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Click here to subscribe* London. Wallis (J., pub.). Wallis’s Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, 1799, pub. J. Wallis, August 1st, 1799, hand-coloured folding eng. map, sectionalised on linen, 440 x 890mm, contained in orig. pubs. card slipcase with large eng. paper label (dated 1800), soiled and worn. Howgego 214. (1)
London. Walker (James), Plan of the Late Improvements in the Port of London, with the Roads, made or projected for connecting the same to the City, pub. Robt. Wilkinson, 1809, engraved map with original hand colouring, 480 x 1470mm, together with, Dance (George, Archt.), Plan Shewing the Position of the Double Bridge & the Proposed Avenues thereto, 28th July 1800, engraved map with original hand colouring, 510 x 975mm, with another copy, plus, Barlow (J.), General Plan by Messrs. Telford & Douglas for the further Improvement of the Port of London...., 28th July 1800, engraved map with original hand colouring, slight dust soiling, occ. closed tears to lower margin, 650 x 1200mm, with, Dance (George Archt.), Proposed Improvement of the Legal Quays and Parts Adjacent, 1800, engraved map with original hand colouring, 565 x 980mm. (5)
Maps. Morden (Robert), Darbyshire, [1695 or later], hand coloured engraved map, ornate strapwork cartouche, slight mount staining, 365 x 425mm, together with, Pigot (James), Pigot & Co.s New Map of England and Wales with part of Scotland, 1830, engraved map with original outline colouring, repaired closed tears, old folds, stained and dust soiled, 690 x 535mm, with, Wells (Edward), A New Map of the Western parts of Asia Minor, [1700 or later], hand coloured engraved map, 370 x 490mm, plus, Sanson (Nicolas), Les Estats de Savoye, Piemont, et le Comte de Nice, c.1700, engraved map with original hand colouring, decorative cartouche, slight cracking and loss to central fold caused by oxidisation, occ. closed tears, 570 x 480mm, mounted, with four further county maps by Morden and Pigot, and two more similar, various sizes and condition. (10)
Morden (Robert). A collection of nine maps, [1695 or later], nine engraved maps, six with later hand colouring, each approx. 360 x 420mmThe map titles comprise of:- Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Episcopatus Dunelmensis Vulgo the Bishoprick of Durham, The Smaller Islands of the British Ocean, Wiltshire, Cambridgeshire, A New Map of the North Part of Scotland, Dorsetshire and Northumberland.. (9)
Ogilby (John). The Continuation of the Road from London to Barwick, begining at Tuxford & Extending to York, (2 copies) [and], The Continuation of ye extended Road from Barstable to Truro, [1675 or later], three uncoloured engraved strip road maps, each approx. 335 x 450mm, one map trimmed to vertical margins, together with two further engraved strip road maps by John Senex, each approx. 160 x 205mm. (5)
Pembrokeshire. Speed (John), Penbrokshyre described and the Sittuations both of Penbroke and St. Davids shewed in due form as they were taken by John Speed, pub. Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell [1676], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plans of Pembroke and St. Davids, elaborate strapwork cartouche, two small repaired marginal tears, 385 x 520mm, English text on verso. (1)
* Radnorshire Speed (John), The Countie of Radnor Described and the Shyre Townes Sittuatione, 1st ed., pub. John Sudbury & George Humbell, [1611], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Radnor, elaborate strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, 390 x 510mm, English text on verso, framed and glazed. (1)
Rose (Fred W.). Angling in Troubled Waters, A Serio-Comic Map of Europe, [1899], allegorical colour printed lithographic map, inset geographical map of Europe, tables of reference and explanation, trimmed to neat line and laid on contemp. card, slight spotting, largely confined to margins, closed tear affecting image, slight abrasion to printed surface, 495 x 690mm. (1) The vendor of this lot has kindly included a copy of The Penguin Atlas of Recent History, the cover of which illustrates the map being sold here. The condition of the map has deteriorated during viewing, we presume by careless handling. Would all prospective buyers please be aware that the tear mentioned in the catalogue has progressed resulting in the lower left corner of the map becoming detached. Good restoration should not make this problem insurmountable.
Russia. Faden (William), The Russian Dominions in Europe drawn from the latest Maps, printed by the Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg; revised and corrected with the Post Roads and New Governments, from the Russian Atlas of 1806 by Jasper Nantiat, pub. W.Faden, June 4th. 1808, engraved map on two sheets (as published), original outline colouring, slight overall toning, each sheet approx. 550 x 940mm, together with another copy of the map, but an 1845 edition, published by James Wyld, plus, Faden (William), A New Map of the German Empire and the Neighbouring States, with their Principal Post Roads, 1788, engraved map with original hand colouring, 640 x 765mm, with another copy of the same. (6)
Scotland. Hole (Guillaume), Scotia Regnum, [1610], uncoloured engraved map, strapwork cartouche, ornate compass rose and rhumb lines, laid on later card, 265 x 325mm, together with, Russell (J.), Ireland divided into Provinces and Counties from the best Authorities, 1802, uncoloured engraved map, old folds, closed repaired tear affecting image, slight water staining, 430 x 330mm. (2)
Scotland. Ainslie (John), Scotland Drawn and Engrav’d from a Series of Angles and Astronomical Observations, Edinburgh, 1789, large folding engraved map with original hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset map of the Orkney Islands, decorative b & w cartouche, table of distances and list of heights of hills, occ. spotting, 1800 x 1640mm, contained in contemp. tree calf solander box with contrasting red morocco label to spine, bumped and frayed at extrems. Large and spectacular map of Scotland in bright original colour. Uncommon. (1)
Shirley (Rodney W.). The Mapping of the World, Early Printed World Maps, 1427-1700, pub. The Holland Press, 1983, addn. colour printed title page, numerous colour and b & w illustrations throughout, book plate of Patrick Filmer-Sankey to first free end paper, orig. pubs. cloth gilt, slight damp staining to upper board, d.j. with one small repaired closed tear, otherwise v.g., folio, together with, Baynton-Williams (Roger), Investing in Maps, pub. Barrie & Rockliff, 1969, numerous colour and b & w illusts. throughout, orig. pubs. cloth gilt, d.j. price clipped but otherwise v.g., 4to, with, Shirley (R. W.), Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1477-1650, pub. The Map Collectors Circle, 1973, numerous b & w illusts. throughout, signed by author on first free end paper, orig. cloth gilt, 4to, together with another four volumes similar. (7)
* South Africa. De La Rochette (Louis Stanislas D’Arcy), The Dutch Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, 1745, but later ed. by W.Faden, 1795, engraved map with sparse original outline colouring, decorative cartouche, small area of ink staining to lower margin, 510 x 335mm, mounted, framed and glazed, together with, Tirion (Isaac), Nieuwe Kaart nad de Kaap der Goede Hoope en der na by gelegen Landen, Amsterdam, 1763, engraved map with original outline colouring, toned overall, 325 x 230mm, mounted, framed and glazed, plus, Gastaldi (Giacomo), Africa Nova Tabula, 1st. ed., Venice [1548], engraved b & w map, small repair to upper central fold just affecting title, toned overall, 130 x 170mm, Italian text on verso. Last item. Tooley. Collectors Guide to Maps of Africa, p.46. (3)
South Africa. A collection of eight folding maps of Africa and the Cape Colony, mostly 19th & early 20th century, including, Bartholomew (J.G.), Central and South Africa, pub. Edward Stanford, n.d., c. 1900, colour printed folding map, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset maps of East London, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, Durban, Lourenco Marques and England & Wales (for scale), 985 x 810mm, orig. cloth boards with printed label to upper board, spine faded and a little frayed, with, Dyonnet (C.), Afrique, Paris, c.1870, engraved map with original hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight staining, 555 x 770mm, orig. pubs. printed label to verso, plus, Bianconi (F.), Nouvelle Carte Physique & Miniere du Transvaal de L’etat Libre D’Orange des Colonies Anglaises Colonie Portugaise de Mozambique, Rhodesia, Nyassaland etc. Paris, 1900, colour printed folding map, 745 x 665mm, orig. printed paper wrappers, together with, Johnston (W. & A.K.), Johnston’s Special Map of South Africa, 1902, colour printed folding map, laid on linen, inset maps of The Cape, County of Yorkshire (for scale), Durban & Port Natal and the Orange Free State, some water staining on verso, 660 x 810mm, orig. cloth gilt boards, stained and faded, together with four others similar. (8)
Suffolk. Smith (William), A New Mapp of the County of Suffolk with the Post & Cross Roads & other remarks, according to the latest & best observations, pub. Henry Overton, 1713, hand coloured engraved map, elaborate strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, slight loss to central fold and margins, laid down on later card, 340 x 485mm. William Smith’s ‘anonymous’ maps were first published in 1602 and re-issued by Peter Stent, John Overton and finally Henry Overton. The plates had been considerably altered by the time this map was published. Only twelve counties were ever engraved and all the editions are scarce. (1)
Waghenaer (Lucas Janszoon). De Zee Custen tusschen Dovere en Orfordts Ness daer Teemse de Vermaerde Rivire van Lonen, 3rd. state (of 4), Leiden, [1588], uncoloured engraved sea chart, elaborate cartouche, mileage scale and compass rose, numerous rhumb lines, the sea decorated with sailing ships and sea monsters, engraved by Johannes van Deuteaum, slight overall toning and water staining, vertical margins strengthened on verso, 330 x 500mm, Dutch text on verso. Orientated to the west, the map shows the south-east coast of England from Deal across the Thames Estuary and up to Orford Ness. Koeman, Atlantes Neerlandici, vol. IV, page 474, 23c. (1)
Western Hemisphere. Coronelli (Vincenzo Maria), Planisfero del Mondo Nuovo, Descritto Dal P. Coronelli, Cosmografo Publico, Venice, c.1691, uncoloured engraved hemispheral map (one of 2), borders decorated with the signs of the zodiac, insular California, two library stamps on verso, 460 x 610mm, mounted. Published in ‘Atlante Veneto’. Shirley. The Mapping of the World’, no.548. (1)
Westmorland. Blaeu (Johannes), Westmoria Comitatus Anglice Westmorland, c.1640, engraved map with original hand colouring, decorative cartouche and mileage scale, some spotting largely confined to margins, 390 x 505mm, Latin text on verso, together with, Saxton (Christopher & Kip William), Westmorlandiae Comitatus qui olim Spectauit ad Brigantas, 1st. ed. [1607], uncoloured engraved map, elaborate strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, 265 x 315mm, Latin text on verso. (2)
Westmorland. Speed (John), The Countie of Westmorland and Kendale the Chief Towne Described with the Armes of such Nobles as have bene Earles of either of them, pub. Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, [1676], hand coloured engraved map, inset town plan of Kendal, slight overall toning, 385 x 515mm, English text on verso, together with, Greenwood (C & J), Map of the County of Westmorland from an Actual Survey made in the years 1822 and 1823, pub. Feb. 24th 1830, hand coloured engraved map, calligraphic title, hand coloured engraved vignette of Appleby, compass rose and table of explanation, toned overall, 590 x 710mm. (2)
* Worcestershire. Speed (John), Worcestershire Described, 1st. ed., pub. John Sudbury and George Humble, [1611], uncoloured engraved map, inset town plan of Worcester, elaborate strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, very slight staining to central fold, 385 x 510mm, English text on verso, mounted, framed and double glazed. A good dark impression with wide margins. (1)
* World. Munster (Sebastian), Typus Orbis A Ptol. Descriptus, Basle, [1540-52], hand coloured woodcut map of a Claudius Ptolemy derived map of the classical world, the truncated cordiform projection is surrounded by clouds and twelve wind heads, 255 x 340mm, Latin text displayed in a decorative engraved frame on verso, mounted, framed and double glazed. Shirley. The Mapping of the World, no.76. (1)
* World. Stoopendaal (Daniel), Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita, pub. Pieter & Jacob Keur, Rotterdam, [1680 or later], hand coloured engraved map, title displayed in a ribbon cartouche, twin hemispheres with two smaller polar hemispheres surrounded by allegorical representations of the four continents, old folds, 350 x 455mm, mounted, framed and double glazed, Dutch text on verso. A ‘bible map’ based on Nicholas Vissher’s earlier example of 1663. Insular California. Shirley. The Mapping of the World. no. 498. (1)
Beattie (William). Scotland Illustrated in a Series of Views taken Expressly for this Work, 2 vols. in 1, 1838, addn. eng. titles, folding map and 118 eng. plts. (complete), spotting, contemp. morocco gilt, boards detached, lacking spine, rubbed, 4to, together with a vol. of plts. by Allom, Bartlett etc., c. 1840’s, thirty-one eng. plts. of Scotland, Hindostan, China, the Waldenses etc., eight eng. titles, contemp. blindstamped calf gilt, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, plus Keate (George), An Account of the Pelew Islands, Situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean. Composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson..., 3rd ed., 1789, eng. plts. throughout, broken, contemp. boards, lacking spine, folio, plus Henniker (Sir Frederick), Notes, During a Visit to Egypt, Nubia, the Oasis Boeris, Mount Sinai, and Jerusalem, 1824, vignette title, three eng. plts. (incl. two folding), ex-lib. with usual markings, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and faded, 8vo, plus fifteen other travel related (mostly ex-lib.). (19)
Beaver (Captain Philip). African Memoranda: Relative to an Attempt to Establish a British Settlement on the Island of Bulama, on the Western Coast of Africa, in the year 1792..., 1st ed., 1805, folding eng. map frontis. with a couple of tears, two eng. plans, occ. spotting, contemp. half calf gilt, rebacked preserving orig. spine, some loss to spine ends, upper cover detached, rubbed, 4to. (1)
Bourgoing (Jean Francois). Atlas pour servir au Tableau de l’Espagne Moderne, reprinted for John Stockdale, 1808, folding eng. map and twenty-eight eng. maps & plts. (inc. two folding), occ. minor spotting and some light damp staining to lower outer margin corners, contemp. calf, boards detached and wear to spine & board edges, slim 4to. (1)
Burckhardt (John Lewis). Travels in Arabia, Comprehending an Account of those Territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans Regard as Sacred, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1829, lacking half-titles, folding eng. map (large tear), four folding plans (a couple with minor tears), occ. spotting, contemp. cloth with remains of paper label to spines, wear to extrems., 8vo. (2)
Cassell (Petter & Galpin, pub.). Cassell’s General Atlas Consisting of Sixty-two Beautifully Engraved folio Maps of the Countries of the World, n.d. c.1870, title page, numerous uncoloured litho. maps, including the two sheet panorama of Elizabethan London, the nine sheet map of London, county maps by Edward Weller, town plans by John Dower and sixty maps of countries of the world, several with orig. outline colouring, last few maps frayed at margins, disbound, folio. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)
Chauchard (Captain Jean Baptiste Hippolyte). A General Map of the Empire of Germany, Holland, The Netherlands, Switzerland, The Grisons, Italy, Sicily, Corsica and Sardinia, pub. John Stockdale, 4th. June 1800, title page and calligraphic dedication page, twenty-five uncoloured engraved folding maps (complete), text block detached, several maps loose, slight off setting and dust soiling, library blind stamp to each map, lacking upper board and spine, rear board detached, folio. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. (1)
Cooch Behar (Nripendra Narayana Bhupa, Maharaja of). Thirty-Seven Years of Big Game Shooting in Cooch Behar, The Duars, and Assam. A Rough Diary by the Maharajah of Cooch Behar, 1st ed., Bombay, 1908, presentation copy with authors inscription to upper margin of title, num. b&w illusts. from photos (as list), plus two unlisted illusts. between pages 96 & 97, folding map at rear, p. xv/vi in facsimile, a.e.g., contemp. morocco, gilt armorial to upper cover, some repairs to spine, rubbed and some marks, 4to. (1)
Cramer (John Anthony). A Geographical and Historical Description of Ancient Italy, 2 vols., 1st ed., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1826, eng. folding map frontis. to vol. 1, occ. minor spotting, attractive elaborate gilt dec. green calf by John Pritchard of Carnarvon, with red morocco title labels to spines, slightly faded to spines, 8vo. Armorial bookplate of Lord Newborough of Plas Glynllifon, Carnarvonshire. An attractive set. (2)
Creasy (E.S.). History of the Ottoman Turks: From the Begining of their Empire to the Present Time. Chiefly Founded on Van Hammer, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1854-56, coloured folding map frontispieces (minor marginal tears), four maps or plans, one engraved view of Malta, occasional minor spotting and browning, contecmporary half calf, rubbed and scuffed, 8vo, together with Henry Matthews’ The Diary of an Invalid. Being the Journal of a Tour in Pursuit of Health in Portugal, Italy, Switzerland and France in the Years 1817, 1818 and 1819, 2nd ed., 1820. (3)
Ellis (William). Narrative of a Tour Through Hawaii, or Owhyhee; With Remarks on the History, Traditions, Manners, Customs, and Language of the Inhabitants of the Sandwich Islands, 1st ed., 1826, folding eng. map frontis., and seven eng. plts., some foxing, mostly to first and final leaves, contemp. ms. ownership name on front pastedown, hinges split, sprinkled edges, contemp. half calf gilt, rubbed and scuffed, joints split, and some fraying to spine extrems., 8vo. (1)
Finlay (George). On the Site of the Holy Sepulchre, with a Plan of Jerusalem, 1st ed., 1847, coloured lithographed map (close-trimmed at foot), library stamps, modern ccalf-backed boards, 8vo, together with Palestine Pilgrims’ Text Society. Diary of a Journey Through Syria and Palestine. By Nasir-I-Khusrau in 1047 A.D. Translated from the Persian and Annotated by Guy Le Strange, 1888, folding map, illustrations, library sticker and number, modern claf-backed boards, 8vo, plus J. Salvador’s Histoire de la Domination Romaine en Judee, et de la Ruine de Jerusalem, 2 vols., Paris, 1847, The Recovery of Jerusalem. A Narrative of Exploration and Discovery in the City and the Holy Land, by Capt. Wilson, R.E., Capt. Warren, R.E. &c., 1871 (both ex-libris) and two others. (7)
Gilbert (Josiah & Churchill, G.C.). The Dolomite Mountains. Excursions through Tyrol, Carinthia, Carniola, & Friuli in 1861, 1862, & 1863. With a Geological Chapter, and Pictorial Illustrations from Original Drawings on the Spot, 1st ed., 1864, half-title, six chromo. plts., incl. frontis. (with early ms. name on reverse), two folding maps (the first with short edge-tear in one fold), letterpress engs., prelim. blank with contemp. ms. inscription, marbled endpapers, book ticket of John Henry Clarke, hinges sometime repaired, upper hinge split, contemp. tree calf prize binding, with gilt armorial to covers, sometime rebacked, with orig. spine relaid but now flaking with loss, board extrems. worn, 8vo, together with Landor (A. Henry Savage), In the Forbidden Land. An Account of a Journey in Tibet, Capture by the Tibetan Authorities, Imprisonment, Torture and Ultimate Release, 2 vols., 1st ed., William Heinemann, 1898, photogravure port. frontis. to vol. 1, seven (of 8) col. plts., fifty b & w plts. (one or two detached and edge-frayed), folding map at rear of vol. 2 (with handling tear and frayed fore-edge), b & w illusts., half-titles with contemp. ms. signature, titles with embossed Presentation Copy stamp, untrimmed, orig. dec. cloth gilt, cocked, rubbed and damp-spotted, spines faded, 8vo, plus Williamson (John), Short Account of a Recent Tour in Syria, Palestine, and Egypt, 1st ed., printed [for private circulation] by Yates and Alexander, 1878, occn. light spotting, authorial inscription on front free endpaper ‘William Williamson. from Uncle John. April 1878’, orig. blindstamped cloth gilt, extrems. rubbed and a little frayed, slim 8vo. (4)
Kingdon-Ward (Captain F.). From China to Hkamti Long, 1st ed., 1924, folding map and half-tone plates, endpapers a little browned, previous owner inscriptions, original cloth, a little rubbed and faded, 8vo. Account of botanist and explorer Frank Kingdon-Ward’s journey from the Yangtze River to the Irrawaddy in 1922. (1)
Langles (L.). Voyages du Chevalier Chardin, en Perse et Autres Lieux de L’Orient....., Atlas volume only, Nouvelle Edition, Paris, 1811, half title and title page, folding engraved map with orig. outline colouring, one further map and fifty-nine engraved plates (including 9 folding), occ. marginal closed tears, slight dust soiling and spotting throughout, disbound, folio. (1)
Lowndes (Thomas & William, pub.). Geography for Youth, or, A Plain and Easy Introduction to the Science of Geography, for the use of Young Gentlemen and Ladies : Containing an Accurate Description of the Several Parts of the known World..., 2nd ed., 1784, folding eng. double hemisphere map frontis., seven folding eng. maps (complete), sewing weak and front of volume with consequent fraying of margins, slight dust soiling and few marks, contemp. sheep, joints cracked and slight wear, 12mo. (1)
Maitland (Captain F.L.). Narrative of the Surrender of Buonaparte and of His Residence on Board H.M.S. Bellerophon; With a Detail of the Principal Events that Occurred in that Ship, 1826, folding map frontis., a couple of minor splits to folds, occ. spotting, 20th. c. half calf gilt, 8vo, together with Fraser (Edward), Bellerophon “The Bravest of the Brave”, 1909, num. b&w plts. and illusts., orig. gilt dec. cloth, slightly rubbed, small 4to. (2)
[Mazuchelli, Mrs. Elizabeth Sarah]. The Indian Alps and How We Crossed Them, Being a Narrative of Two Years’ Residence in the Eastern Himalaya and Two Months’ Tour into the Interior, by a Lady Pioneer, Illustrated by Herself, 1st ed., 1876, ten chromo. plts. (foxed to margins and offset to text), folding map (with short handling tear), letterpress vigns., hinges split, and front hinge glued, early ms. ownership inscription on verso of front free endpaper, t.e.g., orig. gilt dec. dark green cloth, bevel-edged, spine ends frayed, 4to. (1)
Meares (John). Voyages Made in the Years 1788 and 1789, From China to the North West Coast of America. To Which are Prefixed, an Introductory Narrative of a Voyage Performed in 1786, from Bengal, in the Ship Nootka; Observations on the Probable Existence of a North West Passage... 1st ed., 1790, seventeen engraved and aquatinted plates (lacking portrait frontispiece), nine engraved maps and charts (lacking map of Interior Part of N. America), contents disbound with some frayed foredges, tears and marginal losses, some light toning and soiling, library stamp, contemporary half calf, worn, 4to. Abbey Travel 594: “Meares’s voyages resulted in the Nootka affair between Britain and Spain, and were the foundation of Britain’s claim to Oregon, later ceded to the United States”; Sabin 47260. (1)
Ockley (Simon). An Account of South-West Barbary: Containing what is Most Remarkable in the Territories of the King of Fez and Morocco. Written by a Person who had been a Slave there a Considerable Time; and Published from his Authentick Manuscript. To Which are added, Two Letters: One from the Present King of Morocco to Colonel Kirk; The Other to Sir Cloudesly Shovell: With Sir Cloudesly’s Answer, 1st ed., 1713, lacking half-title, eng. folding map (hand col. in outline), lib. blindstamp to front blank, some pencil annotations to margins, near-contemp. blindstamped calf, some cracking to joints, 8vo. Simon Ockley (1678-1720), prominent English Arabist, edited this anonymous captive account. (1)
[Playstowe, Philip]. The Gentleman’s Guide in His Tour through France. Wrote by an Officer..., 6th ed., 1777, folding eng. map frontis. (detached with upper board), edges untrimmed, inner hinges repaired, contemp., contemp. qtr. sheep, worn, lower joint cracked and upper board detached, 12mo, together with Carr (Sir John), The Stranger in France; or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris..., 2nd ed., 1807, twelve sepia aquatint plts., contemp. half calf, slight wear to joints and spine, 8vo, with Voght (C.), Account of the Management of the Poor in Hamburgh, since the Year 1788. In a Letter to some Friends of the Poor in Great Britain, 1796, edges untrimmed, some dust-soiling, stitched as issued, 8vo, plus nine other antiquarian, mostly travel related. (12)
Randolph (Bernard). The Present State of the Islands in the Archipelago (or Arches) Sea of Constantinople, and Gulph of Smyrna; with the Islands of Candia, and Rhodes, Oxford, 1687, 108 pp. + 8 pp. index, lacking all three engraved plates, and final leaf of index (p4), index leaves trimmed at foot with sl. loss, bound with The Present State of the Morea, called anciently Peloponnesus. Which hath been near Two Hundred Years under the Turks Dominion; and is now very much Depopulated. After several years observation, from 1671, to 1679, faithfully describ’d, Oxford, 1686, title + 24 pp. of text (1-24) plus additional single printed leaf describing Zacynthus, Cythera and other islands, bound in at rear, lacking folding eng. map, and title detached, some browning and discol. to first title and inner margins of first few leaves, second work with some staining throughout, several leaves loose, occn.. minor marks and one or two leaves a little creased, final leaf trimmed to top margin, just touching page number, contemp. vellum, rubbed and soiled, small, 4to. Wing R234 & R236. Blackmer 1386 & 1384. Bernard Randolph was a tradesman in the Levant, and here describes the coastal geography and economic output of the Eastern Greek islands and Turkish coast, shortly after the invasion of the region by the Venetians. A general map of Greece signed by Randolph and dedicated to Heneage Finch appears to have been published separately circa 1686-87, and was included in the third edition of the second work on Morea, published in 1689. . (1)
Ruttledge (Hugh). Everest 1933, 1st ed., 1934, frontis., b&w plts. throughout, four b&w maps incl. three folding, orig. cloth gilt, some wear, large 8vo, together with Edwards (Amelia B.), A Midsummer Ramble in the Dolomites, 2nd ed., 1889, nine eng. plts., col. folding map, orig. dec. cloth gilt, slightly rubbed, 4to, plus Larden (Walter), Recollections of an Old Mountaineer, 1910, frontis. detached, sixteen eng. plts., orig. cloth gilt, rubbed to extrems., 8vo. (3)
Selous (Frederick Courteney). Travel and Adventure in South-East Africa. Being the Narrative of the Last Eleven Years Spent by the Author on the Zambesi and its Tributaries; With an Account of the Colonisation of Mashunaland and the Progress of the Gold Industry in that Country, 3rd ed., 1893, folding map, numerous b & w plates and illustrations, pub. adverts. at end, one or two light spots, bookplate, original cloth gilt, 8vo. A good copy. (1)
Stephens (John L.). Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, 2 vols., 1st U.K. ed., 1841, folding map, engraved plans and plates, some spotting and browning, previous owner signature, hinges breaking, original cloth, some wear to spines, 8vo, together with Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, 2 vols. (vol. I pub. Harper, New York; vol. II pub. Murray, London), 1843, folding engraved frontispieces to each, folding map and engraved plates, some spotting, original cloth gilt, minor chips at spine ends, 8vo. (4)
Vincent (Frank). The Land of the White Elephant. Sights and Scenes in South-Eastern Asia. A Personal Narrative of Travel and Adventure in Farther India Embracing the Countries of Burma, Siam, Cambodia, and Cochin-China (1871-2), 1st ed., 1873, ex-lib. blind stamp to lower margin of title, three folding maps and plans, num. wood engs., some underscoring and pencil marks, 48 pp. publisher’s ads. at rear, orig. gilt-dec. cloth, worn at head and foot of spine, 8vo, together with Grehan (Comm. A. de), Il Regno di Siam... , Napoli, 1874, twenty mounted albumen prints, some minor scattered spotting, recent blue half cloth gilt, 8vo, plus Child (Jacob T.), The Pearl of Asia. Reminiscences of the Court of a Supreme Monarch, or Five Years in Siam, 1st ed., Chicago, 1892, author’s presentation copy, signed and inscribed on flyleaf, b & w illusts. from photos, t.e.g., orig. gilt-dec. cloth, a little rubbed, 8vo, and Smyth (H. Warington), Notes of a Journey on the Upper Mekon, Siam, 1st ed., pub. Royal Geographical Society, 1895, b & w illusts., folding map at rear, orig. quarter calf gilt, rubbed, slim 8vo, and others of Oriental and Far East interest, including a quantity of The Journal of the Siam Society, mostly 1960s-80s. (3 cartons)
Aikin (John). England Delineated; or a Geographical Description of every County in England and Wales: with a Concise Account of its Most Important Products, Natural and Artificial, for the use of Young Persons, with outline Maps of all the Counties, 6th. ed., 1809, folding general map of England and Wales, title page with slight offsetting, forty-two b & w engraved county maps (complete as list), occ. offsetting to text, very occ. spotting, contemp. panelled calf, rebacked with later spine, 8vo. (1)
Boothroyd (Benjamin). The History of the Ancient Borough of Pontefract, Containing an Interesting Account of its Castle, and the Three Different Sieges it Sustained During the Civil War, Pontefract, 1807, engraved folding plan frontispiece, five engraved plates, occasional light spotting, hinges reinforced, bookplate, contemporary calf, rubbed, 8vo, together with The Sieges of Pontefract Castle. 1644-1648, ed. Richard Holmes & Thomas Tew, Pontefract, 1887, folding map, half tones plates, leaves browned at end, t.e.g., original red cloth, spine a little faded and rubbed, 8vo, presentation copy, inscribed to John Rhodes, Mayor of Pontefract, 23rd June 1887, Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee, signed by Tew & Holmes, plus The Black Friars of Pontefract. An Account of their Rise, Progress, and Fall, by Richard Holmes, 1891, bookplate, t.e.g., original red cloth gilt, a little faded, 8vo, with three others: Lorenzo Padgett’s Chronicles of Old Pontefract, 1905 and two duplicates of above works, plus two others related. (8)
Britton (John, and Brayley, E.W.). A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Devonshire..., 2 vols., 1813, num. eng. plts., EXTRA ILLUSTRATED with approx. 130 engs. (some mounted), recent calf, gilt dec. spines with morocco labels, 8vo, together with A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Devon..., n.d., c. 1805, eng. folding map frontis., num. eng. plts., contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine, upper cover near-detached, rubbed and some wear to extrems., 8vo. (3)
Cary (John). Cary’s New Map of England and Wales with part of Scotland on which are carefully laid down all the direct and Principal Cross Roads, the Course of the Rivers and Navigable Canals, Cities, Market and Borough Towns, Parishes and most consideable Hamlets, Parks, Forests &c. &c., 2nd. ed., 1816, title page laid on to later paper, calligraphic dedication page and table of explanation, engraved folding map of England and Wales with original hand colouring, seventy-seven engraved maps with orig. outline colouring with some later enhancement, numbered up to eighty-one, index at rear, last pp. strengthened at margins, lacking last few leaves?, new marbled end papers, modern half calf gilt, contrasting morocco label to spine, bumped at extrems., 4to. (1)
Cary (John). Cary’s Traveller’s Companion or a delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales, shewing the immediate Route to every Market and Boroughtown throughout the Kingdom..... from the best authorities, on a new set of County Maps, sold by J. Wyld, [1828], calligraphic title page with contemp. booksellers label pasted over publisher and date, advertisement and contents list, general map of England and Wales and forty-two engraved county maps, all with original outline colouring, correct as list, including one folding map of Yorkshire, folding map with closed tear affecting image, book plate of George Dennistoun-Scott to front paste down, contemp. boards, later half calf with contrasting morocco label to spine, 12mo. Chubb 274. (1)
Cary (John). Cary’s Traveller’s Companion or a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales; shewing the immediate Route to every Market and BoroughTown throughout the Kingdom, Laid down from the best Authorities on a New Set of County Maps, 1817, calligraphic title page with slight worming and a closed repaired tear, advertisement and contents page, forty-three engraved maps with orig. hand colouring, slight worming throughout, bound with, Cary’s New Itinerary: or an Accurate Delineation of the Great Roads, both Direct and Cross throughout England and Wales, with many of the Principal roads in Scotland, 7th ed., 1817, calligraphic title and dedication pages, engraved folding map of England & Wales with original hand colouring, torn with loss, six further folding engraved regional maps all with original outline colouring, later end papers, later half morocco gilt, slight rubbing to extrems., 8vo, together with, Paterson (Daniel), Paterson’s Roads; being an Entirely original and accurate Description of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales, 1822, folding engraved map of England and Wales, strengthened on verso, with eight further engraved folding regional maps, occ. slight spotting and soiling, new end papers, modern half calf gilt, 8vo. (2)
Greenwood (C. & J.). Atlas of the Counties of England, from Actual Surveys made from the years 1817 to 1833 by C. & J. Greenwood, 1st. ed., pub. April 1st. 1834, eng. calligraphic title page with vignette map of England and Wales with original hand colouring, forty-six engraved maps with original hand colouring all with ecclesiastical b & w vignettes, some slight off setting and spotting, slight dust soiling, three maps trimmed to image on horizontal margins, library blind stamp inside margins of each map, contents shaken, some maps loose, book plate of Hull public library to front pastedown, contemp. half morocco, upper board detached, spine partially lacking, worn frayed and rubbed, large folio. Chubb, CCCCLVIIIa. Sold as seen, not subject to return. (1)
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