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Click here to subscribeSri Lanka.- Münster (Sebastian) Sumatra ein grosse insel so von den alten Geographen Taprobana ist genent worden, large vignette of an elephant in the upper left corner, text cartouche below, the map of Sri Lanka to the right, woodcut, 270 x 360 mm (10 3/4 x 14 1/4 in), under glass minor, minor spotting, handling creases, framed, [c. 1550].
NO RESERVE France.- Münster (Sebastian) Gallia IIII Nova Tabula, woodcut map, the place names both Ptolemaic and modern, sheet 310 x 400 mm (12 1/4 x 15 3/4 in), verso with text panel within a woodcut border attributed to Hans Holbein the younger, central vertical fold handling creases, surface dirt, [Basel, Heinrich Petri, circa 1540 or slightly later]; together with 19 further maps of France, including Edward Wells' map 'Gaul', Covens & Mortier's regional map of Picardy, plans of Marseille, Grenoble, Landau, Dunkirk, a Münster panorama of Poitiers, and others, engravings, various sizes, all unframed, mainly 18th and 19th century (20)
Middle East.- Mills (Charles) The History of the Crusades, for the Recovery and Possession of the Holy Land, 2 vol., engraved frontispiece, folding engraved map, 2 folding tables with short tears, occasional faint spotting, occasional pencil annotations, bookplate, contemporary half-calf, a little rubbed, vol. 2 with broken upper joint but holding firm, rubbed and worn, small split to spine foot (vol. 2), 1822 § Smith (George Adam) Atlas of the Historical Geography of the Holy Land, double-page colour maps, neat pencil note to title, original cloth, small ink-stain to upper cover, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1915 § Lamartine (Alphonse de) A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, 2 vol., front free endpaper detached (vol. 2), scattered spotting, contemporary half-morocco, gilt, cracked joints, small loss to spine heads, rubbed and worn, Philadelphia, 1835; and others, the Holy Land, v.s. (c.70)
British Isles.- Speed (John) The Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland, First edition, map with strapwork title cartouche, inset views of London and Edinburgh, small map of the Orkneys, and decorated with ships and sea-monsters, engraving by Joducus Hondius, with hand-colouring, sheet 400 x 525 mm (15 3/4 x 20 3/4 in), English text verso, central vertical fold reinforced verso with careful repairs to splitting, some parallel creases and minor splits repaired, rough edges with nicks and tears to extremities, upper right and lower right corners with some loss replaced in facsimile, handling creases, unframed, [c. 1611].
Africa.- Stanley (Henry Morton) In Darkest Africa, 2 vol., 3 folding colour maps, 2 torn (one quite severely), folding table, 1890; My Kalulu, Prince, King, and Slave, 48pp. publishers' catalogue at end, 1873 § Baker (Sir Samuel White) The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia, 2 colour maps, one folding, 1867; Ismailïa: a Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade, 2 vol., 2 colour maps, one folding, 55pp. publishers' catalogue at end vol.1, 1874 § Aylward (Alfred) The Transvaal of To-day: War, Witchcraft, Sport, and Spoils in South Africa, folding colour map and 24pp. catalogue at end, Edinburgh & London, 1878, first editions, frontispieces, plates and illustrations, some hinges weak, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, spines darkened, all but the first and last worn at head of spines, 8vo (7)
London.- Cruchley (George Frederick) Cruchley's New Plan of London and its Environs, large impressive map showing from Highgate to River Lea, Dulwich to Hammersmith, decorated with ornamental border, title to upper centre, engraving with full contemporary hand-colouring, 1345 x 1410 mm (53 x 55 1/2 in), dissected and mounted on linen, extensive splitting to folds, one area of significant loss to border and just within the map to left of Shepherd's Bush, numerous stains, areas of abrasion, some damp-stains, spotting and browning, folding with marbled endpapers, worn, 8vo, 1828Literature:Howgego 320, unrecorded state before (1)
World.- Kitchin (Thomas) A General Atlas, describing the whole Universe, letterpress title, with 24 map sections only (of 35), including maps of The British Isles, Europe, Russia, Asia, and South America, many folding, various sizes, some outline hand-colouring, minor offsetting in places, handling creases, minor surface dirt, some nicks and tears to extremities, title and maps mounted stubs, a few loose, some missing, marbled boards, rubbed and scuffed, very worn, folio, [circa 1773 or slightly later]Literature:cf. Phillips, Atlases 653 and 3514
China and Japan.- Covens & Mortier (Publishers) Imperii Sinarum Nova Descriptio, the Chinese Empire based on the compilation of the Jesuit Father Martino Martini who traveled through the region between 1643 and 1650, the map by Blaeu, engraving with hand-colouring, platemark 460 x 590 mm. (18 x 23 1/4 in), under glass, minor off-setting, some spotting and light browning, framed [circa 1695].
Essex.- Speed (John) Essex, devided into Hundreds, with the most Antient and fayre Towne Colchester..., First edition, county map with inset town plan of Colchester, engraving with original hand-colouring, sheet 435 x 520 mm (17 x 20 1/2 in), trimmed to left and right edges but well outside platemark, exposure line just outside borderline, minor surface dirt, unframed, George Humble, [c. 1611].
NO RESERVE River & Canal Maps.- Whitworth (Robert) and others. Collection of canal survey maps, including '...Navigable Canal from Basingstoke in the County of Southampton, to the River Wey...', 'A Plan of the River Lagon, and of the intended Navigable Canal from Belfast to Loughneagh...', ...'River Salwarp and of the Navigable Canal from Droitwich to the River Severn', '...City of Coventry to Communicate with the Grand Canal upon Fradley Heat...' '...Navigable Canal... the City of Coventry to the City of Oxford', '...Chesterfield... to the River Trent...', ...'Leeds and Liverpool Canal near Eccleston..., to Kendal in Westmorland...', and two further similar maps, and seven further diagrammatic plans relating to Canals, engravings, various sizes, each map approx. 200 x 350 mm (7 7/8 x 13 3/4 in), some laid onto support with repairs to splitting of old folds, occasional surface dirt and browning, modern red cloth, oblong 4to, [circa 1770]; together with 4 folding maps, including Airey's Railway Map of England & Wales, Seventh Edition, a "Geographia" Map of Hampshire and Berkshire, and Walker's map of Kent and Hampshire, 8vo and 12mo, 19th century (5)
Asia.- Rein (J. J.) Japan: Travels and Researches, frontispiece, plates, illustrations, previous owner's signature, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1888 § Savage-Landor (A. Henry) The Gems of East, 2 vol., plates, folding map, folding table, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, 1904; and another, Japan, 8vo (4)
World.- Goos (Abraham) Typus Orbis Terrarum, miniature map of the world in two hemispheres, commissioned by Jansson to replace his father in law, Jodocus Hondius's version from 1628, California shown as an island, engraving on laid paper without watermark, sheet 170 x 215 mm (6 3/4 x 8 1/2 in), minor marginal nicks, some repaired in the lower margin, unframed, [circa 1630s or slightly later].
World.- Rosaccio (Giuseppe) Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio, double-hemisphere world map based on Mercator's map of 1587, originally from Rosaccio and Ruscelli's edition of Ptolemy's Geographia, but this impression from Lasor a Varea's Universus Terranam Orbis Scriptorum, engraving with stipple, a good impression on laid paper without watermark, platemark 195 x 255 mm (7 3/4 x 10 in), sheet 220 x 285 mm (8 3/4 x 11 1/4 in), without text verso, one vertical fold, lightly pressed, unframed, [1598 but circa 1713].
London & Middlesex.- Seale (Richard William) To the most noble Thomas Holles Pelham, Duke of Newcastle..., This map of the county of Middlesex is dedicated by his Graces's most humble servant..., ninety-two armorials of the Free Companies and livery of The City of London to the vertical margins, engraving with some original hand-colouring, platemark 525 x 730 mm (20 3/4 x 28 3/4 in), sheet 565 x 760 mm (22 1/4 x 29 7/8 in), central vertical fold with associated creases, upper left corner with loss repaired, lower right corner with loss and very small amount of text loss replaced in facsimile, other marginal repairs to small nicks and tears, handling creases, surface dirt, unframed, [1756].
World.- Mayhew (Henry) The Rhine and its Picturesque Scenery, 2 vol., half-titles, steel-engraved frontispieces, additional titles, and 36 plates, very occasional light spots, original decorative cloth, gilt, joints lightly rubbed, extremities bumped and creased, 1856 § Dennis (George) The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria, 2 vol., third edition, plates and illustrations, some folding, original cloth, gilt, lightly rubbed, 1883 § Ragozin (Zénaïde) Vedic India, third edition, half-title, folding frontispiece and map, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine ends bumped but overall a bright copy; and 25 others, mostly travel, some topography, v.s. (30)
London.- Overton (Henry) A New & Correct Map of Thirty Miles Round London Shewing all the Towns, Villages Roads &c..., circular map of the environs of London, showing from Great Marlow in the West, clockwise to Baldock, Chelmsford, Canvey Island, Maidstone, Horsham and Godalming, with extensive key of place names to left and right edges, engraving with outline hand-colouring, on laid paper without watermark, 650 x 950 mm (25 5/8 x 37 1/4 in), old folds and handling creases, a few splitting and repaired verso, some rough edges with small nicks and losses, surface dirt, unframed, published by Laurie & Whittle, [circa 1720 but 1794]Literature:Howgego 67 (2)
Polar.- Du Chaillu (Paul B.) The Land of the Midnight Sun, 2 vol., first edition, frontispieces (1 folding), plates and illustrations, large folding linen-backed map at end vol. 1., spotting to first and last few leaves, near contemporary half-morocco, gilt, 1881 § Kane (Elisha Kent) Arctic Explorations: the Second Grinnell Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin ..., 2 vol., portrait frontispieces, additional engraved titles, 18 plates, 1 folding isothermal chart. 3 maps (1 folding), illustrations, scattered faint spotting, contemporary half-calf, gilt, lightly sunned spine, slight bumping to corners, Philadelphia, 1856; and another similar, 8vo (5)
London & environs.- Speed (John) Midle-Sex described with the most famous Cities of London and Westminster, First edition, with inset plans and views of St Paul's and Westminster Abbey, engraved map with hand-colouring, on laid paper with armorial watermark, platemark 380 x 510 mm (15 x 20 in), under glass, central vertical fold with careful repairs to splitting, small perforation to sheet in the lower right corner just above St Paul's, faint even toning, framed, George Humble, [c. 1611].
Africa.- War Office (Geographical Section) South West Africa. Transvaal. Third Edition. Army/Air Style, map extending from Cape Town to Rhodesia, lithograph printed in colours, 980 x 1350 mm (38 1/2 x 53 1/8 in), dissected and mounted on linen, folding with green endpapers into original green cloth boards, printed label to upper cover of George Philip & Son, 4to, 1943; together with 3 duplicates of the same map (4)
NO RESERVE British Isles.- Geological map.- Loader (T.B.) T. B. Loader's Scientific and Commercial Map of England and Wales in which are delineated the canals, rail-roads & navigable rivers, large calligraphic cartouche, compass rose, table of geological references and table of geological productions peculiar to each county and a table of explanation, fourteen geological cross sections, lithograph by W. Day, with hand-colouring, 1340 x 1100 mm (52 3/4 x 43 1/4 in), mounted on linen with old discoloured varnish, numerous areas of loss, splits, nicks and tears, rough edges, presented on contemporary wooden rollers, rolled, 1831.
Australia.- Hydrographic Office of the Admirality (British) Australia South Coast - Port Phillip, chart of Port Phillip Bay with Melbourne in the upper centre, surveyed by Lieutenants T.M. Symonds and H.R. Henry of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, with inset map 'The Entrance Channel Enlarged' in the lower right corner, engraving on wove paper without watermark, by J.& C. Walker, sheet 510 x 660 mm (20 x 26 in), carefully edged with linen, minor surface dirt, handling creases, unframed, June 13th 1838 with additions to 1842.
NO RESERVE Portugal.- Kinsey (Rev. W. M.) Portugal Illustrated; in a Series of Letters, double-page engraved frontispiece, 25 engraved plates, 14 hand-coloured, double-page engraved map, illustrations, 8pp. musical score, scattered spotting, contemporary calf, gilt, a little rubbed, 8vo, 1828.
Railways.- Bradshaw (George) Map & Sections of the Railways of Great Britain, with inset map of London in the lower left corner, engraving with some hand-colouring, 1650 x 1040 mm (65 x 41 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some light offsetting, spotting and browning, folding with marbled endpapers, green silk edges, contemporary purple straight-grain morocco, gilt and blind tooled with title to upper cover, rebacked, rubbed, 4to, 1839; together with 'Plan & Section of the Oxford & Great Western Union Railway with a branch to Abingdon', seven sheets of plans and sections with outline hand-colouring, loose, held within contemporary straight-grain morocco case with metal clasp, gilt lettering to flap, with GWR ownership label inside front cover, rubbed and slightly worn, oblong 4to, 19th century (2) ⁂ Bradshaw's first railway map.
Railways.- Early Cumbrian railways.- Stephenson (George) Plan and Section of the Maryport and Carlisle Railway in the Country of Cumberland, the plan only (lacking "Section), strip railway map, lithograph by Cheffins, with some outline hand-colouring, 305 x 2730 mm (12 x 10 7 1/2 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some losses, tears, nicks and surface dirt and stains, folding with cream endpapers, without slipcase, 4to, 1836; together with two others similar, including the earliest plan of the Furness Railway system, 'Plan and Section of an intended railway from Rampside and Barrow to Dalton and Ulverston and to the existing railway at or near Sandside', surveyed by J. Robnson Wright, and also with a similar plan titled 'Furness Railway 1846', including extensions to Broughton, Roe Island, and at Lindal, 860 x 1140 mm (34 x 45 in), and 710 x 150 mm (28 x 59 in), respectively, both dissected and mounted on linen, folding with marbled endpapers, 1840s (3)
America.- Stone (George W.) Geologic Map of North America, lithograph printed in colours, 980 x 1380 mm (38 1/2 x 54 1/4 in), minor nicks and tears to extremities, spotting and surface dirt, handling creases, unframed, rolled, published by the Geological Society of America, 1946; together with the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey's 'The World on the Azimuthal Equidistant Projection centered at New York City, published in Washington, 1949, and with the Washington Hydrographic Office's two-sheet 'World Chart', first edition, 1952 (3)
Central & Eastern Europe.- Mortier (Pierre) Estats De Pologne Subdivises suivant l'estendue des Palatinats Parle Sr. Sanson, large map of Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, and part of Russia, first published by Hubert Jaillot in Paris based on the cartography of Nicholas Sanson, engraving with outline hand-colouring, on two sheets of laid paper conjoined, without watermarks, platemark 585 x 875 mm (23 x 34 1/2 in), sheet 660 x 1050 mm (26 x 41 1/4 in), some nicks and tears with small losses to extremities, occasional spotting and browning, minor handling creases, unframed, Amsterdam, [circa 1700].
NO RESERVE Asia.- Carruthers (Douglas) Unknown Mongolia, 2 vol., first American edition, half-titles, frontispieces, plates, illustrations, 6 maps (4 folding, 2 in text), pp.xv-xviii and folding map detached and loosely inserted, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, Philadelphia, 1914.
NO RESERVE Switzerland.- Blaeu (Willem Jansz.) Das Wiflispurgergow, map of Southwestern Switzerland after Mercator, with ornamental title cartouche and showing Geneva, Lake Geneva, Lake Neuchatel, Lake Biel, Bern, Freiburg, Lake Thuner, and others, engraving with outline hand-colouring, 395 x 515 mm (15 1/2 x 20 1/4 in), under glass, presented in cassetta-style frame by Sebastian D'Orsai, [1647]
London.- Davies (Benjamin Rees) Davies' New Map of London and its Environs showing the New Railways, Stations & other Modern Improvements, large folding map of London, showing from Tottenham to Woolwich, and Lower Streatham to Hanwell, map affixed with text collage strips showing boundaries , engraving with hand-colouring, 730 x 1120 mm (28 3/4 x 44 1/8 in), dissected and mounted on linen, extensive splitting to folds, linen fraying, some browning, damp-stains and surface dirt, unframed, [Stanford's Geog Estab., 1887]; together with a good mixed group of 12 maps showing the environs of London, including Seale's 'New Map of the Countries Ten Miles round the Cities of London & Westminster...', two copies of Chatelain's 'Nouvelle Carte du Gouvernement Civil d'Angleterre', Thornton's ' A New and Correct Map of the Counties upwards of Twenty Miles Round London', and others, engravings, various sizes, all loose, some occasional nicks tears, and losses, all unframed, 18th and 19th century (13)
Polar.- Arctic.- M'Dougall (George F.) The Eventful Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ship "Resolute" to the Arctic Regions in search of Sir John Franklin..., first edition, half-title, folding engraved map with partial hand-colouring and routes supplied in red and blue, 8 tinted lithographed plates, some finished by hand with colouring of flags, wood-engraved illustrations, 24pp. publishers' catalogue at end, light spotting, old book-label of Thomas Kemp 1871 and bookplate of John R.Anderson, pencil note re restoration to front free endpaper, original cloth, rubbed, rebacked & recased preserving original spine, [Sabin 43183], 1857 § Kane (Elisha Kent) Arctic Explorations in Search of Sir John Franklin, wood-engraved plates, some double-page, and illustrations, some marginal staining, contemporary calf prize binding, rubbed, spine defective at head, 1892, 8vo (2)⁂ The Resolute set out as part of Belcher's relief expedition in 1850 but became stuck in the ice and was abandoned in May 1854. It was found by a American whaler, bought by the U.S. government and returned to Britain where it was presented to Queen Victoria. A desk was later built using its timbers and presented to the President of the United States in thanks; it is now situated in the Oval Office in the White House where it has been used by most of the intervening Presidents.
Railways.- Merret (H., Surveyor) Map of certain Intended Lines of Railway from St Helens to West Bank at Runcorn Gap..., manuscript plan, signed and dated by Merret, and also signed by the engineer, Charles Vignoles, the plan showing alternative routes for the proposed line with several branches, pen and ink, watercolour, 600 x 1850 mm (23 3/4 x 72 3/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, several areas of small loss, repaired tears, surface dirt and stains, folding with purple-coloured endpapers, slightly worn, large 4to, 1829.
Polar.- Royal Geographical Society.- Sketch Map Showing Route of the 'Fram' and Nansen's and Johansen's Sledge Journey, leaflet map printed for the 'Nansen Meeting' held at the Albert Hall, 8th February, 1897, illustrating their North Pole journey, lithograph printed in colours by John Bartholomew, on thick wove paper, sheet 270 x 440 mm (10 3/4 x 17 1/4 in), old folds as issued, printed title verso, some careful repairs to old perforations within the map, visible verso, unframed, The Edinburgh Geographical Institute, 1897.
England & Wales.- Walker (John) Map of the Inland Navigation, Canals, and Rail Roads with the Situations of the various Mineral Productions throughout Great Britain, large detailed folding map with calligraphic title and dedication, compass rose and table of explanation, with inset map of Scotland in the upper right quadrant, engraving, an excellent crisp impression with with original hand-colouring, 1910 x 1570 mm ( 75 1/4 x 61 3/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some offsetting and light browning, edged with green linen, some edges a little rough, folding with marbled ends, ink stamp verso of 'Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation Library', presented in contemporary book-style slipcase, gilt and blind tooled, scuffed and very worn, 4to, 1830.
Middle East.- Escape map on silk.- War Office (Geographical Section) Tabriz (verso); Tbilisi (recto), "restricted" military intelligence escape map, fifth edition, lithograph printed in colours on silk, sheet 540 x 610 mm (21 1/4 x 24 in), some surface dirt and abrasion, old folds, thinning in places, unframed, 1951.
NO RESERVE Italy.- Ortelius (Abraham) Perusini agri; exactissima nouissimáque descriptio: auctore Egnatio Dante, detailed map of Perugia, engraving on laid paper with watermark of crossed arrows, platemark 335 x 470 mm (13 1/4 x 18 1/2 in), sheet 450 x 585 mm (17 3/4 x 23 in), French text verso, central vertical fold, marginal damp-stains and surface dirt, some handling creases, unframed, [Antwerp, circa 1584]; together with Patavini Territorii Corographia, Iac. Castaldo Auct. [on sheet with] Apuliae quae olim Iapygia, Nova Corographia, engraving, sheet 450 x 580 mm (17 3/4 x 22 3/4 in), French text verso, central vertical fold, unframed, [Antwerp, 1598]; and Goritiae, Karstii, Chaczeolae, Carniolae..., engraving, sheet 445 x 280 mm (17 1/2 x 11 in), minor handling creases, light toning and surface dirt, unframed, [c. 1598] (3)
NO RESERVE Germany.- Ortelius (Abraham) Mansfeldiae Comitatus Descriptio. Auctore Tilemanno Stella Sig., regional map of Germany centered on Mansfeld and Eisleben, engraving with hand-colouring, platemark 370 x 430 mm (14 1/2 x 16 7/8 in), sheet 450 x 585 mm (17 3/4 x 23 in), French text verso, damp-stains to margin, nicks and tears to extremities, some handling creases, unframed, [Antwerp, c.1580]; together with three other Ortelius maps of Germany, including Franciae orientalis (vulgo Franckenlant) [on sheet with] Monasteriensis et Osnaburgensis episcopatus descriptio, and Braunsuicensis, et Luneburgensis Ducatum Vera Delineat. [on sheet with] Norimberg. Agri, Fidissima Descrip., and Buchaviae, sive Fuldensis Ditionis Typus... [on sheet with] Waldeccensis Comitatus Descriptio Accuratissima, engravings, each sheet approx. 450 x 585 mm (17 3/4 x 23 in), all unframed, [Antwerp, c. 1580]; and 2 others by Sebastian Munster and another compromised Ortelius map of Pomeraniae, Wandalicae Regionis Typ., all unframed, (7)
Atlases.- Lizars (Daniel) Lizars' Edinburgh Geographical General Atlas, 68 double-page engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline, with 1 double-page 'Tables of Mountain Chains' map, all mounted on stubs, some offsetting, occasional light soiling to margins, title with restoration visible, blindstamp of Uttoexter Mechanics Library, further blindstamps of Joseph Bladon, modern half calf, spine gilt, a little rubbed and scuffed, folio, [1842].⁂ Including the two rare maps depicting the Republic of Texas between its secession from Mexico in 1836 and its annexation in 1845.
Australia.- Harry Beck London Underground variant.- Commissioner for Railways (New South Wales) Railway Map, Sydney Suburban and City Underground Railway, first edition, lithograph printed in colours, sheet 165 x 245 mm (6 1/2 x 9 1/2 in), printed recto and verso, folds as issued, some spotting and browning, unframed, 1939.
London.- Schmollinger (W.) Improved map of London for 1833, from actual survey, showing from Islington across to the West India Docks, and Kennington to Paddington, including the proposed tunnel under the Thames at Wapping, and the Greenwich-to-London railway line, engraving on wove paper without watermark, sheet 470 x 625 mm (18 1/2 x 24 1/2 in), vertical and horizontal folds with splitting, numerous nicks and tears, one large tear repaired upper left, another not repaired lower right, others smaller and mainly to extremities, minor browning, unframed, 1833; together with 3 other maps of London, including Bowen's 'A Plan of the City and Liberties of London after the Dreadful Conflagration in the Year 1666', Vertue's 'A Plan of the City and Suburbs of London as fortified by Order of Parliament in the years 1642 & 1643', and a scarce copy of 'A Plan of the intended New Road from Padington to Islington' from the Gents Magazine, 1756, various sizes, all unframed, 18th century (4)Literature:[Schmollinger] Howgego 349, unrecorded state between (1) and (2)
Oxford.- Speed (John) Oxfordshire described with ye Citie and the Armes of the Colledges of yt famous University, county map, with inset town plan of Oxford, the vertical margins decorated with the heraldic shields of 18 of the Oxford colleges, engraving with hand-colouring, sheet 407 x 528 mm (18 1/2 x 20 3/4 in), central vertical fold with some splitting expertly repaired verso, some minor browning and surface dirt, minor nicks and tears to extremities with handling creases, unframed, Sudbury and Humble, [circa 1611-1627].
Europe upside down.- Münster (Sebastian) [Europa das ein Drittheil der Erden/nach Gelegenheit Unsern Zeiten], map of Europe, orientated in reverse with the north in the south, title trimmed from the upper margin, woodcut, sheet 258 x 340 mm (10 1/8 x 13 1/2 in), trimmed to borderline, old printers' creases, handling creases, minor surface dirt and browning, unframed, [c. 1540 or slightly later]
London.- Smith (Charles) Smith's New Plan of London, Westminster & Southwark, showing from Elephant & Castle to Islington, and Hyde Park to the East India Docks, with extensive key below featuring 350 alphabetical references, engraved map with outline hand-colouring, 420 x 740 mm (16 1/2 x 29 1/8 in), dissected and mounted on linen, surface dirt and browning, handling creases, folding without slipcase, 1818Literature:Howgego 225 unrecorded state between (11) and (12)
British Empire.- Anonymous. Coronation King Edward VIII, souvenir flag with a portrait of the King, a double-hemisphere world map with the British Empire coloured red, and the Royal Arms illustrated over a Union Jack background, colour-printed wood engraving on linen, 230 x 320 mm (9 x 12 1/2 in), small holes, minor surface dirt, unframed, [1936].⁂ The flag was printed in 1936 ready for the Coronation which was to take place the following year. However, Edward VIII chose love and marriage to Mrs Wallis Simpson rather than the throne and crown. Edward abdicated on 11th December 1936 and George VI was crowned instead.
NO RESERVE Asia.- Speed (John) A Newe Mape of Tartary, detailed map showing from Lake Baikal through the regions of present-day Manchuria and Siberia to the north of the Great Wall of China, with Korea as an Island, featuring 8 side panels with the people of Tartary in their native costume, and four vignette views above of Nova Zembla, and the silk route cities of Astrakan, Samarkand and Cambalu, engraving on laid paper without watermark, sheet 390 x 510 mm (15 1/4 x 20 in), trimmed to borderline, central vertical fold, minor nicks, unframed, Bassett & Chiswell, [1676]
London.- Horwood (Richard) Twenty map sheets from 'Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark and parts adjoining shewing every house', mainly sheets of the East London, including Whitechapel and Shoreditch, with six trimmed within the platemark but with full hand-colouring, the rest uncoloured with small margins, some duplicates, engravings, each sheet approx. 660 x 550 mm (26 x 21 3/4 in), or smaller, one sheet split completely along horizontal fold, others with splitting, nicks and tears, surface dirt, stains, and handling creases, all unframed, [1795] (20)
London.- [Rocque (John) and Richard Parr] Central section and parts of Rocque's 'An Exact Survey of the City's of London, Westminster ye Borough of Southwark...', includes 13 sections [not all in original sheet formats/sizes], with four sections that when conjoined show uniformly from Chiswick to Mile End, Islington to Dulwich, all centred on the River Thames and central London, the other sections of peripheral parts of the map, some duplicates, engraving, some sheets previously joined and later somewhat irregularly trimmed, each section approx. 470 x 630 mm (18 1/2 x 24 3/4 in), or smaller, a few with large splits and tears, some edges reinforced verso, handlng creases, nicks and tears, surface dirt, all unframed, [1746] (13)Literature:cf. Howgego 94
Ireland.- Nollin (Jean Baptiste) Le Royaume D'Irlande. Divise en Provinces Subdivises en Comtez et en Baronies ..., decorative Jacobite map of Ireland with large cartouche in the upper left corner, engraving with hand-colouring, on laid paper mounted onto paper support, sheet 660 x 480 mm (26 x 18 7/8 in), old folds visible, some minor marginal stains, surface dirt and browning, unframed, Paris, [circa 1690].
England and Ireland.- Speed (John) The Invasions of England and Ireland with al their Civill Wars Since the Conquest, decorative title cartouche surmounted by royal arms, upper right, naval battles in the Channel and North Sea, numerous land battles, large compass rose, arms of Scotland, Ireland and France, a text panel lower left, engraved map by Cornelius Danckerts, with hand-colouring, platemark 390 x 520 mm (15 1/4 x 20 1/2 in), English text verso, central vertical fold with careful repairs to splitting verso, marginal nicks and tears, some minor browning and surface dirt, with light exposure lines outside of borderline, unframed, Bassett & Chiswell, [circa 1676].
Europe.- Ireland (Samuel) A Picturesque Tour through Holland, Brabant, and part of France, 2 vol., second edition, aquatint vignette titles, 46 aquatint plates and 2 engraved plates, illustrations, short marginal tear repaired, occasional marginal damp-staining, strengthened hinges, contemporary half-vellum rubbed, soiled, 1796 § Gorse (Pierre) Les Pyrénées Monumentales et Pittoresques, tinted lithograph title, folding map, 45 hand-coloured lithograph plates, 7 double-page or folding, occasional marginal damp-staining, scattered spotting, original cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and extremities, chez Lafon, [c.1850] § Beattie (William) The Waldenses, or, Protestant Valleys of Piedmont and Dauphiny, engraved portrait frontispiece, additional engraved title, 70 engraved plates, 1 folding map, occasional spotting, previous owner's ink signature, contemporary morocco, a little rubbed, 1838; and others similar, v.s. (13)
Ireland.- Griffiths (Richard) and Thomas Larcom. A General Map of Ireland to Accompany the Report of the Railway Commissioners shewing the Principal Physical Features and Geological Structure of the Country, large detailed wall map presented in four sections, engravings with hand-colouring outlining counties, each sheet approx. 930 x 760 mm (36 1/2 x 30 in), dissected and mounted on modern linen, even toning to sheets throughout, some surface dirt, small repairs to nicks and tears, each section folding with marbled endpapers, marbled slipcase, large 4to, Hodges & Smith, Dublin, and James Gardner, [1839]⁂ Richard Griffiths produced the earliest geological maps of Ireland; this wall-map version was first published in 1839, while a reduced version was included in the Irish Railway Commission Atlas of the previous year.
De L'Isle (Guillaume) Atlante novissimo che contiene tutte le parti del mondo, nel quale sono esattamente descritti, first vol. only (of 2), engraved half-title, title printed in red and black ink, 26 engraved maps only (of 27, lacking the world map), some handling creases, occasional minor spotting and surface dirt, date scraped from title, contemporary limp board, ink title to spine, rubbed and scuffed, spine splitting at upper section, folio, Giambattista Albrizzi, [circa 1740-1750].
India.- Allen & Co. (William H.) Map of India, from the most recent Authorities, engraved map, by [?]J. Walker, with early hand-colouring, sheet 970 x 850 mm (38 1/8 x 33 1/2 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some spotting and browning, with minor offsetting, folding with buff end panel into contemporary gilt and blind tooled boards, some scuffs and splitting to spine, lightly worn, 8vo, 1844.
Ireland.- Heffernan (Daniel Edward) Heffernan's Illustrated Plan of Wicklow &c., tourist's map showing from Dublin in the upper right corner to Corey in the south, border decorated with 22 vignettes of local scenery and beauty spots, engraving, the map with hand-colouring, sheet 635 x 510 mm (25 x 20 in), folding with printed 'Important information for Tourists' endpaper, one fold splitting, other minor splits to edges, some spotting, browning and surface dirt, folding into original green cloth covers, with gilt title 'Heffernan's Pictorial Plan of Wicklow and Environs of Dublin', embossed, minor rubbing, 8vo, 1861.⁂ Rare. WorldCat records two copies in American institutions (University of Illinois, and University of Kansas). We could not trace any other copies coming up for auction.
Central Asia.- Stanford (Edward) Stanford's Large Scale Map of Afghanistan showing the Present British Frontiers, lithograph with some hand-colouring, 825 x 990 mm (32 1/2 x 39 in), dissected and mounted on linen, minor spotting and surface dirt, folding with marbled endpapers into red cloth slipcase, publisher's printed label to upper cover with owner's inscription 'W.G. Baynton', rubbed, 8vo, 1880.
Aviation charts.- War Office (Geographical Section) Collection of 17 military aviation charts of England & Wales, France, and parts of Belgium, Netherlands, and Italy, all with numerous topographical details, altitudes, and distances, offset lithographs printed in colours, various sizes, all dissected and folding into uniform burgundy covers, each with printed label of Sifton Praed & Co. affixed to upper covers, labels with manuscript description of regions covered, many front pastedowns with stamp of 'B.L. Bathurst', [early 1940s]; together with 2 further aviation charts of England and Wales, with flip-through sections, and a complete set of 11 folding maps from the 'Automobile Association General Flying Map Quarter Inch Ordnance Survey', many with contemporary annotations, all with yellow printed labels to upper covers, all loose, presented in metal box, [mid 20th century] (Sm. qty.)Provenance:Pilot active in World War II; by descent to the present owner.
NO RESERVE Greece.- Speed (John) Greece, engraved map with hand-colouring, on laid paper with armorial watermark, sheet 397 x 514 mm (15 3/4 x 20 1/4 in), central vertical fold with repairs to splitting, and some associated abrasion and loss to lower central section, repaired tear visible in the upper right corner, marginal nicks and tears with repairs verso, some minor browning, damp-staining and surface dirt, unframed, Bassett & Chiswell, [circa 1676].
Atlases.- World.- Sharman (John, Dublin-based publisher) [Sharman's Geography], without title [? as published], 31 engraved maps, one folding, including a double-hemisphere world map, the Americas, Asia, China, India, East and West Indies, each leaf approx. 205 x 360 mm (8 1/8 x 14 1/8 in), on wove paper each with watermark date of '1810', several sheets with numerous tears and handling creases, some edges reinforced verso, otherwise scattered surface dirt and marginal nicks and tears throughout, with original brown paper wrappers present, extensive ink marginalia to both upper and lower wrapper, modern endpapers, modern half calf, marbled boards, contemporary red morocco label to upper cover with gilt initials 'H.G.', oblong folio, [circa 1794 to 1810].⁂ Scarce at auction. WorldCat records only one other copy, held in the British Library, which has only 24 maps present. Another copy is found in the Library of Congress where 29 maps are included.
Polar.- Arctic.- Barrow (John) A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions, first edition, half-title, large folding engraved map, 3 wood-engraved illustrations at end of Appendix, map a little offset, some light browning, contemporary half calf, rubbed, joints split, spine ends worn, [Hill 67; Sabin 3660], 8vo, 1818.
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