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British County Atlases
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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
London, 1675-[76]
Folio (425 x 275 mm.), contemporary speckled calf, rebacked ribbed spine, ribs with ornate blind strokes, double gilt and blind ruled compartments, each with ornate gilt feature, preserving original red calf gilt title label. With frontispiece engraved by Wenceslaus Hollar; typographic title page as above printed in black and red, verso blank; dedication to Charles II pp. (3), blank verso; Preface pp. (5); Post Roads pp. (3); London description pp. (8); Catalogue of the roads pp. (4), pp. 1-200 with 100 strip maps interspersed; A Table directing to the Cities ... pp. (4), general map omitted, never bound in, title with two small areas of margin loss repaired, upper corner of first leaf of dedication with small loss repaired, marbled fore-edges, complete with original blank endpapers, small paper fault to Hh2, light worming in lower margin maps 90-94, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9042
£ 13,950
Robert Sayer, London, 1787
VERY RARE EDITION. Small quarto (235 x 190 mm.), contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards, with gilt bands to spine along with red calf gilt title label, joints repaired. Engraved pictorial title, Preface and Index, 49 engraved maps including a newly introduced folding map of England and Wales by Thomas Jefferys, ALL IN EARLY WASH COLOUR, and a larger folding distance chart, a superb example.
Stock number: 8830
£ 5,500
Carington Bowles, London, 1764
Octavo (195 x 155 mm.), full contemporary calf, rebacked with corners repaired, spine with raised bands, gilt ruled compartments and gilt red calf title label. pp. 12, 273. Internally very clean, complete with contemporary endpapers.
Stock number: 8832
£ 1,250
Darton and Clark, London, 1843
Quarto (210 x 170 mm.), one part (of five), with contemporary paper wrappers, with ornate printed title to upper wrapper with map vignette and advert to the lower one. With 8 early wash coloured lithographic plates, 2 pasted to insides of the covers. With modern quarter calf slipcase with marbled paper boards, title affixed and silk ties.
Stock number: 7745
£ 650
London, July 1st., 1790
FIRST EDITION. Quarto (215 x 155 mm.), full contemporary calf, ornate gilt spine with red calf gilt title. With engraved title page, folding general map, foxed, map of the Turnpike Gates, both in early wash colour, Explanation and Advertisement, and 80 strip road maps on 40 double-page sheets all in early wash colour. Engraved throughout, with minor offsetting. Complete with original endpapers.
Stock number: 7657
£ 995
London, c.1881
Small quarto (240 x 195 mm.), original paper wrappers with title. With 45 lithographic maps back to back, including a large folding map of England and Wales. Light wear, generally in good condition.
Stock number: 7502
£ 260
Lackington, Allen & Co, London, 1806
Octavo (190 x 120 mm.), contemporary half red calf, marbled boards, gilt ruled, with original paper title label affixed to the upper board, gilt ruled spine. With engraved title, Preface, map of England and 42 circular maps of the English counties, half title 'Wales', 12 maps of the Welsh counties, an Index map of England and Wales in early outline colour, Index leaf, with two endpapers. 54 early wash colour roundel maps in total, each with typographic text below, some light show through on a few maps to the versos, otherwise the maps are VERY FRESH.
Stock number: 7453
£ 5,000
G. Ellis, No. 5. Smith's Square, Westminster, London, [1819]
Small folio (310 x 245 mm.), old cloth binding retaining original morocco gilt label priced "L3 3s 0D", light wear and staining to lower portion. With engraved title, and 44 maps, comprising 42 engraved maps of the English counties and maps of North and South Wales all by James Wallis, all in early wash colour, pp. (2), 2, (26), descriptive text accompanying each map, (14). Wiltshire with light paper adhesion, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 7485
£ 650
Thomas Bowles and John Bowles, London, 1739
Oblong quarto (245 x 365 mm.), quarter calf, marbled paper boards, gilt title to the spine. With typographic title page (lightly foxed) and fifty engraved maps (2 general) as called for, 2 of which are folding, in good condition.
Stock number: 7389
£ 2,950
Henry Teesdale & Co. 2 Brunswick Row, Queen Sqe. and Sold by D. W. Marti, 16 Westmoreland Place, City Road, London, 1843-[c.45]
Quarto (235 x 185 mm.), nineteenth century half red calf, red cloth boards with gilt 'Atlas' embossed to upper board, ornate blind ruled and gilt decorated spine with title, light wear. With early endpapers, engraved title page, engraved Contents leaf and 45 engraved maps including 1 large folding general map of England and Wales with minor tear where bound in and 44 single page maps of North and South Wales and the English counties, all in early wash colour, in good condition.
Stock number: 7188
£ 950
Darton and Clark, 58 Holborn Hill, London, c.1844
Quarto (215 x 175 mm.), full contemporary cloth, ornate blind ruling to boards, gilt embossed title to upper board, rebacked preserving original spine with gilt title. Five parts in one volume, with pictorial frontispiece and title, typographic title, Preface and 40 early wash coloured lithographic plates. The first two maps with some marginal waterstaining, some light offsetting as usual, otherwise a good example.
Stock number: 7098
£ 2,250
London, 1751
Octavo (160 x 115 mm.), full contemporary calf, gilt embossed panels, with gilt bands to spine along with red calf gilt title label. Engraved throughout, pictorial title, one leaf containing preface and index, 50 engraved maps, ALL IN EARLY OUTLINE COLOUR with yellow wash borders, Rutland with tear in the map repaired, otherwise a good example.
Stock number: 5245
£ 4,500
Thomas Bowles, John Bowles and Robert Sayer, London, [1763]
Folio (560 x 390 mm.), modern half calf retaining contemporary marbled paper boards, ornate blind ruling, spine with gilt and blind ruled bands, red calf gilt title label affixed. With 47 engraved double-page mapsheets consisting of a general map of England and Wales by Kitchin, general map of Scotland by James Dorret dated 1761, Bayly of Ireland, and 44 county maps of England and Wales, all in early outline colour, the first map with a stain confined mostly in the margin otherwise generally in good condition.
Stock number: 10440
£ 9,750
London, 1753
Folio (400 x 250 mm.), two volumes, full contemporary calf. Spine ribbed with 7 compartments, gilt lined, calf labels for title and volume. Volume 1; with engraved portrait of Camden by R. White, typographic title page within double rule border, 36 double page county maps by Robert Morden, 9 engraved plates. Volume 2; typographic title page within double ruled border, 15 double page county maps by Robert Morden. pp. (64), cclxvii, 696 (numbered columns, actually 348); (2), 829 (numbered columns paginated in continuation 697-1526); (176). With some light browning and occasional offsetting, generally a fine looking example.
Stock number: 1852
£ 1,950