Wyse (Right Hon. Sir Thomas). An Excursion in the Peloponnesus in the Year 1858, edited by his niece, Winifrede M. Wyse, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1865, half-titles present, double-page eng. map, twenty-four uncol. etched plts., including some folding, b&w woodcuts to text, some minor foxing to frontis. and title and second vol. only, bookplate of Shirley Atchley to front pastedown of second vol., and bookseller’s ticket for Zeno, London, to each vol., binder’s ticket of Day & Son to rear pastedown of first vol., orig. blind-stamped cloth, spines lettered in gilt, sl. rubbed to extrems. (and spines lightly faded), generally a good copy, 8vo. Blackmer 1847. Sir Thomas Wyse (1791-1862), a distinguished Anglo-Irish politician, diplomat, linguist and travel writer, was appointed Ambassador to Athens in 1849 and from then on devoted himself to Greek affairs. His obversations on the economic and social conditions of the Peloponnesus were recorded in a remarkable series of journals, which he prepared for publication shortly before his death in 1862. (2)
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Barclay (James). A Complete and Universal English Dictionary, n.d., c.1845, general map of England and Wales, and fifty-one b&w engraved county maps and town plans by Thomas Moule, several eng. historical plates, some maps close-trimmed to margins, as usual, occn. closed marginal tears and foxing, title and first few leaves at front and rear of vol. missing, minor fraying to outer leaves, disbound without covers, thick 4to. Sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return. (1)
Bartlett (W.H. & J. Stirling Coyne). The Scenery and Antiquites of Ireland, 2 vols., George Virtue, c.1840, addn. eng. vign. title to each, single page eng. map of Ireland, 118 steel eng. views, correct as list, tissue guards, marbled endpapers, bookplates of John C. Black, a.e.g., near contemp. maroon morocco, some rubbing to extrems., spines lightly faded, gilt line decorated raised bands, gilt lettered direct in second and third compartments, remainder with gilt shamrock tool surrounded by dots within a volute frame, covers with gilt double fillet and blind double fillet border, inner wide gilt border composed of pelmet roll, and scrolling floral roll between dot rolls and double fillets, with shamrock tool within square frame at the corners, inner panel of blind double and single fillets, with blind tulip tool at scalloped corners of latter, gilt milled edges, scalloped fuchsia and roundel roll on turn-ins, 4to (2)
Cary (John). Cary’s New and Correct English Atlas being a new Set of County Maps from Actual Surveys, 1st ed. 1787, title page, calligraphic dedication page & forty-six eng. maps with orig. hand col. (complete as list), each map with a separate page of descriptive text, pp. 11 - 17, list of subscribers and end papers heavily wormed, front prelim. creased with closed tear and later pencil diagram, occ. spotting to tissue guards, contemp. tree calf gilt, contrasting morocco label to spine, upper board detached, rubbed and frayed at extrems., 4to (1)
[Cox, Thomas]. Magna Britannia et Hibernia, Antiqua et Nova. Or, a New Survey of Great Britain..., 6 vols., 1720 -30, one folding map and two folding eng. plt. only (lacks all other maps & plts.), few eng. tables (some folding), few leaves detached, some minor browning and occ. spotting, library stamps to front endpapers, modern library buckram with classification numbers to spines, 4to (6)
Fosbroke (Thomas Dudley). Abstracts of Records and Manuscripts Respecting the County of Gloucester; Formed into a History, Correcting the very Erroneous Accounts, and Supplying Numerous Deficiencies in Sir Rob. Atkins and Subsequent Writers, 2 vols. 1807, eng. map with orig. hand col., calligraphic title, dedication page and six sheets of heraldic crests, numerous b & w eng. plts. several folding, library plate of Peter Stubs on front pastedown, near contemp. diced calf gilt by Povey of Wotton, slight scuffing, rebacked retaining orig. gilt dec. spine, thick 4to. A handsome pair of volumes. (2)
Gloucester. The Gloucestershire Directory, Containing the Names & Residences of Professional Gentlemen, Merchants, Manufacturers..., by R. Gell & T. Bradshaw, pub. Gloucester, 1820, 228pp., folding eng. map frontis., contemp. marbled sheep, joints cracked, spine & extrems. rubbed, 12mo, together with Counsel (G.W.), The History and Description of the City of Gloucester..., pub. Gloucester, 1829, later qtr. cloth, 12mo, with Cooke (George Alexander), Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of Gloucester..., c.1810, folding eng. map, modern qtr. calf, 12mo, plus three others related (6)
Griffith (S.Y.). Griffith’s New Historical Description of Cheltenham, 1826, eng. title, single-page plan of Cheltenham, folding eng. map of Gloucestershire, fifty eng. plts. & plans, twenty-three eng. trade ads. at rear on twenty-two leaves (complete), occ. scattered spotting, later cloth inner hinges, orig. printed boards with later morocco spine and covered board edges, joints slightly cracked and extrems. rubbed, large 4to. Large paper copy. (1)
Ireland (Samuel). Picturesque Views on the River Wye, from its Source at Plinlimmon Hill, to its Junction with the Severn below Chepstow..., 1st ed., 1797, single-page eng. map, thirty aquatint plts. and one eng. port. plt. (complete), few woodcut illusts. to text, scattered spotting throughout, contemp. calf gilt, rebacked, 4to (1)
Lewis (Samuel, pub.). The Topographical Dictionary of England, Atlas volume only, [1831 or later], forty-five b & w eng. county maps (several folding), including the folding map of England and Wales & the plan of London, occ. off-setting, slight damp staining throughout, near contemp. cloth, stained and soiled, 4to (1)
Marshall (William Humphrey). The Rural Economy of Glocestershire; Including its Dairy: Together with the Dairy Management of North Wiltshire; and the Management of Orchards and Fruit Liquor, in Herefordshire, 2 vols., 1st ed., Gloucester, 1789, double-page folding eng. map, contemp. calf, gilt dec. spine, volume number labels worn and lifting, upper joint of vol. 1 cracked, 8vo (2)
Marshall (William). The Rural Economy of Glocestershire; Including its Dairy: Together with Dairy Management of North Wiltshire; and the Management of Orchards and Fruit Liquor, in Herefordshire, 2 vols., 1st ed., Gloucester, 1789, half-title to vol. 1, one folding eng. map, contemp. calf gilt, contrasting red & green morocco labels to spines, 8vo (2)
[Rudder, Samuel]. The History and Antiquities of Gloucester: including the Civil and Military Affairs of that Antient City..., 1st ed., Cirencester, 1781, folding eng. frontis., contemp. red half morocco, spine & extrems. slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Britton (John & Brayley, E.W.), A Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Gloucester, n.d., c.1810, folding eng. map frontis., fourteen eng. plts. (inc. 3 addn. plts. from other works), occ. spotting, contemp. half calf gilt, spine and extrems. rubbed, upper joint slightly cracked, 8vo, with [Washbourn, John], Bibliotheca Gloucestrensis: A Collection of Scarce and Curious Tracts, Relating to the County and City of Gloucester; Illustrative of, and Published During the Civil War..., 1st ed., pub. Gloucester, 1825, eng. port. plt. (with some spotting) and single-page eng. map, list of subscribers, later half calf gilt, 4to (3)
Rudge (Thomas). The History of the County of Gloucester; Compressed, and Brought Down to the Year 1803, 2 vols., printed for the author, Gloucester, 1803, half-titles signed ‘e’Libris F. Rudge’, folding eng. map frontis. to vol. 1 & eng. frontis. to vol. 2, some offsetting and browning, endpapers renewed, contemp. mottled calf, rebacked, insect damage to covers, 8vo, together with The History and Antiquities of Gloucester, from the Ealiest Period to the Present Time..., pub. Gloucester, Hough & Pace, [1815?], half-title, folding eng. frontis., one folding eng. plan of Gloucester, two eng. plts., wood eng. illusts. to text, contemp. half sheep, blind and gilt dec. to spine, 8vo (3)
Smith (Charles). Smith’s New English Atlas being a complete set of county maps, divided into hundreds on which are delineated all the direct and crossroads, part of which are from actual measurement, cities, towns, and most considerable villages, parks, gentlemen’s seats, rivers, and navigable canals, 1806, eng. title, contents leaf, double-page hand-col. general map (each relined with marginal repairs, affecting imprint, some text or image), forty -five hand-col. eng. map sheets, a few minor marks, mostly to margins, first map of Bedfordshire relined, printed index at rear, marbled endpapers, contemp. blindstamped full calf, later plain reback, rubbed and some marks, outer corners bumped, large folio (1)
![Tombleson (William and Fearnside, William Gray). Eighty Picturesque Views on the Thames and Medway, [1834], eng. frontis., a](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2764436/116-101-10729_468x382.jpg)
Tombleson (William and Fearnside, William Gray). Eighty Picturesque Views on the Thames and Medway, [1834], eng. frontis., addn. eng. title, folding map of the Thames (detached), 78 eng. plts., all plates and maps complete as list, occ. minor scattered spotting, scattered light spotting, a.e.g., contemp. blind-stamped calf gilt, later cloth backstrip fraying at head and foot, together with London Interiors: A Grand National Exhibition, [1841], additional engraved title and 75 engraved plates, water staining throughout, a.e.g., contemp. red cloth gilt, spine defective, covers detached, both 4to (2)
West (William). The History, Topography and Directory of Warwickshire; Inclusive of some Portions of the Ancient Histories of Rous, Camden, Speed, and Dugdale ..., pub. Birmingham, 1830, folding hand-col. eng. map, two eng. views, num. commercial ads., recent mock leather, together with White (William), History, Gazetteer and Directory of Norfolk, and the City and County of the City of Norwich ..., pub. Sheffield, 1864, later cloth, both thick 8vo (2)
West (William). The History, Topography and Directory of Warwickshire; inclusive of some Portions of the Ancient Histories ofRous, Camden, Speed, and Dugdale..., Birmingham, 1830, 26pp pubs. ads. at front, folding hand-col. county map by W. Ebden, thirty eng. plts. and wood eng. adverts etc. inc. two folding, some minor offsetting, edges untrimmed, later 19th c. cloth, thick 8vo (1)
Marshall (William). Minutes, Experiments, Observations and General Remarks on Agriculture in the Southern Counties, 2 vols., new ed., 1799, five folding plts., one folding map and one folding table, lib. label to front pastedown of first vol., worm holes to lower margin of first and last few leaves, repaired with clear tape (vol. 1 only), contemp. tree calf gilt, contrasting labels to spine (one missing), rubbed, 8vo (2)
White (Gilbert). The Natural History of Selborne, edited, with an Introduction and Notes, by E.M. Nicholson, Illustrated from engravings on wood by Eric Daglish, F.Z.S., 1929, two ports., folding map at rear, sixteen mounted plts., captioned tissue guards, contemp. ms. inscription on front free endpaper, untrimmed, orig. qtr. cloth, boards partially browned, 4to in 8s, together with The Gilbert White Museum Edition of The Natural History of Selborne, with a preface by Lord Selborne and an Introduction by David Attenborough, Illustrated by Frederick Marns and including engravings of birds taken from Thomas Bewick’s “British Birds”, 1977, numerous illusts., orig. qtr. morocco gilt, contained in orig. linen slipcase, oblong 4to, (limited edition, 80/150 copies, signed by Marns, Attenborough and Lord Selborne), plus The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne... edited, with notes, by Sir William Jardine..., new ed., 1853, eng. frontis. and addn. title, numerous eng. plts. and illusts., pubs. ad. leaf at rear, occn. foxing, upper hinge split, ms. name to front pastedown, orig. figured cloth gilt, spine ends sl. frayed, upper cover faded to upper and fore-margin, 8vo, plus seventy-seven others, by or about Gilbert White (80)
![Asia. Visscher (Nicolas J.), Asiae Nova Descriptio Auctore, [1652], fine hand col. eng. map, decorated with city views inter](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2764436/157-101-10729_468x382.jpg)
Asia. Visscher (Nicolas J.), Asiae Nova Descriptio Auctore, [1652], fine hand col. eng. map, decorated with city views interspersed with head and shoulder portraits of the kings of Tartary, China, Ceylon, Persia and the Moluccas, with the vertical panels illustrated with costumed figures representing their various countries, old folds strengthened on verso, slight separation along central fold, occ. marginal closed tears expertly repaired on verso, 440 x 555 mm. A highly decorative map which was originally engraved by Pieter van den Keere in 1614. The map draws heavily on the Jodocus Hondius map, although the coastlines of Eastern Asia and Western America are considerably amended. Vissher’s map has a re-worked cartouche with Van den Keere’s clockface being replaced by a seated fisherman mending his nets. The views of the cities are derived from Blaeu’s famous wall map of the continent. A striking and highly ornate example of Dutch 17th century cartography. (1)
![Asia. Ortelius (Abraham), Asiae Nova Descriptio, [1570-71], hand col. eng. map, 370 x 490 mm, Latin text on verso. Marcel va](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2764436/158-101-10729_468x382.jpg)
* Berkshire. Bowen (Emanuel), An Accurate Map of Berkshire Divided into its Hundreds drawn from the best Authorities...., sold by Carington Bowles, 1756, eng. map with orig. outline col., elaborate cartouche and heraldic dedication, both with later hand col., very lightly toned overall, 540 x 700 mm, framed and glazed (1)
![* Brecknockshire. Speed (John), Breknoke both Shyre and Towne described, sold J.Sudbury and George Humbell, [1616], hand col](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2764436/160-101-10729_468x382.jpg)
* British Isles. Jansson (Jan), Britannia prout divisa suit temporibus Anglo-Saxonum praesertim durante illorum Heptarchia, [1646 or later], fine uncoloured eng. map, fourteen inset panels of Saxon kings and historical scenes, elaborate cartouche, compass roses and numerous rhumb lines, one small hole in image, 420 x 525 mm, framed and glazed. A fine dark impression. Not examined out of frame. (1)
![* Cambridgeshire. Drayton (Michael), Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, [1612 or later], uncoloured engraved map, decorated](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2764436/177-101-10729_468x382.jpg)
* Cambridgeshire. Drayton (Michael), Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, [1612 or later], uncoloured engraved map, decorated with allegorical figures, 245 x 310 mm, framed and glazed, together with Moll (Herman), Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire, [1724 or later], two hand col. eng. maps, the horizontal borders decorated with Roman & Saxon coins, slight browning, each approx. 310 x 190 mm, framed and glazed. Not examined out of frames. (3)
Cambridgeshire. Blaeu (Joan), Cantabrigiensis Comitatus Cambridge-Shire, [1645 or later], eng. map with orig. hand col., some marginal closed tears and chipping just affecting image, seven small worm holes affecting image, toned overall, 420 x 520 mm, Dutch text on verso, together with Nichols (Sutton), A New Map of the Brittish Isles Shewing their Ancient People, Cities and Towns of note in the time of the Romans, c.1710, hand col. eng. map, 380 x 495 mm, with one other similar (3)
Cardiganshire. Blaeu (Joan), Ceretica; sive Cardiganensis Comitatus; Anglis Cardiganshire, [1645 or later], eng. map with orig. hand col., one small hole affecting image, 385 x 500 mm, together with Saxton (Christopher & Kip William), Cardigan Comitatus pars olim Dimetarum, [1637], uncoloured eng. map. elaborate strapwork cartouche & compass rose, old fold, 265 x 315 mm, with Kitchin (Thomas), An Accurate Map of Cardigan Shire Drawn from an Actual Survey with various Improvements, (1755 or later), eng. map with orig. outline colouring and some later enhancement, trimmed to neat line at lower margin, re-margined on vertical right hand side, one small worm hole just affecting image, 345 x 535 mm (3)
Catalogues. A large collection of approx. 110 dealer’s catalogues, late 20th century, including examples by Weinreb & Douwma, Map House, Ivan Deverall, Baynton Williams, Francis Edwards, Tooleys, Nicholson, P.J.Radford, Traylen, Folio Society, Jonathan Potter, Richard Arkway & Graham Arader III, mostly detailing maps, plans, topographical and decorative engravings, various sizes and condition. A fascinating and useful archive from some of the most influential map dealers of the last few decades. (approx.110)
Cellarius (Christopher). Geographia Antiqua: being a Complete Set of Maps of Ancient Geography, pub. J.F. and C.Rivington, 1785, thirty-three uncolured eng. maps (complete as list), occ. juvenile pencil scribblings on verso & recto of maps, near contemp. pigskin, lacking spine, rubbed and frayed, 4to, together with Mercator (Gerard), Cornubia, Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria, Monumetha....[1595 or later], hand col. eng. map, central fold split, re-margined on one vertical border, old folds and creases, 365 x 460 mm, framed and glazed, with Kitchin (Thomas)An Accurate Map of Carmarthenshire Drawn from an Actual Survey with various Improvements, c.1760, hand col. eng. map, slight overall toning, laid on card, 355 x 530 mm, framed and glazed, and Evans (John), A new Map of the Vicinity of Aberystwyth, c.1780, hand col. eng. map, 235 x 425 mm, framed and glazed. Not examined out of frames. (4)
* Devon. Saxton (Christopher & Kip William), Devoniae Comitatus vulgo Denshyre quam olim Danmonii Populi Incolucrunt, [1610], hand col. eng. map, elaborate strapwork cartouche, compass rose and mileage scale, trimmed to neat line at bottom margin, 290 x 335 mm, framed and glazed. Not examined out of frame. (1)
Devon. Jansson (Jan), Devoniae Descriptio. The Description of Devon-Shire, [1646 or later], eng. map with orig. hand col., toned overall, some cracking along old colour, strenghthened on verso, 385 x 490 mm, Latin text on verso, together with; Greenwood (C & J), Map of the County of Somerset from an Actual Survey, 1829, hand col. eng. map, calligraphic title, vignette of Wells Cathedral, occ. marginal closed tears, not affecting image, 585 x 700 mm, with another twenty-five maps of Devon, Cornwall, Hampshire, Somerset and Dorset, with examples by Moule, Dawson, J & C Walker and Archer, various sizes and condition (25)
Durham. Jansson (Jan), Episcopatus Dunelmensis Vulgo The Bishoprike of Durham, [1646 or later], uncoloured eng. map, dec. cartouche, compass rose and rhumb lines, occ. closed tears affecting image, central fold strengthened, repaired on verso, 405 x 505 mm, together with a mixed collection of approx. ninety county maps of Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmoreland, Durham, Lancashire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire, including examples by Greenwood, Kitchin, Saxton/Kip, Owen & Bowen, Morden, Moule, Seller and Cary, various sizes and condition (approx.90)
* England & Wales. De Vaugondy (Gilles Robert), Le Royaume D’Angleterre divise selon les sept Royaumes ou Heptarchie des Saxons, avec La Principaute de Galles; et subdivise en Shires ou Comtes, 1753, engraved map with orig. outline col., lightly toned overall, 480 x 515 mm, framed and glazed. Not examined out of frame. (1)
![* Europe. Hondius (Jodicus), Nova Europae Descriptio Auctore, [1606 or later], engraved map with orig. hand colouring, ornat](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2764436/191-101-10729_468x382.jpg)
* Europe. Hondius (Jodicus), Nova Europae Descriptio Auctore, [1606 or later], engraved map with orig. hand colouring, ornate strapwork cartouche, slight separation along central fold, strengthened on verso, 375 x 505 mm, French text on verso, framed and double glazed. Published in the highly successful ‘Mercator/Hondius’ atlas which was produced in several editions between 1606 and 1666. Hondius used, amended and added to many of the original copper plates first issed by Gerard Mercator in the previous century. Not examined out of frame. (1)
Gibraltar. Faden (William), Plan of the Bay, Rock and Town of Gibralter from an Actual Survey by an Officer who was at Gibralter from 1769-1775, pub. William Faden, January 26th 1783, lg. eng. map of Gibralter and the bay, sparse hand colouring, splitting to central fold, strengthened on verso, slight marginal soiling, one short closed tear to margin, not affecting image, 525 x 730 mm (1)
* Gloucestershire & Monmouthshire. Kitchin (Thomas), An Accurate Map of the Counties of Gloucester and Monmouth Divided into their Respective Hundreds, 1760 or later, eng. map with orig. outline col., elaborate cartouche with later hand col., occ. scratches to printed surface, slight staining, 550 x 710 mm, framed and glazed (glass broken) (1)
Herefordshire. Saxton (Christopher & Hole William), Frugiferi Ac Ameni Herefordiae Comitatus qui olim pars suit Silurum delineatio, [1607], uncoloured eng. map, elaborate cartouche, half compass rose and mileage scale, slight browning, 290 x 306 mm, Latin text on verso, together with Cary (John), A New Map of Worcestershire Divided into Hundreds Exhibiting its Roads, Rivers, Parks &c. 1801, eng. map with orig hand col., occ. marginal tears, 480 x 535 mm, together with approx. ninety maps of Monmouthshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire with examples by Moule, Jansson, Fullarton, Owen & Bowen, Dawson, Moll and Morden, various sizes and condition (approx.90)
Ireland. Speed (John), The Countie of Leinster with the Citie of Dublin Described, sold by John Sudbury & George Humble, [1627], uncoloured eng. map, inset town plan of Dublin, decorated with an elaborate compass rose, sea monsters and sailing ship, strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, very slight toning to central fold, 385 x 510 mm, English text on verso (1)
Ireland. Moll (Herman), A New Map of Ireland Divided into its Provinces, Counties and Baronies wherein are distinguished the Bishopricks, Borroughs, Barracks, Bogs, Passes, Bridges &c. with the Principal Roads and the Common Reputed Miles, c.1715, fine lg. hand coloured eng. map, inset town plans of Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Waterford and Gallway, with plans of Kinsale harbour, the Giants Causeway, the Isle of St. Patrick and the British Isles, strapwork cartouche and table of Towns and Barracks, two sheets conjoined, 1025 x 620 mm (1)
Ireland. Morden (Robert), The Kingdom of Ireland, [1695 or later], hand col. eng. map, occ. marginal tears not affecting image, 420 x 350 mm, together with Pigot (James), Pigot & Co.’s New Map of England and Wales with part of Scotland, including the New Lines of Canals, Rail Roads &c., 1830, eng. map with orig. outline col., calligraphic title, old folds strengthened on verso with sellotape, 690 x 520 mm, with Blaeu (Joan), Suffolcia Vernacule Suffolke, c.1650, uncoloured eng. map, occ. marginal tears not affecting image, slight spotting & staining, old folds, 385 x 500 mm, with a further approx. 50 maps including examples by Hall, J & C Walker, Morden, Archer, Murray, Fullarton, Moule & Seller, various sizes and condition (approx.50)
![Japan. Blaeu (Joan), Japonia Regnum, Amsterdam, [1655-58], fine hand coloured engraved map, 420 x 570 mm. The map was compil](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10729/2764436/210-101-10729_468x382.jpg)
Japan. Blaeu (Joan), Japonia Regnum, Amsterdam, [1655-58], fine hand coloured engraved map, 420 x 570 mm. The map was compiled by a Jesuit missionary called Father Martino Martini, and was considered the most accurate map of Japan of its time. It was also the first map to show Korea as a peninsula. The map was published in Bleau’s ‘Atlas Sinensis’, the first European atlas of China and the far east. Campbell 21. (1)
Jerusalem. Braun (Georg & Hogenberg Franz), Jerusalem et Suburbia eius sicut Tempore Christi Floruit cum Locis in quibus Christ Passus.... Descripta per Christianum Adriochom Delphum, [1572 or later], uncoloured eng. map, 360 x 480 mm, Latin text on verso. The Braun and Hogenberg map of Jerusalem was published on two sheets. This is the northern half of the city only. (1)
Kent. Symonson (Philip), A New Description of Kent....the tractes of Ryuers, Rylles and creeks, with the trendinge of the sea-shore be more naturally described then heretofore it hath ben done, sold by Peter Stent 1659, uncoloured engraved map, inset views of Rye and Dover Castle, elaborate strapwork cartouche, old folds, two sheets conjoined, some fraying with slight loss along folds, well repaired on verso, very slight browning, small tear to upper strapwork margin with loss, repaired on verso, backed with archival tissue, 520 x 775 mm. Uncommon. (1)
Leicestershire. Speed (John), Leicester both Countye and Citie described, the Honorable Famylies that have had the titles of Earls thereof with other accidents therein observed, sold Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, [1676], uncoloured eng. map, inset town plan of the city of Leicester, toned overall, re-margined, 385 x 510 mm, English text on verso, together with approx. 110 maps of Shropshire, Huntingdonshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire, with examples by Morden, Owen & Bowen, Kitchen, Cary, Fullarton, Blaeu, Saxton/Kip, Dower and Harrison, various sizes and condition (approx.110)
Malta. Seutter (Georg Matthaus), Melite vulgo Malta cum vicinis Goza quae olim Gaulos et Comino insulis uti exhibetur a Nic. de Fer, [1740 or later] hand col. eng. map, title displayed in a banner, decorated with an inset map of Valetta and an uncoloured engraving of the stern of a Maltese galley, coats of arms of the principal knights of the Order of St. John, compass rose and rhumb lines, worming to image causing slight loss, replaced in manuscript, central fold strengthened on verso, 500 x 585 mm (1)
Maps. (Bowles & Carver pub.), Bowles’s New Four-Sheet Map of England and Wales; Comprehending all the Cities, Boroughs, Market and Sea-port Towns..., 1794, eng. maps with orig. outline col., elaborate b & w cartouche, lacking two sheets, old folds, one sheet with small hole in image, each sheet approx. 660 x 520 mm, together with Bowles’s New Four-Sheet map of the World on Mercator’s Projection Exhibiting the Several Quarters of the Globe..., 1795, eng. maps with orig. outline col., elaborate b & w cartouche, slight off-setting, lacking two sheets, old folds, each sheet approx. 520 x 600 mm, with Bowles’s New Four-Sheet Map of Europe, Divided into its Empires, Kingdoms, States, Republicks and Principalities....1795eng. maps with orig. outline col., elaborate b & w cartouche, slight off-setting, slight splitting to old folds, one sheet with slight worming, lacking one sheet, each sheet approx. 530 x 625 mm. Sold as a collection, not subject to return. (7)
North America. Kitchin (Thomas), A New Map of the British Empire in Nth. America, Drawn from the latest Authorities, [c.1780], uncoloured eng. map, inset map of Florida, elaborate cartouche, old folds, central fold split into image, slight toning, 345 x 380 mm, together with approx. 100 eng. and litho. maps of North America and Canada, mostly 19th century, including examples by Fullarton, Blackie, Bartholomew, S.D.U.K., and Johnson various sizes and condition (approx.100)
North America. Cary (John), A New Map of America from the Latest Authorities, 1806, eng. map with orig. hand col., slight off-setting, 470 x 530 mm, together with Thomson (John), Northern Provinces of the United States, [1814 or later], eng. map with orig. hand col., b & w vignette of Niagara falls, slight off-setting, central fold split, strengthened on verso, 495 x 595 mm, with Tallis (John), North America, [1849 or later], eng. map with orig. outline col, decorated with numerous b & w eng. vignettes, 355 x 240 mm (3)
Northwest England. Mercator (Gerard), Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Cestria, Caernarvan, Denbigh, Flint, Merionidh, Montgomery, Salopia Cum Insulis Mania et Anglesey, [1595 or later], uncoloured eng. map, 360 x 415 mm, French text on verso, framed and double glazed, together with Morden (Robert), Hampshire, [1701 or later], hand col. eng. map, slight surface dirt, 210 x 170 mm, mounted, with Cole (G. & Roper J.), Oxford, 1808, hand col. eng. city plan, vignette of Oxford from the London Road, 190 x 235 mm, mounted, and Hutchins (John), Plan of the Town of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, c.1815, hand col. eng. map of the town and harbour, old folds, 250 x 390 mm, framed and glazed, together with six engraved maps and views by Morden, Owen/Bowen & Godfrey, various sizes and condition (10)
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