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Lot 69

Holy Land.- Conder (Thomas) A Map of The Land of Canaan, engraving with hand-colouring, 350 x 360 mm (13 3/4 x 14 1/8 in), old folds as issued, handling creases, spotting and surface dirt, unframed, C. Taylor, 1799; together with 2 further maps of the region, including Samuel Dunn's 'Part II of the Compleat Map of the Holy-Land', 1774, and 'A Plan of Mount Tabor and the parts adjacent' by another hand, engravings, 360 x 510 mm (14 1/8 x 20 in), and 390 x 440 mm (15 1/4 x 17 1/4 in), both unframed, late 18th century (3)

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Lot 7

NO RESERVE World & Celestial.- Dunn (Samuel) A General Map of the World, or Terraqueous Globe, with all the New Discoveries and Marginal Delineations, containing the most interesting particulars in the Solar, Starry and Mundane System, double-hemisphere wall map of the world, engraving with some outline hand-colouring, on four sheets, currently joined in two parts, total sheet size if all joined approx. 1070 x 1260 mm (42 x 49 1/2 in), numerous nicks and tears with areas of sheet loss and perforations within the map, loss particularly to corners but throughout, heavy handling creases, surface dirt, damp-stains and browning, unframed, Robert Sayer, 1787.

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Lot 70

Holy Land.- Clarke (Samuel) The Holy Land, large folding wall map showing from Damascus to Petra, with inset maps of the topography of Jerusalem and its vicinity, and another of Horeb or Sinai, and the desert of Paran, lithograph with hand-colouring, 1520 x 1300 mm (59 3/4 x 51 1/4 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some minor browning and surface dirt, folding with Edward Stanfords' yellow endpapers, with Stanford's slipcase with printed label to upper cover, scuffed and worn, spine with ink inscription 'Map of Palestine', 8vo, published under the direction of the committee of general literature ..., appointed by the Society for promoting Christian knowledge, sold by Stanford, 1863Provenance:The Powys-Land Club; Gifted to Welshpool Free Public Library, 1888 (label to verso)⁂ Scarce. WorldCat records only two other copies; one held in the National Library of Scotland, and the other the National Library of Israel.

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Lot 72

NO RESERVE Hong Kong.- War Office (The, Geographical Section) Hong Kong and the New Territories, third edition, Ordnance Survey map, lithograph printed in colours, on thin wove paper, sheet 720 x 100 mm (28 1/4 x 39 1/4 in), old folds, some with splits and small losses, minor nicks to edges, handling creases, surface dirt, spotting and browning, unframed, 1949.

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Lot 75

India.- Rennell (James) A Map of the North Part of Hindostan or A Geographical Survey of the Provinces of Bengal, Bahar, Awd, Ellahabad, Agra and Delhi, detailed map of northern India, based upon Rennell's survey work while Surveyor General of the East Indian Company, engraving with hand-colouring on laid paper, two sheets joined and mounted on linen support, total 750 x 1090 mm. (29 1/2 x 42 7/8 in), some old folds and handling creases, small repaired tear in the margin at the centre right, minor surface dirt, unframed, published by Laurie & Whittle, 1794.

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Lot 76

India.- Wyld (James) Map of the Peninsula of India, from the 19th Degree of North Latitude, to Cape Comorin, large two-sheet map of India with part of Ceylon in the lower right, engraving with some outline hand-colouring, platemarks approx. 510 x 835 mm. (20 x 32 7/8 in), each sheet approx. 590 x 850 mm. (23 1/4 x 33 1/2 in), minor surface dirt, the northern section sheet with small split to central vertical fold, unframed, 1844.

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Lot 79

India & Sri Lanka.- Coronelli (Vincenzo Maria) Penisola dell' Indo di qua del Gange, e l'Isola di Ceilan nell' Indie Orientali Descritta..., map of India below the Tropic of Cancer, with inset maps of Sri Lanka and Trincomalee harbour, engraving with hand-colouring on laid paper with indistinct watermark, platemark 460 x 615 mm (18 1/8 x 24 1/4 in), sheet 490 x 730 mm (19 1/2 x 26 in), central vertical fold with repairs, particularly to lower section, marginal tear in the right edge, other marginal nicks and tears, minor surface dirt and light browning, unframed, Venice, [1696].

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Lot 8

Celestial.- Mariette (Pierre, publisher) Planisfere du Globe Celeste, double-hemisphere celestial map, said to be from the observations of the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, and completed by a representation of the constellations of the southern hemisphere discovered by Frederick de Houtman, Dutch explorer and astronomer, engraving with full hand-colouring, heightened with gold, on laid paper with large armorial watermark, platemark 380 x 460 mm (15 x 18 1/8 in), sheet 455 x 610 mm (17 7/8 x 24 in), central vertical fold as issued, vertical folds in the margins to both sides, minor spotting and surface dirt, unframed, Paris, [circa 1650].

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Lot 80

Indonesia.- Stemfoort (J.W.) and J.J. Ten Siethoff. Atlas van Nederlandsch Oost-Indië, title with inset key map, 21 maps on 16 double-pages, lithographs printed in colours, each double-page approx. 650 x 910 mm (25 1/2 x 35 7/8 in), some scattered spotting, surface dirt, and minor browning throughout, original boards with printed title to upper cover, some losses, damp-stains and browning, rebacked, scuffed and worn, folio, Bij de Topogr. Inrichting te 's-Grav. gereproduceerd o.l.v. C.A. Eckstein. 's-Grav., Departement v. Koloniën, 1898-1907.

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Lot 81

Italy.- Homann (Johann Baptist) Regnorum Siciliae et Sardiniae nec non Melitae seu Maltae insula..., map showing Sicily, Sardinia, and Malta, with part of the northern coast of Africa, with an inset view of Mount Etna and an inset map of Valetta harbour in the lower right corner, engraving with hand-colouring, platemark 500 x 585 mm (19 3/4 x 23 in), sheet 530 x 605 mm (20 7/8 x 23 3/4 in), central vertical fold with careful repairs to lower edge and old splitting, a few repaired tears to this area, some cockling apparent, other printers creases, minor spotting and surface dirt, unframed, Nuremberg, [1716].

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Lot 83

Sicily.- Merian (Matthaeus) Sicilia Regnum, engraved map with full hand-colouring, on laid paper with watermark of an eagle, sheet 295 x 360 mm (11 1/2 x 14 1/4 in), central vertical fold with expert repairs, minor handling creases and surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1640].

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Lot 86

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 with armorial watermark, platemark 350 x 495 mm. (13 3/4 x 19 1/2 in), sheet 420 x 530 mm (16 1/2 x 2 7/8 in), Latin text verso with page number 112, central vertical fold with splitting to upper and lower edges, lower section of sheet reinforced verso, with several handling and printers' creases, some spotting and browning, surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1590 or slightly later].Literature:VdB 167

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Lot 90

Middle East.- Turkish Empire.- Homann (Johann Baptist) Imperium Turcicum in Europa, Asia et Africa Regiones Proprias, Tributarias, Clientelares ..., detailed map centred on the Levant and Arabian Peninsula, with the Mediterranean, southern Europe and the Baltics, with part of Iran in the east, large decorative cartouche in the lower left, engraving with hand-colouring on laid paper with indistinct watermark, platemark 503 x 610 mm. (19 3/4 x 24 in), sheet 565 x 625 mm. (22 1/4 x 24 1/2 in), central vertical fold with some splitting and repairs to lower margin, otherwise marginal nicks and small repairs, handling creases and minor surface dirt, unframed, Nuremberg, [1737].

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Lot 92

Middle East.- Cassini (Giovanni Maria) Gli Imperi Antichi Parte Occidentale; Gli Imperi Antichi Parte Orientale, two part map of the Turkish Empire, showing Greece, Asia Minor, the Holy Land, Egypt, the Arabian Peninsula, Red Sea, and Egypt, and parts of modern-day Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, engravings with outline hand-colouring on thick laid paper, each platemark approx. 510 x 370 mm. (20 x 14 1/2 in), sheets each approx. 592 x 450 mm. (23 1/4 x 17 3/4 in), scattered spotting and surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1800] (2)

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Lot 93

New Zealand.- Wyld (James) Chart of New Zealand from Original Drawings, Third Edition, important map of the North and South Islands, with little information detailed in the 'thinly populated' South island, both islands with native names and some descriptions 'according to native accounts', with seven inset charts, including the 'Plan of the Enrrance to Port Manouako', 'Plan of Victoria Bay of Islands', 'Port Nicholson', 'Oyerri or Pelorus River', 'Plan of Dusky Bay', 'Plan of Southern Port', 'Stewarts Island', 'Plan of the Bar and Part of the Hokianga River', engraving with original outline hand-colouring, sheet 825 x 560 mm (32 1/2 x 22 in), dissected and mounted on linen, ink inscription in the upper margin detailing heights of mountains and noting 'The finest mountain scenery in the World', owners inscription in the upper left margin '[?]GWW Bellaird. 1849', some scattered spotting and browning, edged with green linen, folding with marbled ends, lacking slipcase, 8vo, 1846.⁂ Very scarce, early edition of the so-called McDonnell-Wyld map of New Zealand, including early ink annotations on the mountain scenery.

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Lot 94

New Zealand.- Reid (John) Map of the Province of Otago New Zealand, hanging lithographic wall map with hand-colouring, 1080 x 980 mm (42 1/2 x 38 1/2 in), laid on linen with original wooden support, scroll rod and tie, old varnish with discoloration, handling creases and surface dirt, edged in linen but with loss, unframed, surveyed by J. T. Thomson et al., 1859.

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Lot 95

New Zealand.- Seat of War.- Wyld (James) The North Island of New Zealand embracing the country round Auckland, Wellington & New Plymouth, inset map of both islands of New Zealand in the lower right, and a further map of the world in the upper right corner, 600 x 430 mm (23 1/2 x 17 in), dissected and mounted on linen, some spotting and surface dirt, folding into original cloth boards, with publisher's printed label to upper cover, spine rubbed and scuffed, worn, 8vo, [1861]; together with a chart of the Pacific Ocean by Edward Weller, dated 1917, sheet approx. 1000 x 1190 mm (39 1/2 x 46 3/4 in), and another four-sheet chart of the Pacific Ocean, a 1977 reprint of the Admiralty's 1875 chart, presented in modern blue slip-case, folio, 20th century (3)

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Lot 97

Norway .- Homann (Johann Baptist) Regni Norvegiae..., inset map showing the the northern part of Norway, decorative title cartouche in the lower left, engraving with hand-colouring, sheet 595 x 515 mm (23 1/2 x 20 1/4 in), central horizontal fold with splitting repaired verso to left hand section, trimmed with small margins, minor surface dirt, unframed, Nuremberg, [1716].

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Lot 98

Pakistan, Afghanistan & Northern India.- Blaeu (Willem Jansz.) Magni Mogolis Imperium, map of the Empire of the Great Mogul in northern India including the region from Iran to Burma, the route traveled by the embassy of the Englishman Sir Thomas Roe to the Moghul emperor Jahangir in 1615 heightened with gold, title cartouche in the upper left corner, and with two elephants and two camels, engraving with some hand-colouring on laid paper, platemark 415 x 515 mm. (16 1/4 x 20 1/4 in), sheet 545 x 630 mm. (21 3/4 x 24 3/4 in), Dutch text verso, central vertical fold as issued, some parallel creases, handling creases, some surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1660 or slightly later].

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Lot 99

Poland.- Zatta (Antonio) Il Regno di Polonia con le Provincie ora Possedute dalle tre Confinanti Potenze Prussia Russia e Casa d' Austria, map of present-day Poland, Lithuania, and portions of Latvia, Belarus, and Ukraine, identifying the cities of Warsaw, Krakow, Kiev, Minsk, and Riga, extending into Austria to show Vienna engraving with original outline hand-colouring, sheet 275 x 350 mm (10 3/4 x 13 3/4 in), old folds as issued, some expert repairs to splitting and small losses, minor surface dirt, unframed, [1780].

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Lot 539

[HISTORY] Smith, William. The Particular Description of England, 1588, with views of some of the chief towns and armorial bearing of nobles and bishops, limited edition of 250, for subscribers only, London, 1879, quarter leather (re-backed), folding map frontispiece, illuminated title page, twenty-eight colour plate illustrations (two folding; as called for), quarto.

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Lot 560

[TRAVEL] Brookes, R. The General Gazeteer; or, compendious Geographical Dictionary, containing a description of the empires, kingdoms, states, provinces, cities, towns, forts, seas, harbours, rivers, lakes, mountains, capes, &c in the known world, fourteenth edition, for Johnson, Clarke & Sons et al., London, 1809, full marbled leather (upper joint cracked), folding engraved map frontispiece, seven further folding engraved maps (as called for: World; Africa; South America; North America; Asia; Europe; West Indies; East Indies), octavo.

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Lot 585

[MAP]. SCOTLAND Sanson, Nicolas (1600-1667) & Jaillot, Alexis-Hubert (1632-1712), 'Le Royaume d'Ecosse', engraved map, hand-coloured, 89.5cm x 59cm, framed and glazed.

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Lot 586

[MAP]. SOMERSET Cary, John (c.1754-1835), 'Somersetshire', engraved map, published 1787, hand-coloured in outline, 22cm x 26.5cm, framed and glazed.

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Lot 587

[MAP]. EXMOOR Map of Exmoor and the Quantock Hills, showing the meets of the Devon and Somerset Staghounds, two miles to an inch, published by Barnicott & Pearce, Taunton, folding and linen-backed, 56cm x 30cm.

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Lot 588

[MAP]. SOMERSET Speed, John (1552-1629), 'Somerset-shire', engraved map, sold by John Sudbury and George Humble, uncoloured, 39.5cm x 53.5cm, framed and glazed.

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Lot 589

[MAP]. SOMERSET Bowen, Emanuel (c.1694-1767), 'An Improved Map of the County of Somerset Divided into its Hundreds', engraved map, hand-coloured in outline, 61.5cm x 69.5cm, framed and glazed.

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Lot 110

* WWII Escape Map. Scandinavia and the Baltic, circa 1940, ivory rayon printed on both sides in black and red with a map of Scandinavia, 'Top Half' to one side and 'Lower Half' to the other, former with heading 'International Boundaries, 1st April 1940, International Boundaries 1st Sept. 1939, Partition of Poland, Sept. 1939', a couple of small faint marks, hem becoming unstitched in a few places and slightly frayed, 48 x 58cm (19 x 22.75ins), together with: Derby Winners. Silk scarf, 1927, cream silk scarf printed with illustration of Call Boy ridden by Charlie Elliott, winner of the 1927 Derby, surrounded by the names of all the Derby winners from 1780-1927, all printed in black, with royal blue border, some faint fox spots and small holes, a little dust-soiled in 1 or 2 places, 91.5 x 84cm (36 x 33ins), together with 2 other scarves, including a silk scarf with colourful all-over design featuring flags of various countries of the world, the border incorporating 8 illustrations of galleons and other sailing ships printed in black, worn, 86 x 79cm (34 x 31ins)Qty: (4)NOTESA Second World War escape map in very good condition. Such maps were produced by the Allies for use by airmen in the event of being shot down over enemy occupied territory; some were also smuggled into prisoner of war camps in Germany in order to aid escape.

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Lot 306

* Motoring Jackets. A modern brown leather bomber jacket, with tailors label for Targa, size Large, the lining printed with a map of Northern Europe, together with 3 other leather coats all formerly used for motoringQty: (4)

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Lot 323

* Pratts. A pack of Pratts Perfection Spirit playing cards, The Golden Pump or The Green Can, complete with original two part card box, together with another pack of card (complete) in green two part box with lithographic paper label showing a biplane, pratts petrol can and motorcar, a similar set (complete) box tatty and worn plus a Triumph Road Map c.1910, with 7 maps lacking number 1 plus a box of Pratts Poultry Regulator c.1920s, unopened, 20.5cm highQty: (4)

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Philip Serrell
Lot 490

Morden map of Worcestershire, 15ins x 18ins, together with an Ogilby road map, London to Montgomery North Wales, 14.5ins x 18.5ins

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Lot 526

An Antique hand coloured map of Herefordshire, 17ins x 20ins

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Lot 2071

Falkland four stock sheets including 1938 set to 1/3d mint and Falkland Dependencies with map varieties. A total of 75 mint stamps

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Lot 120

A Blaeu map of Yorkshire with inset crests, 15 1/2" x 19 1/2" and a Robert Morden map of Northamptonshire, 14" x 16 1/4", each hand coloured in double sided frames

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Lot 121

A map of The Bishoprick and Citie of Durham, possibly by John Speed with an inset plan of Durham, hand coloured, 15" x 20", in a double sided glazed frame

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Lot 122

A John Speen map of Pembrokeshire with inset plans of Pembroke and Saint Davi's by John Sudbury and George Humble, hand coloured, 15" x 20", in a double sided glazed frame

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Lot 123

A Joannem Janssonium map of Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire with inset crests, hand coloured, 16" x 20", in a double sided glazed frame

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Lot 124

A John Speed map of Merionethshire Wales with inset plan of Harlech and crests, sold in Popes Head Alley by George Humble, hand coloured - 15" x 20", in a double sided glazed frame

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Lot 125

A Johannes Blaeu map of Berkshire with inset crests, hand coloured, 15" x 19 1/2" in a double sided glazed frame

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Lot 126

A 19th century strip map Guide for Excursions of the River Thames from Eton to the Nore' Eaton to Vauxhall, Vauxhall to Greenwich and Blackwell to the Nore, hand coloured, 21 1/2" x 15 1/2", in a doubled sided, glazed frame

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Lot 127

A John Speed map of Cardiganshire Wales with inset plan of Cardigan and crests, sold in Popes Head Alley by John Sudbury and George Humbell, hand coloured in 15" x 20", in a double sided glazed frame

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Lot 128

A John Speed map of Rutlandshire with inset plans of Oukham and Stanford, sold by Thomas Basett in Fleetstreet and Richard Chiswell in St Pauls Church Yard, hand coloured, 15" x 20", in a double-sided glazed frame

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Lot 163

Frederick de Wit - Map of Canals (shipping routes) of England and Wales, with coloured border, vignettes and ships, 19 1/2" x 23", framed and glazed

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Lot 164

An Edition of Monsr Danville 'A New and Complete Map of the West Indies Comprehending All the Coasts and Islands Known by that Name', 18 1/2" x 34", framed and glazed

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Lot 213

A Knipes Geological Map of the British Isles and part of France, showing the inlaid navigation by means of rivers and canals, the railway and principle road and sites of the minerals under the patronage of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, dated 1848, in four sections, fitting together to create a single map, contained in, a tooled, gilt leather clad card case, A/F

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Lot 2384

Album Early Pictographic cards from Vale Of York (176) and also from Howardian Hills in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Comes with detailed map with identified villages with corresponding cards. Highly collectable.

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Lot 1

Ancient World. Anonymous, Abbozzo del Mappamondo di F. Mauro Camaldolese Cosmografo Incomparabile alla Meta del Sec. XV. Gia' Esistente Nella Biblioteca Di S. Michele Di Murano Ora Nella Marciana, circa 1800, uncoloured engraved circular map displaying a conjectural mediaeval view of the world, with astrological diagrams in three corners with a circular view of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden in the fourth, old folds, 380 x 380 mm, together with Zeno (Nicolo). Carta da Navegar de Nicolo et Antonio Zeni Furono in Tramontana Lano MCCCLXXX, circa 1818, uncoloured engraved map of a partly fictitious depiction of the North Atlantic, old folds, slight creasing, 285 x 375 mmQty: (2)NOTESThe first described item is copied from Fra Mauro's 9-sheet world map of 1459. The original Mauro map was discovered in the monastery of San Michel in Isola Murano. The map now hangs in a stairway in the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana in Venice.

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* British Isles. Jansson (Jan & Ortelius Abraham), Insularum Britannicarum Acurata Delineatio ex Geographicis Conatibus Abrahami Ortelii, Amsterdam, 1646 [or later], an historical map engraved by Pieter van den Keere with contemporary outline colouring, large decorative cartouche, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, orientated to the west, 395 x 510 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESR. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British isles, 1477 - 1650, 575. A good dark impression.

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Lot 101

Nansen (Fridtjof, 1861-1930). A signed menu card, Oct 7, 1921, single sheet menu card for 'Luncheon to Dr. Nansen, National Liberal Club, October 7, 1921, printed to one side, signed to verso 'Fridtjof Nansen, Oct. 7th 1921', two paper tabs adhered to side at verso, light toning ans minor spotting, 156 x 98 mm, together with: Bull (Jacob B.) , Fridtjof Nansen, A Book for the Young, translated from the Norwegian by the Rev. Mordaunt R. Barnard, 1st edition, London: Isbister & Co., Ltd., 1898, map frontispiece, few monochrome illustrations, scattered spotting, hinges cracked, original pictorial cloth, extremitities slightly rubbed, 8voQty: (2)

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Lot 103

[North America]. The Universal Gazetteer: or, a Description of the ... Known World ... The Second Edition ... the Geography of Ireland has been revised and enlarged; about Four Hundred entire new Articles have been added, chiefly relative to North America and Ireland, none of which are contained in the London impression, Dublin: for Peter Wilson, 1759, 8 pp. advertisements, 4 engraved folding maps (Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America, each opening to approx. 29 x 37 cm), Europe and Asia maps with splits to folds, ownership inscription ('Steuart Weldon, February 26th 1765, Drogheda) to initial blank, contemporary calf, gilt arms of Trinity College Dublin to sides, rubbed, some wear, 12mo (16.6 x 9.5 cm), together with: [Switzerland]. Etat et délices de la Suisse ... nouvelle édition ('corrigée et considérablement augmentée'), 4 volumes, Basel: Emanuel Tourneisen, 1776, 37 engraved folding maps and plates (mainly views), damp-staining to volumes 1-2, contemporary sprinkled calf, twin morocco labels, 12mo (16 x 9 cm)Qty: (5)NOTESUniversal Gazetteer : ESTC T199589; not in Sabin; two copies only in libraries, British Library and National Library of Ireland. The maps in the Universal Gazetteer comprise: 1) A New and Accurate Map of Europe, laid down from the Latest Discoveries and Astronomical Observations. J. Ellis sculp. 2) A New & Correct Map of Asia. Drawn and Engrav'd from the latest & best Authorities and Astronomical Observations by J. Gibson. 3) A New Map of Africa, from the best Authorities and Astron[omical] Observations by T. Kitchin. 4) A New Map of North and South America from the best Authorities and Astron[omical] Observations by T. Kitchin.

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Lot 104

O'Connor (V.C. Scott). The Silken East, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Hutchinson & Co., 1904, folding map and panorama, 20 colour plates, black & white illustrations from photographs, some slight water wrinkling, inner hinges near broken and crudely repaired at rear of volume 1, top edges gilt, original blue cloth gilt with gilt designs to upper covers, rubbed, spine ends and joints frayed, damp-stained affecting upper spine and lower board of volume 1 and top outer corner of lower board of volume 2, large 8vo, together with: Muriel (F.M. & Swinhoe, Rodway C.J.) , Pictures from Lotus Land, 1st edition, Rangoon & London: Rowe & Co., [1924], 24 mounted colour or sepia photogravure plates, some scattered spotting, heaviest on first plate, second plate with short closed tear, original pictorial linen wrappers with spine tie, oblong folio, Swinhoe (Rodway & Jones, T. Martin) , The Incomplete Guide to Burma, 1st edition, Rangoon: Rangoon Times Press, circa 1920, 35 pp., black & white illustrations throughout, a little finger soiling, original pictorial wrappers with spine tie, soiled, small oblong folioQty: (4)

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Lot 110

Robinson (William). A Descriptive Account of Asam: with a Sketch of the Local Geography, and a Concise History of the Tea-Plant of Asam: to which is added, a Short Account of the Neighbouring Tribes, exhibiting their History, Manners, and Customs, 1st edition, Calcutta: Ostell and Lepage, 1841, xv 421 pp., 4 large lithographic folding maps hand-coloured in outline (various dimensions, approx. 46 x 60 cm to 60 x 80 cm), folding table (pp. 339/40), marginal repair to title-page, offsetting to dedication page, top edge dyed blue, modern dark blue morocco gilt, 8vo (21.2 x 13 cm), the 4 maps all excised, neatly laid on archival tissue verso with linen tape-supports along folds, and housed in a matching solander box, the book and box both housed together in a blue cloth slipcaseQty: (1)NOTESNo other copy traced in auction records. The four impressive maps, all printed by T. Black at the Asiatic Lithographic Press, Calcutta, comprise a general map and maps of the regions of Kamrup, Darrang, and Nagaon.

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Lot 116

South Africa; Cape Colony. The Eastern Province Annual Directory and Almanac for 1849, forming a Hand-Book for Travellers and Visiters [sic] and a Companion for the Farm, Desk, or Counting House. Compiled by R. Godlonton, Graham's Town: printed and published by Godlonton & White, 1849, irregularly signed and paginated ( pp. ix [15] 21-38 40-132 137-214 [26]; collation unknown), folding lithographic map frontispiece, title-page in red and black, 3 lithographic plates, variable browning, spotting and finger-soiling, a few old repairs to map, contemporary quarter roan, rebacked with original spine laid down, tips worn, small 8vo (16 x 10 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESNo other copy traced; see Mendelssohn I pp. 612-13 for an edition of 1848 ('contains valuable statistical sketches of Albany, Uitenhage, Somerset, Cradoc, Graaff-Reinet, and Colesberg').

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Lot 12

Cole (George & Roper John). the British Atlas; Comprising a Complete Set of County Maps of England and Wales with a General Map of Naviagble Rivers and Canals; and Plans of Cities and Principal Towns, printed for Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, Longman Hurst Rees and Orme and others, 1st edition, 1810, title page with contemporary juvenile pencil signature and date, contents page frayed, spotted, with closed tears and detached, two general maps of England and Wales and 53 (only of 56) engraved maps, all with contemporary outline colouring (lacking Cumberland, Devon and Shropshire) and 20 (of 21) uncoloured engraved town and city plans (lacking Exeter), occasional spotting and staining throughout, Denbighshire with some juvenile pencil scribbling, contemporary half morocco, boards detached, lacking spine, heavily worn and rubbed, 4toQty: (1)NOTESChubb, CCCXXXIX. Sold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

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Lot 120

Teichman (Eric). Travels of a Consular Officer in Eastern Tibet together with a history of the relations between China, Tibet and India, 1st edition, Cambridge University Press, 1922, xxiv + 248, 8 maps, including large folding map of Eastern Tibet in pocket at rear, with a few short unobtrusive closed tears to folds, 64 half-page illustrations after photos, bookplate of Henry Courtney Brocklehurst to front pastedown, and bookseller's ticket of the French Bookstore Peiping (China) below, partly untrimmed, original green cloth gilt, very slightly rubbed to outer corners, generally in clean bright condition, 8voQty: (1)NOTESYakushi (1994) P153 & T57a.

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Lot 122

Wallin (Georg August). Notes taken during a Journey through Part of Northern Arabia, in 1848 [in: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Volume the Twentieth. Part II], London: John Murray, 1851, pp. 293-344, folding lithographic map, epigraphic plate, leaves largely unopened, original wrappers, 8vo, together with approximately 40 others (assorted 20th-century travel, including Filchner, Leigh Fermor's Mani, Baedeker/Murray guides, and similar)Qty: (approx. 40)NOTESMacro Arabian Peninsula 2263. The volume also contains: 1) Fitzroy (Robert). Considerations on the Great Isthmus of Central America [with folding map]. 2) Gützlaff (Karl). Tibet and Sefan. 3) Wildenbruch (Ludwig von). Notes on the Physical Geography of Palestine. 4) MacQueen (James). Notes on the Present State of the Geography of some Parts of Africa. 5) Parkyns (Mansfield). Notes on the Kubbabish Arabs between Dongola and Kordofan. 6) Brunner (Thomas). Journal of an Expedition to Explore the Interior of the Middle Island of New Zealand [with folding map].

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Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 124

Bowen (Emanuel, the late, & Thomas). Atlas Anglicanus, or a Complete sett of Maps of the Counties of South Britain; Divided into their respective Hundreds, Wapontakes, Wards, Rapes, Lathes etc..., Thomas Kitchin, 1777, calligraphic title page, index of maps, two general maps of England and Wales and 43 (complete as list), engraved county maps, all with contemporary outline colouring, occasional near contemporary ink marginalia, contemporary ink number to each map in upper margin, very occasional spotting, early 19th-century endpapers and pastedowns, 19th century half calf over marbled boards with contrasting morocco label to spine, worn and rubbed at extremities, slim folio,Qty: (1)NOTESScarce. Chubb CCXXXIII

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Lot 126

[Cary (John)]. [Cary's New and Correct English Atlas: Being a New set of County Maps from actual surveys...], circa 1787, general map of England & Wales, with contemporary outline hand-colouring (small mark near right edge), and 46 engraved maps, with contemporary hand-colouring, all maps folded and guarded-in (several with folds splitting), lacking all except maps, some dust-soiling, occasional minor toning or spotting (mainly to blank areas), near contemporary sheep, worn and marked, with some losses to spine, small 4toQty: (1)NOTESSold as a collection of maps, not subject to return. All maps with imprint (where visible) dated 1787.

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Lot 127

Cary (John). Cary's Survey of the High Roads from London to Hampton Court, Ware, Bagshot...wherein Every Gentleman's Seat, situate on, or seen from the Road, (however distant) are laid down, with the name of the possessor; to which is added, the Number of Inns...also, The different Turnpike Gates..., 1st edition, London: printed for J.Cary, 1st July, 1790, engraved title and explanation page, folding general map of London and environs, with some contemporary hand-colouring (2 discoloured adhesive tape repairs to folds, 1 of which with tape remaining), plan of London depicting the turnpike gates with contemporary hand-colouring (short splits to folds), and 80 strip maps (complete) on 40 sheets (folded and guarded-in), all with contemporary hand-colouring (maps generally offset), one strip map with split to gutter fold, final leaves partly detached at foot, front endpapers with discolouration from previous adhesive tape (some tape remaining, discolouration slightly affecting explanation page), contemporary sheep, worn, both covers detached from textblock, binding wrapped in clear plastic (adhered to pastedowns with adhesive tape), 8vo, together with: Cary's Traveller's Companion, or, a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales ..., 1st edition, London: for John Cary, 1791, engraved calligraphic title, advertisement and contents list, 43 engraved maps, (including one folding with short closed handling tear), most printed back to back, contemporary outline hand-colouring, index and advertisement leaf at rear, bound with: Cary's New Itinerary; or, an Accurate Delineation of the Great Roads, both Direct and Cross, throughout England and Wales..., 2nd edition with improvements, London: for John Cary, 1802, calligraphic title and dedication, 2 folding engraved maps with contemporary hand-colouring (some toning and spotting, a few short closed tears), ink ownership signature and stamps to front endpapers, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, rubbed with corners re-covered, 8voQty: (2)

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Lot 129

Cooke (George Alexander). Topography of Great Britain: or, British Traveller's Directory, and Travelling Companion, being an accurate and comprehensive description of all the counties in England, Scotland, and Wales; as also the Adjacent Islands ..., 46 parts in 26 volumes, London: for C. Cooke by Brimmer and Co., 1802-1817?, 45 folding maps, including 1 large folding (Scotland) with short closed handling tear, general title to volume 1, title to each part, some spotting, toning and offsetting, uniform half sheep (worn), spines deficient, hinges cracked, several boards detached, 12mo, together with: Letts's Popular County Atlas , being a complete series of maps delineating the whole surface of England and Wales ..., London: Mason & Payne, 1887, 47 double-page colour lithographed maps, a few short edge tears, Key map with closed tear at gutter, title with ink ownership name to upper corner, index at rear, publisher's advertisement endpapers, all edges gilt, contents loose in original maroon half morocco gilt, worn and stained, losses to spine, folio, and The Family Topographer, by Samuel Tymms, volumes 2, 5 & 7 only, 1832-1843Qty: (30)NOTESSold as a collection of maps, not subject to return.

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