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Printed & Sold by Henry Overton at ye white Horse without Newgate, London, 1743
ONE OF THE RAREST EDITIONS OF SPEED. Folio (435 x 290 mm.), contemporary quarter calf, marbled paper boards, spine with raised bands, black calf gilt title label affixed, light wear. With engraved title page dated 1743, 'A Sett of the Counties of England and Wales' with contemporary manuscript notations, and 58 double-page engraved maps, all in fine early outline colour, front free endpaper with light waterstain, wormtrack though lower corner of first few leaves, mostly in the margin, Lincoln with wax mark, Northumberland with old repaired tear, final map with wrinkle to right side, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10728
£ 42,500
In the Savoy: Printed by Eliz. Nutt; and Sold by M. Nutt in Exeter-Exchange in the Strand, and J. Morphew near Stationers-Hall, London, 1720-31
FIRST EDITION. Quarto, 6 volumes (225 x 165 mm. each), full contemporary gilt panelled calf, ribbed spines with gilt ruled compartments, gilt calf title labels and gilt volume numbers, first two volumes rebacked. Volume 1: dated 1720 pp. (4), viii, 752, with 18 maps, 12 tables and 3 plates. Volume 2: dated 1720 pp. (2), 753-1516, with 9 maps and 9 tables. Volume 3: dated 1724 pp. (2), 762, with 4 maps and 4 tables. Volume 4: dated 1727 pp. (2), 912, with 5 maps and 5 tables. Volume 5: dated 1730 pp. (2), 920, with 5 maps and 5 tables. Volume 6: dated 1731 pp. (2), 710, with 5 maps and 4 tables. Volumes 1 and 2 only have continuous pagination, the publishers imprint for volumes 3-6 is 'Printed by E. and R. Nutt; and sold by T. Cox'. The work contains 48 maps, 40 tables and 3 plates, some browning occasionally as usual, first map with loss upper right, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10725
£ 2,250
Joseph Wild, at the Elephant at Charing-Cross, London, 1701
Octavo, two volumes (185 x 111 mm. each), early half calf, marbled paper boards, spine with double gilt ruled compartments, dark calf gilt title labels affixed. With typographic title pages to both volumes laid down, pp. (34), 462 (lacking final two leaves); (10); frontispiece engraved portrait of William Camden by M. V. Gucht (repaired tear), (2), (paginated 467-822), 103, 2 copies of Camden's portrait laid down, with 61 engraved maps (complete).
Stock number: 10724
£ 1,150
Amsterdam, 1654
FIRST EDITION. Folio (565 x 360 mm.), full contemporary vellum, ornate gilt panelled boards, rebacked in sheepskin with gilded raised bands, each compartment with ornate central gilt feature, gilt calf title labels affixed, later endpapers. With ornate heavily gilded engraved title page, pp. (8), 189, (1), 70, (2), with 54 double page maps and 1 single page, all in excellent early outline and wash colour.
Stock number: 10719
£ 7,500
John Cary, Engraver, Map and Print-seller, the corner of Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1787-[c.92]
Quarto (320 x 240 mm.), full contemporary tree calf, rebacked with gilt ruled compartments and gilt title, later endpapers. With Advertisement, engraved title page, engraved dedication, typographic Contents, map of South Britain, and 43 county maps on 44 plates (West Riding being on two plates) and both North and South Wales, 47 maps in total, each accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text, all in early outline colour with main routes coloured brown with wash to wooded areas, each with original publisher's tissue, 6 pp. 'Directions for the Junctions of the Roads of England and Wales through all the Counties', 4 pp. 'Market and Borough Towns in England and Wales', 7 pp. 'List of the Principal Post and Sub-Post Towns in England and Wales', in good condition.
Stock number: 10500
£ 750
Longman, Rees & Co. Paternoster Row, and J. & C. Walker, 9, Castle Street, Holborn, London, 1838-[39]
Folio (350 x 235 mm.), contemporary half calf, blind green cloth boards, with gilt title to upper board, rebacked and recornered, spine with raised bands, blind and gilt ruled, each compartment with central gilt feature, gilt date and titles, later endpapers. With double page engraved title page and 47 steel engraved maps comprising 1 general, 42 of English counties and Wales quartered, all in fine early wash colour, some very light foxing, otherwise in very good condition.
Stock number: 10300
£ 750
Historical Descriptions of New and Elegant Picturesque Views of The Antiquities of England and Wales
Alexander Hogg, at the King's Arms, No. 16, Paternoster-Row, and Sold by all Booksellers, Printsellers, and News-Carriers, in Town and Country, London, c.1787-89
FIRST EDITION. Folio (385 x 245 mm.), full contemporary tree calf, decorative floral gilt panelled boards, rebacked preserving the original spine with raised bands, ornate gilt ruled compartments, red calf gilt title, marbled endpapers, light wear. With engraved frontispiece, recto blank, typographic title page, with intervening contemporary tissue, Preface signed by Boswell, Index List of the Plates, List of Subscribers, pp. iv, 42, numerous unpaginated typographic descriptions, (8), with c.195 copper plate engravings and 50 maps including 40 of the English counties, maps of South Wales, North Wales and 8 further plates of maps of the Scottish districts and Irish provinces, in good condition.
Stock number: 10173
£ 950
Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, in Pall-mall, London, 1763[64]
Quarto, two volumes (290 x 225 mm. each), full contemporary speckled calf, ribbed spines gilt ruled with decorative gilt central features, gilt red calf title labels. With typographic title page, Preface, Contents, Introduction, pp. (8), xiii, blank, 426; typographic title page, Contents, pp. (4), 490, with two general folding maps, 52 engraved county maps, all by Thomas Kitchin, 39 engraved town views and numerous other engravings set in the text, complete with blank endpapers, some offsetting from maps to text second folding map wrinkled, B2 in the first volume not fully bound, otherwise a good example.
Stock number: 10175
£ 1,250
Carington Bowles, At his Map and Print-Warehouse, No. 69 St. Pauls Church Yard, London, 1785
FIRST EDITION. Small quarto (185 x 115 mm.), two volumes, full early marbled calf, gilt panelled, spine with ornate gilt ruled bands, calf gilt title and volume numbers affixed, light wear. Volume 1 with engraved general double-page map of England and Wales in early wash colour, engraved title page, dedication, General Contents, Preface, Index to the Direct Roads, Cross Roads, 'Scotch' Roads and 186 strip road maps (2 to a page), 187 & 188 blank, pp. x, xxix, (1), 40 [paginated 189-228]; volume 2 with engraved title page 142 strip road maps (2 to a page), branch roads pp. 24 [paginated 143-167], (1), engraved title page to the Cross Roads, a further 30 strip road maps of the Cross Roads beginning on the verso of the title (2 to a page), Cross Roads and Roads in Scotland, Errata to the verso pp. 90, (1) [paginated 31-121], advert pasted on back board of second volume, in good condition.
Stock number: 10191
£ 495
Printed for John Cary, Engraver, Map & Printseller, Strand, London, 1 Jan. 1791-[92]
Small quarto (160 x 105 mm.), full contemporary marbled calf, ornate gilt panelled, rebacked with gilt ruled compartments, marbled endpapers. With engraved title page, Advertisement and Contents and 43 engraved maps bound back-to-back, all in early outline colour, that of Yorkshire folding with binders tear repaired by backing on paper, Index with an advert leaf on verso of final leaf pp. 7, (1), endpapers detaching, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10203
£ 195
R. Miller, 24, Old Fish Street St. Pauls, London, [1820]
Duodecimo (135 x 105 mm.), modern half green calf, green cloth boards, spine with gilt date and title, re-guarded. With engraved title, Index and 56 copper plate maps, all in full early wash colour, pp. 12, otherwise in very good condition.
Stock number: 10252
£ 750
W. H. Reid, Charing Cross, London, 1820
Octavo (120 x 80 mm.), recent quarter calf, marbled paper boards, spine with gilt ruling top and bottom and gilt title. With engraved frontispiece title, engraved Contents, typographic title page with Index on verso, Address with Errata on the verso, two engraved divisional titles of England and Wales, pp. (4), 162, and 53 maps (1 general and 52 county maps) all in full original wash colour, tear to p. 113, water stain to Welsh half title, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 10259
£ 1,500
Thomas Bowles, London, 1736
Octavo (195 x 135 mm.), full contemporary calf, gilt panelled, rebacked with ribbed spine, gilt ruled compartments each with ornate gilt floral feature, with green calf title label attached, marbled endpapers. With title page, pp. 5, (3), 273, with 273 engraved plates of road strips and county maps printed back-to-back, a good example.
Stock number: 10145
£ 1,250
G. F. Cruchley, Map Seller & Globe Maker, 81, Fleet Street, London, London, c.1864
THE ERIC GARDNER COPY. Oblong quarto (230 x 310 mm.), recent half green calf, cloth boards, gilt ruled and titled spine. With title page laid on oblong paper to match and 45 (of 47) lithographic maps comprising a general map of England and Wales, 43 county maps on 44 plates (West Riding being on two plates) and North Wales, all in early outline colour, some light centrefold show through, lacking index, Cheshire and South Wales, Middlesex supplied from another copy, otherwise generally fine.
Stock number: 9893
£ 450
London, 1822
EXTREMELY RARE AND DESIRABLE. Folio (475 x 315 mm.), nineteenth century half calf, rebacked, light wear. Folding typographic title, dedication and contents, forty-two folding engraved maps with original wash hand colour. Five maps with strengthening to lower centrefolds, not affecting the image, with light wear to map of Sussex at lower centrefold, otherwise a good example.
Stock number: 9671
£ 8,500
Robert Dodsley, at Tully's Head in Pall Mall, London, 1744-[43]
Octavo (205 x 130 mm.), full contemporary calf, joints strengthened and small spine repair. With typographic title page, pp. 40 (5- 8 in roman), 270 (of 271), 48 (of 51) maps, lacking the folding general map of England and Wales, one leaf dedication by the author, plan of London, last leaf of text p. 271 and Roads of England, as is often the case. Those of Bedfordshire, Leicestershire, Shropshire, Surrey and Anglesey with some amateur wash colour, Rutland with a light stain, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9677
£ 950
London, 1782-90
ONE OF ONLY THREE KNOWN BOUND COLLECTIONS OF FIRST STATE MAPS. Quarto (280 x 195 mm.), recent half calf preserving original marbled paper boards, spine with raised bands, gilt ruled compartments each with ornate blind central feature. With 40 (of 41) engraved maps, including 3 general and the English counties, lacking Derby, the following with some trimming into the imprints; Cheshire, Cornwall, Essex, Hampshire, Leicester, Middlesex (in poor condition), with some traces of old folds, some light offsetting, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9395
£ 1,500
Alexander Hogg, No. 16 Paternoster-Row, London, c.1794
Folio (400 x 250 mm.), contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards, corners worn, joints weak, spine with gilt ruled raised bands, calf title label missing. With engraved frontispiece, typographic title page, pp. 520 (the first 6 in roman numerals), (4), (2) and 23 plates of maps (4 double page general, 12 with 2 maps, 1 with 3, 2 with 4 maps and 4 single page for a total of 43 maps, c.44 engraved views (comprising 28 single page, c.55 plates with two to a plate, 5 with 3 to the plate for a total of c.153.
Stock number: 9301
£ 1,100
G. Ellis, No. 5. Smith's Square, Westminster, London, [1819]
Small folio (305 x 240 mm.), later green morocco half calf, paper boards, preserving original marbled paper boards and retaining original morocco gilt label priced 'L3. 3s. 0D.'. With engraved title, 45 maps, comprising a general map of England and Wales (often lacking), 42 engraved maps of the English counties and maps of North and South Wales, all in early wash colour, pp. (2), 2, (24), a leaf of descriptive text accompanies each map, (14). That of Cambridgeshire bound upside down, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9295
£ 650
Thomas Taylor at ye Golden Lyon in Fleetstreet, London, 1717-[18]
Oblong quarto (210 x 290 mm.), modern half calf, green cloth boards, gilt ruled, spine with gilt ruled raised and ornate gilt feature to compartments, red calf gilt title label. With engraved title page and 42 maps numbered to 41, Scotland and Ireland unnumbered and here unusually bound at the end, Cumberland and Westmoreland combined '8 & 9'. The England map is in Hodson's state c, Scotland state b and Ireland state a, with all county maps in their expected state bearing roads. Manuscript notation lower right of the title. All leaves backed on linen as they were originally folded twice for the pocket, with loss at the folds to some, notably the title page, Chester, Devon, Durham, Gloucestershire, Monmouth, Suffolk and Wiltshire. Otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9276
£ 1,950