Dominic Winter Auctions
Lot 188
Maps. A good mixed collection of British county maps, 17th - 19th century, including Jansson (Jan),Comitatis Cantabrigiensis vernacule Cambridge Shire, c.1650, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, ornate cartouche and mileage scale, some creasing, 415 x 515mm, together with, Speed (John),Wilshire, pub. John Sudbury & George Humble, c.1627, hand coloured engraved map, inset plan of Salisbury and an engraved vignette of Stonehenge, trimmed to neat line and laid on later card, 385 x 520mm, with, Jansson (Jan),Buckingamiae comitatus cum Bedfordiensi; vulgo Buckingamshire and Bedfordshire, c.1650, engraved map with contemp. hand colouring, some oxidisation to watercolour causing some cracking and splitting to image, backed with archival tissue on verso, slight staining and dust soiling, 410 x 510mm, Latin text on verso, plus six hand coloured engraved county maps by Richard Blome, two hand coloured engraved maps by Robert Morden, four hand coloured engraved maps by Thomas Moule, and a map of the British islands by Mercator, with another twelve maps, including examples by Kitchin/Jefferys, Hermannides, Beer, Dawson, Lewis, Laurie & Whitle, Kitchin and Reuben Ramble, plus two maps of Ireland by Mercator and Cloppenburgh, various sizes and condition (approx.30)
