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Lot 143

Middle East.- Ruscelli (Girolamo) Arabian Felice Nuova Tavola [Arabian Peninsula], Ptolemaic map of the Arabian Peninsula based on the 1548 map of Giacomo Gastaldi, engraving with hand-colouring, on laid paper without watermark, platemark 192 x 265 mm (7 5/8 x 10 1/2 in), sheet 225 x 325 mm (8 3/4 x 12 3/4 in), Italian text verso, central vertical fold with careful repairs verso, minor surface dirt, unframed, [Venice, 1561-1599].

Lot 154

South America.- Collection of nine maps of South American countries, including four maps of Peru and Ecuador by Bellin, focussing on Lima and Upper Peru, map of Chile and Brazil by Lizars, Moll's 'Peru and the Amazones Country' and 'A Map of Chili, Patagonia, La Plata and ye Southern Part of Brasil', and another early map of Peru, engravings, some with hand-colouring, various sizes between 200 x 260 mm (8 x 10 1/4 in) and 520 x 410 mm (20 1/2 x 16 1/4 in), all unframed, 18th and 19th century (9)

Lot 109

Crimean Peninsula.- Wyld (James) The Crimea, detailed map with inset of the Black Sea and environs, another with plan of 'The Town and Harbour of Sevastopol with the Batteries & Approaches', engraving with hand-colouring, 480 x 685 mm (18 7/8 x 27 in), mounted on linen, some staining and surface dirt, with publisher's advertisement to endpaper, folding into original purple cloth with gilt title to upper cover, rubbed and worn, 8vo, 1855.

Lot 113

Europe.- Arrowsmith (Aaron) Map of Europe drawn from all the best surveys and rectified by astronomical observations, large engraved map with contemporary outline hand-colouring, presented in two horizontal sections, each section approx. 640 x 1495 mm (25 1/4 x 58 7/8 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some toning, spotting and surface dirt, remnants of silk edges, folding into contemporary slip-case, split and very worn, 4to, 1798.

Lot 71

Scotland.- Morden (Robert) A New Map of the North Part of Scotland; A New Map of the South Part of Scotland, two maps with an inset of the Shetland Islands, engravings with full hand-colouring, on laid paper without watermark, each platemark approx. 360 x 460 mm (14 1/4 x 18 in), full margins, minor exposure lines, some brownign and surface dirt, unframed, 1753 (2)

Lot 67

NO RESERVE Ireland.- Chatelain (Henri Abraham) Nouvelle Carte De L'Irlande..., map of Ireland, with two further inset maps of ancient Ireland and an ecclesiastical map of modern Ireland in the upper corners, engraving with full hand-colouring, on laid paper without watermark, platemark 350 x 465 mm (13 3/4 x 18 1/4 in), good margins, minor spotting and surface dirt, unframed, Paris, [1719]; together with a group of 8 further maps of Ireland, including a slightly compromised Mount & Page 'A Chart of the Coasts of Ireland and Part of England', Mercator's 'Udrone Irlandiae in Catherlagh Baronia', John Seller's 'A Chart of the North West Coast of Ireland from Lough Swilly to Slyne Head', Blaeu's 'Baronia Udrone in Comitatu Catherloughae', and others by Russell, Stockdale, S.D.U.K., and others, engravings, various sizes, all unframed, 17th to 19th century (9)

Lot 31

NO RESERVE Kent.- Faden (William) A Map of the County of Kent, Drawn from the Topographical Survey Taken by Order of the Honourable Board of Ordnance under the direction of Lt. Colonel Wm Mudge, county map with part of London in the upper left, engraving with original hand-colouring, sheet 625 x 885 mm (24 1/2 x 34 3/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some surface dirt and browning, folding with green marbled ends with publisher's stamp of R.H. Laurie, contemporay marbled slipcase, manuscript label to upper cover, rubbed and worn, 8vo, 1807; together with 'The Times Survey Atlas of the World', 1920, two Walker's county maps of Wiltshire and Buckinghamshire, and Andrew Tuer's 'Old London Street Cries', 12mo, 1885 (5)

Lot 140

Mediterranean.- Seale (Richard William) A correct Chart of the Mediterranean Sea, from the Straits of Gibraltar to the Levant, chart of the Mediterranean focusing on the coastlines, with inset map of The Road of Leghorn (Livorno harbor) in the upper right, engraving with hand-colouring, 350 x 725 mm (13 3/4 x 28 1/2 in), old vertical folds, repairs to some minor nicks to left edge, unframed, [circa 1745].

Lot 41

London.- Cruchley (George Frederick) Reduced Ordnance Map of London, central London, extending from Notting Hill to Bethnal Green, and from Kentish Town to Battersea Park, folding lithographed map, sheet , 660 x 870 mm (26 x 34 1/4 in), old folds, some splitting, old handling creases with nicks and tears, folding into contemporary boards with publisher's printed label to upper cover, rubbed and worn, 8vo, [1875]; together with seven other maps of London, including 'Cary's Actual Survey of the Country Fifteen Miles Round London', and Cary's [Map of London and its Environs], and others, folding, various sizes, 8vo, 19th and 20th century (8)

Lot 84

NO RESERVE Celestial chart.- Schraembl (Franz Anton) Stereographischer Entwurf des Gestirnten Himmels, detailed chart of the Northern Celestial Hemisphere, the constellations presented as figures according to classical mythology, engraving with outline hand-colouring, on laid paper with watermark 'C & I Honig', platemark 640 x 640 mm (25 1/4 x 25 1/4 in), sheet 965 x 640 mm (38 x 25 1/4 in), minor spotting and surface dirt, unframed, rolled, Vienna, 1787; together with a Welsh-language double-hemisphere world map, the folding frontispiece to Robert Saunderson's 'Geiriadur Ysgrythyrol...', engraving, 235 x 370 mm (9 1/4 x 14 1/2 in), folding and attached to title, both with surface dirt, stains, and browning, unframed, 1836 (2)

Lot 114

Europe.- Hadol (Paul) A New Map Designed for 1870 [or] Carte Drolatique D'Europe Pour 1870 Dressee Par Hadol, serio-comic map of Europe on the cusp of the Franco-Prussian War, English language edition with French text, lithograph with hand-colouring on thin wove paper without watermark, sheet 355 x 430 mm (14 x 17 in), central vertical fold with green support verso, splitting and small loss to upper section of fold, other old folds and handling creases, unframed, 1870Literature:cf. Tooley Geographical Oddities, MCC1, #75-79

Lot 44

London.- Bacon (George W.) Bacon's Large Scale Atlas of London and Suburbs (Revised Edition), complete with title, contents, 7 maps of the home counties, and 40 double-page maps including 14 special maps and plans of central London, lithographs with some hand-colouring, each approx. 350 x 525 mm (13 3/4 x 20 3/4 in), occasional finger-soiling, surface dirt and minor browning, some tears into sheets including the index map and plan of Central London, some tabs with associated splitting, one detached, other scattered smaller nicks, contemporary half calf, upper cover with gilt title, spine with losses and rubbing, corners bumped and slightly worn, folio, [1914]

Lot 51

Pub map of London.- Booth (Charles) London 1889-1900, from "Life and Labour of the People in London", Map showing Places of Worship, Public Elementary Schools, and Houses Licensed for the Sale of Intoxicating Drinks, lithograph, 670 x 1000 mm (26 1/2 x 39 3/8 in), folding as issued, some handling creases, light surface dirt and browning, presented in slip to rear of "Final Volume" of Booth's series, modern green cloth, ex-Maidstone Public Library with stamps, 4to, MacMillan & Co, 1902⁂ This detailed map of London shows the proximity of drinking establishments to schools and places of worship, and with such a vast number of places selling alcohol, Booth to concluded that London's Temperance Movement had failed.

Lot 147

NO RESERVE Middle East.- Oman.- War Office (Geographical Section) Salala, showing Kuria Maria Bay, Saquira Bay, and part of the Gulf of Misira, lithographed map printed in colours, sheet 630 x 830 mm (24 3/4 x 32 3/4 in), mounted on linen, old folds, some surface dirt and minor browning, unframed, 1946.

Lot 128

Hungary.- Serio-Comic War Map.- Varga (Imre) A Háborús Európa Térkép-Karikatúrája, Hungarian pictorial map with Russia drunk on Vodka, who is keeping his army reserves held back, colour-printed lithograph on wove paper, sheet 415 x 550 mm (16 1/4 x 21 3/4 in), old folds with conservation support visible verso, repairs to splitting and minor loss to folds restored, minor surface dirt, unframed, [Budapest], published by Zeizler Sándor, 1914.⁂ Scarce. The only WWI serio-comic map to illustrate Hungary independent from Austria.

Lot 158

Taiwan.- Valentyn (Francois) Kaart van het Eyland Formosa en de Eylanden van Piscadores, map of Formosa oriented to the east, covering the entire island, including the Penghu Islands and part of the Chinese coast, based on Johannes Vingboon's manuscript map of 1640, engraving on laid paper with watermark of Strasburg lily and 'IV', sheet 485 x 570 mm (19 x 22 1/2 in), old folds, upper left edge trimmed within the platemark, small nick to centre right edge affecting printed border, minor spotting and surface dirt, minor nicks to extremities, unframed, Joannes van Braam and Gerard onder de Linden, [1726]; together with Ogilby's 'Fezzae et Marocchi regna Africae Celeberrima', engraving, sheet 305 x 385 mm (12 x 15 1/8 in), unframed, [c. 1670] (2)⁂ The first printed map of Taiwan.

Lot 122

NO RESERVE Greece.- Visscher (Nicolas) Hellas [Greek] Seu Graecia Universa, engraving with original hand-colouring, 495 x 600 mm (19 1/2 x 23 5/8 in), central vertical fold with old repairs to splitting, rough edges with tape stains, nicks and tears, some marginal losses, unframed, circa 1650; together with Bonne's regional map of Asia, La Presqu'Isle de L'Inde Au Dela du Gange, engraving, 420 x 290 mm (16 1/2 x 11 1/2 in), surface dirt and browning, unframed, 1787 (2)

Lot 79

World.- Various cartographers (18th and 19th century) Collection of six maps of the world, including Guthrie's 'Chart of the World, according to Mercator's Projection shewing the Tracks & Discoveries of Capt. Cook', 'A Map of the World from the Best Authorities', another reduced 'Map of the World' by B. Baker, A. Bell's 'Geography. Map of the World, comprehending the latest discoverys', Arrowsmith's 'World on Globular Projection', and J. Archer's 'The World. On Mercator's Projection', engravings with hand-colouring, various sizes between 270 x 350 mm (10 5/8 x 13 3/4 in) to 410 x 505 mm (16 1/8 x 19 3/4 in), some old folds and handling creases, minor surface dirt and light browning, unframed, late 18th and 19th century (6)

Lot 156

NO RESERVE Sri Lanka.- Mercator (Gerard) and Jodocus Hondius. Ins. Ceilan quae incolis Tenarisin dictur, map of Ceylon (Sri Lanka), oriented with east at the top and includes elephants, gazelles and other animals, sailing ships, compass roses and 3 cartouches, engraving with hand-colouring, platemark 350 x 500 mm (13 3/4 x 19 3/4 in), sheet 455 x 540 mm (17 7/8 x 21 1/4 in), Latin text verso, even toning and surface dirt, some marginal nicks and small losses, unframed, [circa 1620].

Lot 27

Speed (John) Hantshire described and devided, county map with inset town plan of Winchester in the upper left corner, engraving with hand-colouring, 385 x 510 mm (15 1/8 x 20 in), woodcut initial of John Legatt verso, central vertical fold with some splitting and old repairs, marginal tape-stains and surface dirt, a few minor nicks, unframed, William Humble, [1646].

Lot 25

Essex.- Speed (John) Essex devided into Hundreds with the most antient and fayre towne Colchester described and other memorable monuments observed, county map with inset map of Colchester in the lower right corner, London in the lower left corner of the map, engraving with hand-colouring, platemark 390 x 510 mm (15 3/8 x 20 in), sheet 430 x 550 mm (17 x 21 3/4 in), even toning, minor surface dirt, marginal nicks and tears, unframed, George Humble, [1627].

Lot 126

Hungary.- Ortelius (Abraham) Hungariae Descriptio, Wolfgango Lazio. Auct., map showing Hungary, eastern Transylvania, and Bulgaria, engraving with some early hand-colouring, an excellent impression on laid paper with armorial watermark, platemark 350 x 500 mm (13 3/4 x 19 3/4 in), sheet 425 x 570 mm (16 3/4 x 22 1/2 in), Latin text verso, some handling creases, minor surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1584]

Lot 22

Dorset.- Speed (John) Dorsetshyre, county map with inset plan of Dorchester, engraving with hand-colouring, platemark 383 x 510 mm (15 1/8 x 20 in), sheet 445 x 565 mm (17 1/2 x 22 1/4 in), woodcut initial of Roger Rea verso, marginal nicks, some minor surface dirt, unframed, Bassett & Chiswell, [1676]

Lot 10

England & Wales.- Cary (John) Cary's New Map of England & Wales, with Part of Scotland, large folding engraved map in the three horizontal sections, with general map, title, and dedication, each section approx. 745 x 1770 mm. (29 1/4 x 69 3/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, green silk edges, minor offsetting and light browning, in book-style envelope slipcase, gilt, rubbed and scuffed, 4to, 1794.

Lot 105

Canada.- Jefferys (Thomas) An Exact Chart of the River St. Laurence, from Fort Frontenac to the Island of Anticosti Shewing the Soundings, Rocks, Shoals &c..., large-scale navigational chart of the St. Lawrence River, with Quebec in the lower left corner, numerous soundings and sailing directions, with coastal profiles and inset maps of specific sections of the river, engraving on two sheets of thick laid paper conjoined and mounted on conservation support, total sheet 610 x 950 mm (24 x 37 1/2 in), some small losses within the map, restored, other repairs to tears and splitting, rough edges, some surface dirt, unframed, Robert Sayer, 1775.

Lot 96

America.- Various cartographers (18th and 19th century) Collection of five maps of America, including an unidentified Western hemisphere map with the voyages of Capt. Cook, J.H. Colton's double-page map 'Colton's United States of America', and G.H. Swanston's 'United States North America', 'United States North America [...] The South Central Section', and another of the same, engravings with hand-colouring, various sizes, 440 x 695 mm (17 1/4 x 27 1/4 in), and smaller, handling creases and minor surface dirt, unframed, 19th century (5)

Lot 144

Middle East.- Ruscelli (Girolamo) Tabula Asiae VI [Arabian Peninsula], Ptolemaic map of the Arabian Peninsula engraving with hand-colouring, on laid paper without watermark, platemark 192 x 265 mm (7 5/8 x 10 1/2 in), sheet 225 x 325 mm (8 3/4 x 12 3/4 in), Italian text verso, central vertical fold with careful repairs verso, minor surface dirt, unframed, [Venice, 1561-1599].

Lot 54

NO RESERVE Oxford & Eastern counties.- Kitchin (Thomas) A new Improved Map of Oxfordshire from the best surveys and intelligences, divided into hundreds, county map with decorative title cartouche in the lower left corner, engraving with hand-colouring, 715 x 540 mm (28 1/4 x 21 1/4 in), horizontal fold, wide margins with nicks and tears, unframed, [1764]; together with 11 others, including Bowen's 'An Accurate Map of of Cambridgeshire Divided into its Hundreds...', Bowen's 'An Accurate Map... of Suffolk Divided into its Hundreds...', Saxton & Lea's 'Cambridge-Shire and The Great Levell of ye Fenns', and others by Robert Morden, Charles Smith, and others, engravings, various sizes, all unframed, 17th to 19th century (12)

Lot 9

NO RESERVE English county maps.- Northern England.- Speed (John) Anno Darbieshire described, county map, inset town plan of Derby and inset view of St Anne's well at Buxton, engraving, 385 x 510 mm (15 1/4 x 20 in), sheet 425 x 550 mm (16 3/4 x 21 3/4 in), central vertical fold with some splitting and loss, minor spotting and surface dirt, unframed, Sudbury & Humble, [1610 but later]; together with 17 others, including Blaeu's 'Ducatus Eboracensis pars Orientalis, The East Riding of Yorkshire', Jansson's 'Northumbria, Cumberlandia, Dunelmesis Episcopatus', Morden's 'The West Riding of Yorkshire', Cary's 'Northumberland' and 'Durham', and others, engravings, various sizes, all unframed, 17th to 19th century (18)

Lot 32

NO RESERVE London and River Thames.- Harris (John) The East Part of the River Thames, The West Part of the River Thames, panoramic map showing the course of the River Thames, from its spring in Gloucestershire to its estuary, engraving with original hand-colouring, on laid paper without watermark, sheet 225 x 385 mm (8 3/4 x 15 1/8 in), caeful repairs to splitting and loss, some surface dirt and browning, unframed, [1720]; together with 18 road strip maps of the London and its environs, including Weller's 'The River Thames from its Source to the Sea', 11 small road strip maps by Thomas Kitchin, and others similar, various sizes, all unframed, 18th and 19th century (19)

Lot 74

Wales.- Ortelius (Abraham) Cambriae Typus Auctore Humfredo Lhuydo Denbigiense Cambrobritano, map of Wales, with details of mountain ranges, forests, and towns, strap-work title cartouche, sea monster, and ship off the coast, engraving with some early hand-colouring, on laid paper with indistinct armorial watermark, platemark 370 x 490 mm (14 1/2 x 19 1/4 in), small margins, German text verso, repaired tears and marginal loss to upper edge, the loss not affecting the map, minor surface dirt, central vertical fold reinforced verso, some minor splitting repaired, unframed, [Antwerp, circa 1590s]Literature:VdB 21

Lot 60

NO RESERVE Sussex.- Jansson (Jan) Suthsexia vernacule Sussex, map of the county, engraving with later hand-colouring, platemark 385 x 515 mm (15 1/8 x 20 1/4 in), good margins, German text verso, central vertical fold with minor splitting, exposure lines to edges, minor surface dirt, unframed, Amsterdam, [1648]

Lot 157

NO RESERVE Sweden.- Hermelin (S.G.) Karta öfver Gottland eller Wisby höfdingedöme, large map of the Swedish island and province in the Baltic Sea, engraving with hand-colouring, on thick wove paper, platemark 950 x 625 mm (37 1/2 x 24 1/2 in), sheet 1040 x 665 mm (40 7/8 x 26 1/4 in), old folds with minor splitting, some light offsetting and minor nicks to edges, unframed, C.P. Hallstrom, 1805; together with a mixed group of 13 maps, including de Vaugondy's 'Royaume de Hongrie', Chatelain's 'Carte de L'Asie', Bowen's 'A New and Accurate Map of Europe', Hondius's 'Warwicum Northamtonia Huntingdonia Cantabrigia', and others, various sizes, all unframed, 17th to 19th century (14)

Lot 15

Southern England.- Bradshaw (George) Map of Canals, Navigable Rivers, Railways &c., in the Southern Counties of England, large detailed map with London in the upper right, engraving with bright full hand-colouring, an excellent impression, total sheet 980 x 1900 mm (38 3/4 x 74 3/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, with green silk ties, folding into calf book-style slipcase, morocco label to spine, very worn, missing top strip of case, 4to, 1832.

Lot 145

Middle East.- Ortelius (Abraham) Persici sive Sophorum Regni Typus, Persia from the Caspian Sea to the Red Sea with strapwork title cartouche in the lower right corner, engraved map with hand-colouring on laid paper without visible watermark, platemark 355 x 510 mm (14 x 20 1/8 in), sheet 470 x 580 mm (18 1/2 x 22 3/4 in), French text verso, very thin conservation tissue verso, minor surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1590 or slightly later].

Lot 62

The Fens.- Wells (Samuel) The Great Level of the Fens Called Bedford Level, with calligraphic title cartouche, mileage scale, table of explanation, compass rose and the arms of the company which undertook the drainage, engraved map with contemporary hand-colouring, 840 x 815 mm (33 x 21 1/8 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some sections slightly lifting up from linen, minor nicks and surface dirt, folding with marbled endpaper, bound in contemporary red half morocco gilt over marbled boards, missing spine and lower cover, very worn, 8vo, G. & J. Cary, 1829

Lot 13

NO RESERVE England & Wales.- Bingley (James) The Official Travelling Map of England and Wales with part of Scotland, engraving with original hand-colouring, 595 x 485 mm (23 1/2 x 19 in), dissected and mounted on linen, spotting and browning, some surface dirt, folding, unframed, Thomas Tegg, 1825; together with 17 other maps of England and Wales by Kitchin, Abbe Gaultier, Rapin, Cruchley, and others, engravings, various sizes, all unframed, mainly 18th and 19th century (18)

Lot 42

London.- Agas (Ralph) London in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, panoramic view of London from the south, based on the earliest surviving map of London, lithograph on wove paper by Edward Weller, on two sheets conjoined, total sheet approx. 495 x 1270 mm (19 1/2 x 50 in), a good impression with minor spotting, handling creases, and light surface dirt, a few small nicks repaired verso unframed, Cassell, Petter & Galpin, [circa 1880s].

Lot 14

NO RESERVE England & Wales.- Lewis (Samuel) A Map of England and Wales, Divided into Counties, Parliamentary Divisions, & Dioceses, presented in four sections, covering the North East, South East, North West, and South West of England, with large decorative title upper right in the North East section, and large engraved view of The General Post Office London upper left in the North West, the view by Griffiths after Allom, engraved folding maps, drawn by R. Creighton, and engraved by J. Dower, each dissected and mounted on linen, all with hand-colouring, each approx. 1060 x 880 mm (41 3/4 x 34 5/8 in), occasional surface dirt, spotting and offsetting, folding into contemporary calf, gilt decorated borders, spines splitting, covers almost detached, rubbed, 8vo, S. Lewis & Co., 1840 (4)

Lot 3

British Isles.- Phillips (John) Geological Map of the British Isles and adjacent coast of France, engraved map by J.W. Lowry with full hand-colouring, sheet 825 x 660 mm (32 1/2 x 26 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some spotting and browning, minor surface dirt, folding into original cloth-covered boards, gilt title to upper cover, spine splitting, rubbed and worn, 8vo, Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 1862.

Lot 93

NO RESERVE Africa.- Blaeu (Willem Jansz.) Aethiopia Inferior vel Exterior, map of South Africa covering the region from Congo-Zanzibar to the Cape, decorative title cartouche of a animal skin held aloft by two African men, engraving with outline hand-colouring on laid paper without visible watermark, platemark 385 x 500 mm. (15 1/4 x 19 3/4 in), sheet 440 x 535 mm (17 1/4 x 21 in), central vertical fold with minor repairs verso, French text verso, some browning and spotting, unframed, [circa 1635 or slightly later]

Lot 75

NO RESERVE Wales.- Speed (John) Glamorgan Shyre; The Countye of Monmouth; Breknoke, three welsh county maps, engravings without hand-colouring, on laid papers with grapes watermark, each sheet approx. 430 x 540 mm (16 7/8 x 21 1/4 in), some careful repairs to central vertical fold, each with excessive adhesive to lower sections within folds preventing them fully opening, rough edges, nicks and tears to extremities, some spotting and browning, unframed, Sudbury and Humble, [1627]; together with 9 further maps of Wales, including Blaeu's 'Mervinia et Montgomeria Comitatus', and 'Ceretica; Sive Cardiganensis Comitatus; Anglis Cardigan Shire', Kitchin's 'An Accurate Map of Brecknock Shire', and others by Weller, S.D.U.K., lithographs and engraving, various sizes, numerous splits, minor losses, surface dirt and browning, all unframed, 17th to 19th century (12)

Lot 68

Ireland.- [Bellin (Jacques Nicolas)] Carte Réduite des Isles Britanniques Cinquieme Feuille Contenant L'Irlande, large map and coastal chart of Ireland, engraving with hand-colouring, two sheets of laid paper conjoined, one sheet with watermark of double-headed eagle, platemark 900 x 580 mm (35 1/2 x 22 3/4 in), sheet 922 x 610 mm (36 1/4 x 24 in), old folds with some splitting, marginal damp-stains and surface dirt, light offsetting, Depot de la Marine stamp within map at lower centre, letterpress publisher's strip to lower left 'Au Magasin de Géographie ... chez Goujon ... Paris', [circa 1760].

Lot 150

NO RESERVE Military maps.- Philip & Son (George) Dunkirk to Berlin June 1940-July 1945, A Map of the Historic Wartime Journeys undertaken by The Right Hon. Sir Winston Churchill..., map of Churchill's travels during World War II, lithograph printed in colours, 910 x 1100 mm (35 3/4 x 43 1/4 in), folding as issued, minor surface dirt and light browning, folding into original slipcase with printed upper cover, rubbed, 8vo, [1956].

Lot 1

NO RESERVE British Isles.- Smith (Charles) Smith's New Map of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland..., large wall map with decorative title and inset map of Orkney and the Shetlands in the upper corners, engraving with original hand-colouring, on 6 large sheets joined into two sections, total size if all joined approximately 1820 x 1510 mm (71 5/8 x 59 1/2 in), old folds, some minor splitting, occasional minor marginal repairs, spotting and minor surface dirt, slightly rough edges in places, unframed, 1806 but corrected to 1811.

Lot 129

Iceland.- Bellin (Jacques Nicolas) Carte de l'Islande, pour Servir a la Continuation de l'Histoire Generale des Voyages, map of Iceland, engraving with hand-colouring, sheet 310 x 390 mm (12 1/4 x 15 3/8 in), old folds, some minor spotting and surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1780]; together with an impression of Fullarton & Co.'s 'Danish Islands in the North Atlantic Ocean', with maps of Iceland and the Faroe Islands, lithograph with hand-colouring, 470 x 315 mm (18 1/2 x 12 in), minor nicks, some surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1860s] (2).

Lot 111

Denmark.- Homann (Johann Baptist) Tabula Generalis Iutiae, Continens Dioeceses Quatuor, Alburgensem, Wiburgensem, Ripensem et Arhusiensem, quae et sunt Divisae in Omnia sua Dominia..., map of northern Denmark with large pictorial title cartouche with the king and queen of ancient Jutland in the upper left, engraving with full original hand-colouring, 585 x 500 mm (23 x 19 3/4 in), central horizontal fold with splitting, minor toning and surface dirt, small marginal loss to upper left corner, unframed, [circa 1716].

Lot 66

Ireland.- Moll (Herman) A New Map of Ireland Divided into its Provinces, Counties and Baronies..., large map of Ireland with inset plans of Dublin, Cork, Kinsale, Limerick, Waterford and Galway, and one of the Giants' Causeway, engraved map with hand-colouring, on two sheets of laid paper conjoined, total sheet 1030 x 635 mm (4 1/4 x 24 1/2 in), old folds with minor splitting, small repairs visible verso, minor nicks to extremities, some browning, handling creases and surface dirt, unframed, 1714.

Lot 80

World.- Hardy (John, Eton College Teacher of Mathematics & Writing Master, 1770s) and Thomas Bowen. A new projection of the Eastern Hemisphere of the earth on a plane; A new projection of the Western Hemisphere of the earth on a plane, unusual double-hemisphere world map projection, engraving with some hand-colouring, two sheets conjoined, total size 270 x 470 mm (10 5/8 x 18 1/2 in), old folds and minor handling creases, right edge carefully re-margined, unframed, F. Newbery, 1776.⁂ Western Hemisphere shown shortly before the discovery of Hawaii, with the Eastern Hemisphere featuring both New Guinea and Tasmania attached to Australia.

Lot 103

Belgium.- Ortelius (Abraham) Leodiensis Dioecesis Typus, map showing the Muese River valley including Namur and Liege, with west oriented at top of map, engraving with full hand-colouring, platemark 380 x 492 mm (15 x 19 1/4 in), sheet 470 x 580 mm (18 1/2 x 22 3/4 in), Latin text verso, spotting and surface dirt, unframed, [Antwerp, circa 1584].

Lot 149

NO RESERVE Middle East.- Escape map on silk.- War Office (Geographical Section) Cairo; Alexandria - Torbuch, "restricted" military intelligence escape map, first edition, lithograph printed in colours on silk, sheet 570 x 680 mm (21 1/4 x 24 in), some surface dirt and abrasion, old folds, thinning in places, unframed, 1953.

Lot 112

Europe.- War of the Spanish Succession.- [Plan of the Siege of Menen], broadside with large engraved plan showing the fortifications of Menen, with inset map of Dendermonde, German letterpress text below, on two sheets conjoined, total sheet 605 x 390 mm (23 3/4 x 15 1/4 in), old folds with splitting repaired verso, some minor surface dirt, unframed, Nuremberg, 1706 § Fricx (Eugene Henry) Plan du Siege de Bouchain, engraved plan with letterpress key in French below, two sheets conjoined, total sheet 485 x 465 mm (19 x 18 1/4 in), handling creases, some small repairs, unframed, Brussels, 1711 (2)

Lot 89

Africa.- Morocco.- Mercator (Gerard) and Claudius Ptolemy. Africae I Tab:, Ptolemaic map of the northwestern part of Africa, filled with ancient names, including the Straits of Gibraltar, here called the Herculeu fretum, engraving with hand-colouring, on thick laid paper without watermark, platemark 330 x 465 mm (13 x 18 1/4 in), sheet 410 x 530 mm (16 x 20 7/8 in), central vertical fold with some old splitting, marginal spotting and surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1578].

Lot 288

Map of Somersetshire, a view of Somerset originally drawn by Thomas Bowen George, published by Alex Hogg, 16.5cm x 20.5cm (the visible plate)Condition report: Wear in line with age, the frame damaged

Lot 313

A hand coloured map of Northumberland in a hogarth frame

Lot 222

A set of forty Birmingham Mint sterling silver “Ancient Counties of England” commemorative medals, 1977, in fitted case, with descriptive notes, & reproduction folding Blaeu map.

Lot 46

A vintage French coloured folding map “Foret De Fontainbleau Par Denecourt” (Forest of Fontainbleau), display in glazed frame, 23” x 21”.

Lot 47

A vintage French coloured folding map “Paris Metropolitan”, 19¾” x 37¼”; & two vintage British coloured folding maps “London Underground”, 17” x 22¼” & “Kew Royal Botanic Gardens”, 21¼” x 16¼”, each in glazed frame.

Lot 48

Two large coloured geological maps of “Great Britain “(Sheet 1 & 2), (2nd Edition 1957), 32½” x 41½”; & a Hagstrom’s coloured map of “New York Subways Elevated Lines”, 27” x 19”, each in glazed frame.

Lot 225

Two plastic cases with 62 drawers of 00 HO Gauge electric spares, red case with 48 drawers includes, bulbs, variable resistors, fixed resistors, capacitors, Jack plugs and sockets, magnets, diodes, LED's, Transistors, Bridge rectifiers, brown case includes OO Gauge wheels, motor, couplings, PTFE grease, bogies and other spares, Hornby inclined piers, platform LMS map, generally VG (qty)

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