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ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, Gilles
Paris, 1757
Carte des Grandes Routes d'Angleterre, d'Ecosse, et d'Irlande
475 x 580 mm., early outline colour with recent wash to the title cartouche, in good condition.
Stock number: 10553
£ 225
   

CARY, John
J. Cary, Engraver & Map-seller, No. 181 Strand, London, 1794
Cary's New Map of England and Wales, with part of Scotland. On which are carefully laid down All the Direct and Principal Cross Roads, the Course of the Rivers and navigable Canals, Cities, Market and Borough Towns, Parishes, and most considerable Hamlets, Parks, Forests & c.& c. Delineated from Actual Surveys; and materially assisted from Authentic Documents Liberally supplied by the Right Honourable the Post Masters GeneralCary's New Map of England and Wales, with part of Scotland. On which are carefully laid down All the Direct and Principal Cross Roads, the Course of the Rivers and navigable Canals, Cities, Market and Borough Towns, Parishes, and most considerable Hamlets, Parks, Forests & c.& c. Delineated from Actual Surveys; and materially assisted from Authentic Documents Liberally supplied by the Right Honourable the Post Masters GeneralCary's New Map of England and Wales, with part of Scotland. On which are carefully laid down All the Direct and Principal Cross Roads, the Course of the Rivers and navigable Canals, Cities, Market and Borough Towns, Parishes, and most considerable Hamlets, Parks, Forests & c.& c. Delineated from Actual Surveys; and materially assisted from Authentic Documents Liberally supplied by the Right Honourable the Post Masters GeneralCary's New Map of England and Wales, with part of Scotland. On which are carefully laid down All the Direct and Principal Cross Roads, the Course of the Rivers and navigable Canals, Cities, Market and Borough Towns, Parishes, and most considerable Hamlets, Parks, Forests & c.& c. Delineated from Actual Surveys; and materially assisted from Authentic Documents Liberally supplied by the Right Honourable the Post Masters General
Quarto (325 x 255 mm.), modern green half calf, green cloth boards, spine with raised bands, blind ruled compartments, ornate gilt compartments, gilt title and date, later endpapers. With engraved title (sheet 80), dedication (sheet 71), early wash coloured general map (sheet 62), Explanation (sheet 72) and Scale (sheet 62) and map in 76 sections, numbered to 81, in early outline colour with some wash colour, pp. 88 general Index and list of subscribers bound at the end, in good condition.
Stock number: 10501
£ 495
   

LILY, George - BERTELLI, Ferrando
Ferrando Bertelli, Venice, 1562
Britania Insula Quae Duo Regna Continet Angliam Et Scotiam Cum Hibernia Adiacente
480 x 350 mm., cut close with original extended margins as usually issued, with light water stain to upper right margin, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9996
£ 19,500
   

OVERTON, John
Printed and published by John Overton at the White Horse, without Newgate, London, 1667-[69]
A new and Exact Map of Great Britannie Containing the three Kingdomes of England, Scotland and Ireland. with the Principalite of Wales etc. as also an Addition of severall of ye Cheef Citties, belonging to the sayd kingdomes
415 x 530 mm., old but not contemporary wash colour, one crease on left side and 4 cms. tear repaired lower right, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 9989
£ 8,500
   

CHATELAIN, Henri Abraham
Amsterdam, c.1719
Carte Genealogique de la Maison de Stuart, dans la quelle l'on fait Observer son Origine, ses Branches ses Armes, et ses Alliances
380 x 465 mm., in recent full wash colour, good condition.
Stock number: 9719
£ 195
   

BRADSHAW, George
Manchester, 14 January 1839
Map & Sections of the Railways of Great Britain. Dedicated by Permission to James Walker F.R.S. L & E President of the Institution of Civil EngineersMap & Sections of the Railways of Great Britain. Dedicated by Permission to James Walker F.R.S. L & E President of the Institution of Civil Engineers
1620 x 1025 mm., early outline colour, dissected into segments and laid on linen, with marbled endpapers, light stain to left side, some off setting to cartouche. Folds into original publisher's full maroon calf gilt ruled and ornate blind panelled boards, rebacked preserving original spine with gilt title. Bound with 'Tables of the Gradients to Bradshaw's Map of the Railways of Great Britain, Containing Particulars of Lengths, Levels and Gradients of all the Principal Railways in the Kingdom', 14 January 1839, pp. 32, with several tables.
Stock number: 9486
£ 750
   

GREENOUGH, George Bellas
Geological Society, London, July 1865-[c.1877]
A Geological Map of England and Wales by G.B. Greenough, President of the Geological Society ... (on the basis of the original Map of Wm. Smith 1815), Revised and Improved under the Superintendence of a Committee of the Geological Society of London, from the Maps of the geological Survey of Great Britain, 1836-63 and Maps and Documents contributed by Sir R.J. Murchison, Professor Phillips, Joseph Prestwich, R. Godwin Austen, and others. [With] Memoir of a Geological Map of England; to which is added, an Alphabetical Index to the Hills, and a List of the Hills arranged according to Counties
1960 x 1610 mm. the whole, to the scale of 6 miles to the inch, with early wash colour, four sheets on paper watermarked J. Whatman dated 1877, sectionalised and laid on linen, with silk edging, some minor spots, marbled endpapers, otherwise in good condition. [With] Octavo, later half green morocco, marbled paper boards, pp. xi, 29, all housed in original brown cloth slipcase with manuscript label.
Stock number: 9600
£ 18,500
   

BLAEU, Willem
Amsterdam, 1648
Magnae Britanniae et Hiberniae Tabula
470 x 555 mm., in fine early outline colour and good condition.
Stock number: 9360
£ 650
   

CHATELAIN, Henri Abraham
Amsterdam, 1708
Nouvelle Carte pour Introduire a la Geographie et a la Genealogie des Rois d'Angleterre et d'Ecosse avec Diverses Remarques pour le Secours de la Chronologie et de l'Histoire
380 x 940 mm., two sheets joined as one as issued, in full wash colour, in good condition.
Stock number: 8986
£ 295
   

LILY, George - RE, Sebastian di
Michele Tramezzino, Rome, 1558
Britanniae Insulae Quae Nunc Angliae Et Scotiae Regna Continet Cum Hibernia Adiacente Nova Descriptio
400 x 545 mm., with extended margins as usual, very slight loss of neatline upper right side, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 8957
£ 25,000
   

ROLEWINCK, Werner
Erhard Ratdolt, Venice, 1481
Britania que postea dicta est anglia
THE SECOND PRINTED VIEW OF ANYWHERE IN ENGLAND. 55 x 145 mm., set within a leaf of text measuring 270 x 195 mm., light browning upper left margin, two small wormholes, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 8386
£ 1,250
   

SCHONSPERGER, Johann
Augsburg, 1496
Engellannd oder Bryttania/ EngellandEngellannd oder Bryttania/ Engelland
265 x 180 mm., each (leaf size) TWO LEAVES, with minor soiling, 'xlviii' with small tear upper margin, 'CCCxxi' with two small holes, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 8387
£ 950
   

FABER, John (Senior)
London, c.1714
Henricus VIII Angliae Franciae & Hibern: Rex Fundr. Coll: Aedis Christi AoDi 1546
260 x 205 mm., mezzotint engraving, trimmed and laid down on large paper, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 8297
£ 75
   

BERRY, William
William Berry at the Sign of the Globe between Charing Cross and White Hall, London, 1680
A New Mapp of the Kingdome of England and Wales. Containing all the Cities, Market Towns, with the Roades, from Town to Town. And the Number of Reputed Miles between them, Are given by Inspection without Scale or Compass. [rule] To the Most Serene and most Sacred Majesty William III ... William Berry
590 x 880 mm., in two sheets joined, early outline colour, some professional repair to lower centrefold not affecting the image, with one or two small surface marks none offensive, trimmed just touching the upper left corner but generally with good margins all round, otherwise in good condition.
Stock number: 8243
£ 3,250
   

ORTELIUS, Abraham - VRIENTS, Jan Baptiste
Antwerp, 1605-[09]
Angliae et Hiberniae Accurata Descriptio, Veteribus et Recentioribus Nominibus Illustrata
435 x 570 mm., in full early wash colour, trimmed close to the side margins as is often the case, with no apparent loss, otherwise in very good condition.
Stock number: 7752
£ 4,750
   

JOLLAIN, Francois Gerard
A lenfent Jesus, Paris, c.1690
Profils des Villes Capitale des Royaumes D'Angleterre, D'Ecosse Et D'Irlande, Leuez Et Dessignez Sur Les Lieux
360 x 485 mm., with old folds after being bound in a book, some very minor restoration to folds but otherwise in very good condition.
Stock number: 7652
£ 2,500
   

ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, Didier
Paris, 1753
Le Royaume d'Angleterre ...
475 x 515 mm., in early outline colour, in good condition.
Stock number: 7433
£ 175
   

PTOLEMY, Claudius - FRIES, Laurent
Lyon, 1522-[41]
Europae Tabula prima Continet Insulam Albion, sive Britanniam & Hyberniam
295 x 410 mm., in very good condition.
Stock number: 7407
£ 1,950
   

BLAEU, Willem Janszoon
Amsterdam, 1634-[59]
Anglia Regnum
385 x 495 mm., early outline colour, with Spanish text, with tear to the upper margin repaired, in good condition.
Stock number: 7231
£ 260
   

DIGHTON, Robert (after)
London?, c.1870
England and Wales; Scotland; Ireland ... Geography bewitched ...England and Wales; Scotland; Ireland ... Geography bewitched ...England and Wales; Scotland; Ireland ... Geography bewitched ...
85 x 60 mm., each, laid on card, in printed colour, with remnants of paper to which they had been affixed on the verso, manuscript annotations on verso of all three signed 'LT'.
Stock number: 7039
£ 1,950
   

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