Illustrata, Antwerp, [1609 or later], fine hand coloured engraved map, extensively decorated with a strapwork cartouche, sea monsters, mermaids and Neptune, a genealogical ‘family tree’ of the Kings and Queens of England from William I to James I dominates the right hand side of the map, light overall toning, 440 x 575mm, Latin text on verso. This map first appears in Abraham Ortelius’s atlas of 1606. This slightly later state shows the alteration to the central circular panel on the family tree which now states that James I is king of Britain and not king of Britain and France. This previous state had understandably proved unpopular with the French authorities and Vrients altered the plate. R.W.Shirley, Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, no.275 and no.323. Marcel van den Broecke, Ortelius Atlas Maps, no. 17.2. (1)
England & Wales. Arrowsmith (Aaron), Map of the Railways showing the various Stations, with the Hills, Rivers, Canals and Principal Roads of England and Wales, pub. G.F.Cruchley, 1840, engraved map on four sheets with original outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight staining and occ. spotting, each sheet approx. 915 x 735mm, contained in contemp. cloth slip case with pubs. printed label to upper board, rubbed, frayed and worn (1)
*Essex. Speed (John), Essex devided into Hundreds, with the most antient and fayre Towne Colchester described and other memorable Monuments observed, pub. John Norden, augmented by J.Speed and sold by G.Humble, c.1627, hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Colchester, elaborate strapwork cartouche, occ. marginal repaired closed tears, 385 x 510mm, mounted, framed and glazed (1)
*Europe. Jansson (Jan), Europam sive Celticam Veterem sic describere conabar Abrahamus Ortelius, c.1640, hand coloured engraved map, elaborate cartouche and mileage scale, slight overall toning, 350 x 465mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with, Chatelain (Henry Abraham), Carte Historique, Cronologique et Geographique de L’empire Romain......, n.d., c.1720, hand coloured engraved map, old folds, slight staining and spotting, 340 x 450mm, framed and glazed (2)
Europe. Bowen (Emanuel), Europe Laid down from the Observations of the Royal Academy of Sciences & compared with the Maps of Sanson, Nolin, Dufer, De L’Isle, Moll & other Modern Geographers....., pub. John Bowles, n.d., c.1750, engraved map on four sheets (as published), original outline colouring, decorative b & w cartouche, vertical margins decorated with engraved flags, statistical information about each country and an inset map of Muscovy, very slight marginal water staining, each sheet approx. 515 x 610mm. Scarce. We can find no record of this map selling in the last ten years. (1)
Europe. Ottens (Joshua & Reiner), Route des Postes et des Voitures pour Les Marchandises et pour les Voyages par L’Empire dans Les Principaux Etats de L’Europe, [1745], engraved map with original outline colouring, occ. marginal closed tears, old folds, 515 x 700mm, together with, Jansson (Jan), Sabaudia Ducatus Savoye, [1640 or later], engraved map with original hand colouring, decorative cartouche and mileage scale, soiled and toned overall, 385 x 495mm, with, Fricx (Eugene Henry pubs.), Les Costes du Boulenois et le Pas de Calais, n.d. [1709], uncoloured engraved chart of the eastern end of the English channel, 430 x 570mm, plus one other similar (4)
Florida. Zatta (Antonio), Liugiana Inglese colla Parte Occidentale Della Florida Della Giorgia Carolina Meridonale, Venice, 1778, engraved map with orig. outline colouring, 335 x 440mm. One sheet from Zatta’s twelve sheet map of North America after John Mitchell. This example shows parts of the Southern states of Mississippi, Florida, Alabama and Georgia. Published in ‘Atlante Novissimo’. (1)
Folding maps. Buxey (George pub.), Buxey’s New Map of Southampton from the Ordnance and Special Surveys, n.d., c.1880, engraved map with orig. colour, folded and laid on linen, 780 x 745mm, orig. green cloth gilt boards, together with, Kelly (Thomas), Kelly’s Map of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, n.d., c.1880, engraved b & w map, sectionalised and laid on linen, 610 x 740mm, orig. cloth boards, worn and faded, with, Ordnance Survey (pubs.), Ordnance Survey of the Isle of Wight and Part of Hampshire, 1872, uncoloured electrotype map, railways highlighted in ink, sectionalised and laid on linen, 630 x 960mm, cloth end papers, housed in orig. red cloth slip case with pubs. printed label to upper board, slight wear to extrems., plus, Letts Son & Steer (pubs.), Ordnance survey map of southern Hampshire, 1810 [but later impression], engraved map with orig. outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 625 x 695mm, with three others similar (7)
Folding maps. Cruchley (G.F. pubs.), From the Ordnance Map of the Country round London, n.d., c.1880, folding engraved map with original outline colouring, laid on linen, 700 x 1070mm, marbled end paper, orig. cloth boards with pubs. printed label to upper board, together with, Faden (William pubs.), Spain & Portugal reduced fron Jasr. Nantiat’s Map in Four sheets, 1812, engraved map with original outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 545 x 790mm, orig. printed label to verso, contained in contemp. marbled slip case with pubs. printed label to upper board, with, Johnston (W. & A. K. pubs), Johnston’s Atlas of the War, 1855, six folding lithographic folding maps of the Crimean campaign (complete) occ. short closed tears to old folds, all surrounded by printed paper chemise, each map approx. 480 x 650mm, contained in orig. red cloth gilt slip case, rubbed and worn, with one other similar (4)
Holland. De Wit (Frederick), Comitatus Hollandiae Tabula Pluribus Locis Recens Emendata, Amsterdam [1680 or later], engraved map with original hand colouring, inset map of the Wadden islands, some marginal creasing and closed tears not affecting image, some slight overall toning and dust soiling, 465 x 565mm, together with, Mercator (Gerard), Zelandia Comitatus, n.d. [1595 or later], hand coloured engraved map, elaborate strapwork cartouche, 350 x 490mm, French text on verso (2)
Ireland. Moll (Herman), A New Map of Ireland Divided into its Provinces, Counties and Baronies wherin are distinguished the Bishopricks, Borroughs, Barracks, Bogs, Passes, Bridges &c. with the principal Roads and the Common Reputed Miles, pub. J.Bowles & J.King, 1714, engraved map with original hand colouring, inset maps of North West Europe, and town plans of Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Kinsale, Waterford and Gallway, and inset engraved views of The Giants Causeway and The Isle of St. Patricks’s Purgatory, ‘picture frame’ cartouche, two sheets conjoined (as published), 1010 x 615mm (1)
Japan. Aa (Peiter van der), [Japan], c.1707, hand coloured engraved map with decorative cartouche depicting William Adams at the Imperial Japanese court (Adams is regarded as the first Englishman in Japan), 160 x 230mm, together with, Morden (Robert), Japonae ac Tierrae Jessonis Novissima Desciptio, n.d., c.1680, uncoloured engraved map, elaborate strapwork cartouche, 115 x 135mm, English text below and on verso, with, Andrews (John), A Plan of the City of Jedo, c.1772, uncoloured engraved town plan of the City of Tokyo, 185 x 170mm, together with a page of descriptive text, plus, Bowen (Emanuel), A General Map of Eastern and Western Tatary commmonly call’d Tartary; drawn from the Particular Maps of the Jesuit Missionaries, pub. Ed. Cave, n.d., c.1740, engraved map with orig. outline colouring, 385 x 540mm, with, Le Clerc (Nicholas pubs.)Lettres Edifiantes et Curieuses Ecrites des Missions...., vol. 14 (only), Paris, 1720, title page with dec. vignette, three eng. b & w maps and plans of Formosa, some water staining, contemp. mottled calf with gilt dec. calf, 8vo, with duplicate hand coloured examples of the three maps, plus, Lamberti (Aniello), La Tartaria anticte Scythia.., c.1779, engraved miniature ‘Tarot card’ map with orig. hand colouring, 95 x 55mm. The last item described was engraved by Lamberti for Augusto Da Rabatta and Jean Baptiste De Baillou’s ‘Nuovo Atlante Generale.., ’ These cards were designed to be used for a Florentine version of Tarot cards, the ‘Minchiate’. The tarot symbols are displayed in the roundels either side of the title. (9)
Livonia. Seutter (Georg Matthaus), Livoniae et Curlandiae Ducatus cum insulis adjacentib Mappa Geographica Exhibiti, Augsberg, c.1730, engraved map with bright original hand colouring, decorative b & w cartouche and mileage scale, 490 x 580mm, together with, Ortelius (Abraham), Livonia, c.1595, uncoloured engraved minature map, 80 x 110mm, Latin text on verso, mounted, with, Weigel (Christoph), Livoniae et Curlandiae Tabula, Nuremberg, c. 1724, engraved map with original hand colouring, near contemp. ink manuscript on verso causing very slight show-through, 335 x 400mm, mounted, plus, Mercator (Gerard & Hondius Henricus), Livonia, c.1637, hand coloured engraved map, elaborate strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, 150 x 190mm, English text on verso, mounted. The maps show the area of modern day Latvia and Estonia. (4)
London. Metropolitan Conference Map of Collection & Delivery Boundaries for Goods Traffic, 1st. August 1904, lithographic map with orig. outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, 1000 x 1500mm, marbled end papers, orig. cloth boards with printers label to upper board, rubbed stained and frayed, together with, Bacon (G.W. & Co. pubs.), Bacon’s Large Print Map of London and Suburbs, n.d., c. 1920, colour printed folding map, 690 x 890mm, orig. dec. printed boards, with another five examples of the same map, various editions, with another four maps similar (11)
*London. Langley (Edward & Belch William), Langley & Belch’s New Map of London, 2nd. ed., 1816, engraved map with original hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, twenty-four engraved views in horizontal margins, 520 x 780mm, mounted, framed and glazed, supplied with orig. slip case, with orange printers label to upper board, worn and frayed. Howgego, ‘Printed Maps of London, 1553 - 1850’, no.256, state 2. (1)
*London. Senex (John), A Plan of the City’s of London, Westminster and Borough of Southwark with the new Additional Buildings, Anno. 1720, hand coloured engraved map, engraved by S.Parker, decorative cartouche, reference table below image, 495 x 590mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with, Hughson (David pseud.), London and its Environs, [1817], uncoloured engraved map, old folds, 230 x 530mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with two later facsimile maps of London. First two items described; Howgego, ‘Printed Maps of London 1553 - 1850’, no. 65. and no. 270 respectively. (4)
London. Stanford (Edward), Stanford’s Library Map of London and its Suburbs, c.1886, engraved map with original hand colouring, on four sheets, sectionalised and laid on linen, each sheet approx. 960 x 850mm, marbled end papers, key map on recto of each sheet, contemp. morocco gilt solander box with envelope style lid, rubbed, frayed and worn (1)
London. Rocque (John), An exact Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster, The Borough of Southwark, with the Country near ten Miles round; Begun in 1741 and finished in 1745 and published in 1746...., Engrav’d by Richard Parr and Printed by W.Pratt, 1st. ed., 1746, title page in English, Latin & French, printed in red and black with dec. allegorical vignette, some staining, list of subscribers, sixteen uncoloured folding map sheets with dec. eng. borders, slight toning & staining, some dust soiling, occ. slight spotting, occ. repiared closed tears, later end papers, later qtr. cloth, spine partially lacking, rubbed and worn at extrems., slim folio. James Howgego, Printed Maps of London 1553 - 1850, no. 94 state 1. (1)
London. Horwood (Richard), Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster the Borough of Southwark and Parts adjoining Shewing every House, [1792-99], thirty-two uncoloured engraved folding map sheets (complete), oval calligraphic title to sheet 1, occ. spotting and slight off setting throughout, later end papers, hinges and joints weak, upper board near detached, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed frayed and worn, slim folio. James Howgego, Printed Maps of London 1553 - 1850, no. 200. (1)
London. Environs of London - Windsor Castle to Gravesend, n.d. [1857], uncoloured wood engraved map of London decorated with numerous topographical vignette views, occ. marginal closed tears just affecting image, old folds, 540 x 780mm, view of the ‘ Arrival of the Emperor and Empress of the French at Windsor Castle’ on verso, published in ‘The Illustrated London News, together with, The Graphic (pubs.), An Election A Hundred Years Ago, Before the Hustings in Covent Garden’, 1880, uncoloured wood engraving, old folds, closed tear to image, Title above image trimmed with loss, 410 x 690mm, with, The Graphic (pubs.), Holiday Time at the Seaside - The Midday Promenade in Front of the King’s Road, Brighton, [1892], folding engraved panorama, library stamp affecting image, old folds, 370 x 1115mm, plus, The Graphic (pubs.), The Easter Volunteer Manoeuvres at Portsmouth - Panoramic View of the Battle-Field, Sketched from the ‘Graphic’ Balloon by our Special Artist, 1884, folding engraved panorama, old folds, title above image trimmed with loss, 370 x 1020mm (4)
Map reference. Tooley (R.V.), The Mapping of Australia and Antarctica, 2nd. revised ed., 1985, numerous b & w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, d.j., 4to, together with, Bonar Law (Andrew), The Printed Maps of Ireland 1612-1850, Dublin, 1997, numerous b & w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt, d.j., 4to, with, Portinaro (Pierluigi & Knirsch Franco), The Cartography of North America 1500-1800, New York, 1987, numerous colour and b & w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt, d.j., large 4to, plus, Tibbetts (G.R.), Arabia in Early Maps, 1978, numerous colour and b & w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt, d.j., 4to, with, Moreland (Carl & Bannister David), Antique Maps, A Collector’s Guide, 3rd, ed., 1989, numerous b & w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt, d.j., 4to, together with another eleven similar (16)
Map reference. A collection of fourteen map reference books, 20th century, including, Chubb (Thomas), The Printed Maps in the Atlases of Great Britain and Ireland, 1974, numerous b & w illustrations throughout, orig. pubs. cloth gilt, 4to, together with, Bagrow (Leo), History of Cartography Revised and Enlarged by R.A.Skelton, 1964, library stamp and ink annotations to first free end paper, numerous b & w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt, d.j., 4to, with, Van Mingroot (Erik & Van Ermen Eduard), Scandinavia in Old Maps and Prints, 1987, numerous colour and b & w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt, d.j., folio, plus, Walter (Lutz ed.), Japan A Cartographic Vision, European Printed Maps from the early 16th to the 19th Century, 1994, numerous colour illusts. throughout, orig. pubs. printed card covers, 4to, with another ten similar (14)
Map reference. Van Gent (Robert H. ed.), Andreas Cellarius Harmonia Macrocosmica, 1660, facsimile ed., pub. Taschen, Cologne, 2006, numerous colour folding maps throughout, orig. pubs. colour gilt boards, as new in shrink wrap, folio, together with, Van Der Krogt (Peter), Atlas Major de Lage Landen, c.1645, facsimile ed., pub. Taschen, Cologne, 2006, numerous colour and b & w plts. throughout, d.j., as new in shrink wrap, folio, with nine Sotheby’s map catalogues including the cloth bound Wardington Library and Macclesfield Library catalogues (11)
Maps & engravings. A mixed collection of twenty three prints, maps and plans, mostly relating to Wiltshire, 18th & 19th century, including topographical prints by Neale, Greig, Stukeley, Dugdale, Hooper and Vertue, with maps by Cary, Osbourne, Cole & Roper, Dawson and Smith, together with, Kitchin (Thomas), A New Map of the East Riding of York-Shire Divided into its Wapontakes &c., 1777, hand coloured engraved map, decorative cartouche, some short closed tears to lower margin, 415 x 500mm, mounted, framed and glazed (24)
Maps. A mixed collection of maps, sea charts and town plans, mostly 17th - 19th century, including, Pine (John), Untitled map showing the Progress of the Spanish Armada along the English Channel, 1739, two hand coloured engraved maps on one sheet (as published), from Weymouth in the west to Dover in the east, decorative allegorical borders, trimmed to plate mark and laid on later paper, 380 x 615mm, framed and glazed, together with, Munster (Sebastian), Melita, n.d., [1550 or later], hand coloured engraved miniature map of Malta, set in text page, map size 120 x 80mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with, Keere (Pieter van den), Radnor, Breknok, Cardigan and Caermarthen discribed, n.d. c.1627, hand coloured engraved miniature map, laid on later paper, 85 x 120mm, framed and glazed, plus, Homann (Johann Baptist, Heirs of), Magna Britannia complectens Angliae, Scotiae et Hyberniae...., n.d. c.1750, hand coloured engraved map, inset map of the Orkneys and Shetland islands, elaborate cartouche, some creasing, central fold strengthened on verso, some dust soiling and slight spotting, 500 x 570mm, together with another seventeen maps including examples by Van Linshcoten, Fullarton, Tardieu, Kirkwood, Basire including several facsimile maps, various sizes and conditon (21)
*Middlesex. Speed (John), Midle -Sex described with the Most Famous Cities of London and Westminster, pub. Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, [1676], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plans of Westminster and London and two engraved vignette views of St. Peters and St.Pauls, elaborate strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, central fold frayed and worn with slight loss, strengthened on verso, 385 x 510mm, mounted, framed and double glazed (1)
Morden (Robert). A collection of eleven maps, [1695 or later], eleven engraved b & w folding maps, very occ. slight spotting and off setting, one map re-margined one map laid on near contemp. paper, each approx. 360 x 420mm. The maps consist of:- Nottinghamshire, Rutland (2), Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Cumberland, Northumberland, Huntingdonshire, Durham, Westmorland (2). (11)
North America. Lotter (Tobias Conrad), America Septentrionalis Concinnata juxta Observationes Dun Academiae Regalis Scientiarum et nonnullorum aliorum et juxta annotationes recentissimas per G.de L’Isle, Augsberg, c.1750 [or later], engraved map with bright original hand colouring, uncoloured decorative cartouche, one small stain, 480 x 590mm. A fine map of North America engraved by Georg Friedrich Lotter. The cartouche shows a native North American Indian, a European man in 18th century dress and rather incongruously, an elephant tusk and the skin of a male lion. Tooley R.V., The Mapping of America, page 19. no.34. (1)
North America. Zatta (Antonio), La Pensilvania, La Nuova York, Il Jersey Settentrio:le, con la parte occidentale del Connecticut, Massachusset-s-Bay e L’Irochesia, Venice, 1778, engraved map with orig. outline colouring, 340 x 445mm, together with, Il Paese de’Selvaggi Outaucesi E Kilistinesi al Lago Superior, Venice 1778, engraved map with original outline colouring, inset map of Florida and the Bahamas, 340 x 450mm. Two examples from Zatta’s twelve sheet map of North America. The first item described shows Lakes Huron, Eire and Ontario, Long Island, New York and the Hudson River; the second shows Lake Superior and its immediate surroundings. Published in ‘Atlante Novissimo’. (2)
North America. Zatta (Antonio), L’Acadia. Le Provincie di Sagadahook e Main, La Nuova Hampshire, La Rhode Island e partie di Massachusset e Connecticut, Venice, 1778, engraved map with orig. outline colouring, slight marginal soiling, 35 x 440mm. One of Zatta’s twelve sheet maps of North America after John Mitchell. This map shows the eastern end of Long Island, Rhode Island, Cape Cod and up to Nova Scotia. Published in ‘Atlante Novissimo’. (1)
North Wales. Dodd (J. J.), Dame Venodotia Alis Modryb Gwen; A Map of North Wales, pub. H.Humphreys, Carnarvon, n.d., c.1850, allegorical lithographic map after H.Hughes depicting North Wales as an old woman with a sack on her back, original hand colouring, key plate below image, some spotting, laid on contemp. scrap book paper with an engraving and a drawing on verso, sheet size 385 x 285mm. Scarce. A few copies held in institutions but none recorded in auction in the last ten years. (1)
North-West Passage. Magini (Giovanni Antonio), Tartariae Imperium [1597 or later], uncoloured engraved map, decorative strapwork cartouche, 135 x 175mm, Latin text on verso, mounted, together with, Ortelius (Abraham), Tartaria, c.1595, uncoloured engraved map, slight staining, 80 x 110mm, Latin text on verso, mounted, with, Diderot (Denis), Carte Generale des Decouvertes de L’Amiral de Fonte et autres Navigateurs Espagnols Anglois et Russes pour la recherche du Passage a la Mer du Sud par M. De L’Isle, Paris, 1732, uncoloured engraved map, old folds, 310 x 390mm (3)
Northern Hemisphere. De L’Isle (Guillaume), Hemisphere Septentrional pour voir plus distinctement les Terres Arctiques, Paris, 1714, engraved map with orig. outline colouring, slight worming to margins but not affecting image, light age toning and some marginal soiling, 460 x 460mm. The Northern Hemisphere from the North Pole to the Equator. The map clearly shows that there is no ‘Northwest passage’. Alaska is not completely mapped and there is a huge void between the American and Asian land masses. (1)
Northwest England. Mercator (Gerard & Hondius Henricus), Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Cestria, Caernarvan, Denbigh, Flint, Merionidh, Montgomery, Salopia cum insulis Mania et Anglesey, [1595 or later], uncoloured engraved map, elaborate strapwork cartouche, slight spotting largely confined to margins, 365 x 420mm, French text on verso, together with, Northumbria, Cumberlandia et Dunelmensis Episcopatus, [1595 or later], uncoloured engraved map, elaborate strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, toned overall, margins strengthened, 355 x 470mm, French text on verso (2)
Ogilby (John). The Roads from York to Whitby and Scarborough in Yorkshire, The Road from London to St. Neotts in Com. Hunt. continued to Oakeham in Com. Rutland, [and] The Road from London to Barstaple in Devonshire, [1675 or later], three hand coloured engraved strip road maps, two maps with closed tears affecting image, crudely repaired on verso, each approx. 365 x 440mm, each with a sheet of corresponding text, together with, Taylor (W. & Meyler W.), A Map of 5 Miles Round the City of Bath, on a Scale of one Inch & half to a Mile, from an Actual Survey Including all New Roads with Alterations and Improvements to the Present time, 1787, circular map with orig. outline colouring, trimmed to neat line, old folds, closed tears running along folds affecting image, 400 x 410mm, with, Bowen (Emanuel & Owen Samuel), A Map of Cornwall, [1720 or later], hand coloured engraved map, hand coloured strip road map on verso, 185 x 120mm, plus a mixed collection of approx. fifteen maps, engravings and etchings, various sizes and condition (approx.20)
*Ogilby (John). The Roads from York to Whitby and Scarborough in Yorkshire, c.1675, hand coloured engraved strip road map, elaborate cartouche showing a surveyor using a waywiser, slight dust soiling, 330 x 450mm, framed and glazed, together with, The Road from London to Flambourough Head in Com. Ebor., c.1675, hand coloured engraved strip road map, 350 x 440mm, mounted. The second map described runs from Temsford through Peterborough, Market Deeping and Sleaford and ends at Lincoln. (2)
Ordnance Survey. Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Surrey, Sussex and Kent, n.d., c.1830, six uncoloured engraved folding maps, sectionalised and laid on linen, each approx. 600 x 900mm, waxed paper chemise with miniature hand coloured index map laid on to outer cover, contained in contemp. diced calf gilt solander box, a little rubbed and bumped at extrems., together with two further loose Ordnance survey sheets of Hertfordshire and Huntingdonshire (3)
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