ANTIQUE MAPS BY MERCATOR - ORDNANCE SURVEY

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Hispanię Novę Nova Descriptio.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1609, French Edition. 355 x 480.
Fine original colour, slight overall age-toning and four very small worm holes with no loss.
The first non-Latin edition of Mercator's map of south-west Mexico, with most placenames still Aztec. Decorated with a large strapwork title cartouche, a galleon and a sea-monster. KOEMAN: Me 19.

£650

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Dauphine par Jean de Beins.

Amsterdam, 1635. 165 x 245mm.
English overprinting affecting left edge of map.
From the "Atlas Minor".

£48

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Hispaniæ Novæ Nova Descriptio.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1609, French text Edition. 355 x 480.
Fine original colour; slight overall age-toning and four very small worm holes with no loss.
The first non-Latin edition of Mercator's map of south-west Mexico, with most placenames still Aztec. Decorated with a large strapwork title cartouche, a galleon and a sea-monster. KOEMAN: Me 19.

£850

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Arragonia et Catalonia.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1619, French text edition. 350 x 470.
Uncoloured; a strong dark impression with only minor signs of wear and marginal defects otherwise very good.
Aragon and Catalonia, names Barcelona. KOEMAN: Me 26A.

£260

MERCATOR, Michael.

America sive India Nova.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1609, French text edition. 375 x 470.
Finely hand coloured; excellent condition over all with only very minor age-toning to the margins
The only known map engraved by Gerard Mercator's grandson (better known for his engraving of the Drake silver medal while resident in London in 1589). First published in Duisburg, 1595, it shows North and South America within a sphere, with a large New Guinea and "Terra Australis Nondum Cognita". A clear North-West Passage is shown; the St Lawrence river runs past the unknown Great Lakes to rise in a mountain chain mid-continent; the mythical "Friesland" is shown near Iceland; South America has a distinctive bulge in the south-west (removed from Ortelius' map 1587), and at the North Pole is the island invented for magnetic north. Around the map is an extensive floral pattern with roundels in each corner, one for the title, the others for inset maps of the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba and Haiti. BURDEN: 87. KOEMAN: Me 19.

£4,500

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Japan I.

London, Michaell Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. 130 x 170.
Uncoloured; very slight show through of text from verso as is often the case with this edition, otherwise fine.
A map of Japan. From the 'Historia Mundi or Marcator's Atlas'...enlarged with new mapps... by Jodocus Hondy [sic]. English text title outside platemark reads; The Iland of Japan. Translated into English by W. Saltonstall.

£520

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Insulę Indiae orientalis.

London, Michaell Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. 140 x 200.
Uncoloured; very slight show through of text from verso as is often the case with this edition, otherwise fine.
Shows the Philippine Islands, part of New Guinea and across to the mainland. From the 'Historia Mundi or Marcator's Atlas'...enlarged with new mapps... by Jodocus Hondy [sic]. English text title outside platemark reads; The Iland Zeilan. Translated into English by W. Saltonstall.

£390

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Svecia, et Norwegia etc.

London, Michaell Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. 135 x 190.
Uncoloured; very slight show through of text from verso as is often the case with this edition, otherwise fine.
A map of Scandinavia. From the 'Historia Mundi or Marcator's Atlas'...enlarged with new mapps... by Jodocus Hondy [sic]. English text title outside platemark reads; Norway and Swethland. Translated into English by W. Saltonstall.

£210

MERCATOR, Gerard.

America Meridionalis.

London, Michaell Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. 145 x 190.
Uncoloured; very slight show through of text from verso as is often the case with this edition, otherwise fine.
A map of South America. From the 'Historia Mundi or Marcator's Atlas'...enlarged with new mapps... by Jodocus Hondy [sic]. English text title outside platemark reads; Southerne America. Translated into English by W. Saltonstall.

£210

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Virginia et Florida.

London, Michaell Sparke & Samuel Cartwright, 1635. 145 x 185.
Uncoloured; very slight show through of text from verso as is often the case with this edition, otherwise fine.
This map of Virginia and Florida is a reduced version of the one by Jodocus Hondius published in his 'Atlas Cosmographicae' of 1606 . This example is from the 'Historia Mundi or Marcator's Atlas'...enlarged with new mapps... by Jodocus Hondy [sic]. English text title outside platemark reads; Virginia. Translated into English by W. Saltonstall.

£530

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Islandia.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius & Johannis CLOPPENBURG, 1632. 185 x 255.
Original outline colour; slight age-toning of paper, minor staining and minor defects to margins, otherwise very good.
A map of Iceland. From the rare Cloppenburg edition - a larger format edition of Mercator's pocket atlas. With a page of relevant text in Latin. KOEMAN: Me 200.

£460

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Japonia.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius & Johannis CLOPPENBURG, 1632. 185 x 245.
Uncoloured; slight age-toning of paper, minor staining and minor defects to margins, otherwise very good.
A map of Japan, closely following the Ortelius-Teixeira outline of 1595, also showing Korea as an island. engraved by Petrus Kęrius. From the rare Cloppenburg edition - a larger format edition of Mercator's pocket atlas. With a relevant page of text in Latin. KOEMAN: Me 200.

£650

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Russia.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius & Johannis CLOPPENBURG, 1632. 185 x 250.
Uncoloured; slight age-toning of paper, minor staining and minor defects to margins, otherwise very good.
A map of Russia, probably engraved by Petrus Kęrius. Shows the area from the Baltic States across to Siberia, with a strange row of buildings and trees forming a line from north of the Black Sea almost to Sarataff (Saratov). This line closely follows the route taken by Giovanni de Piano Carpini in the mid 13th century. Carpini had been sent by Pope Innocent IV to persuade the Mogul rulers to give up war, and to convert them to the Christian faith, he returned to Europe having failed in his mission. From the rare Cloppenburg edition - a larger format edition of Mercator's pocket atlas. With a page of relevant text in Latin. KOEMAN: Me 200.

£120

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Suecia et Norvegia cum confiijs..

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius & Johannis CLOPPENBURG, 1632. 185 x 250.
Uncoloured; slight age-toning of paper, minor staining and minor defects to margins, including a short tear on the right-hans edge, otherwise very good.
Scandinavia, engraved by Petrus Kęrius. From the rare Cloppenburg edition - a larger format edition of Mercator's pocket atlas. KOEMAN: Me 200.

£190

MERCATOR, Gerard.

America Meridio:nalis.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius & Johannis CLOPPENBURG, 1632. 190 x 255.
Uncoloured; slight age-toning of paper, minor staining and minor defects to margins, otherwise very good.
A map of South America. From the rare Cloppenburg edition - a larger format edition of Mercator's pocket atlas. With a page of relevant text in Latin. KOEMAN: Me 200.

£290

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Terra Sancta.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius & Johannis CLOPPENBURG, 1632. 190 x 255.
Uncoloured; slight age-toning of paper, minor staining and minor defects to margins, small amount of contemporary ink manuscripting in the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea, otherwise very good.
A map of the Holy Land, orientated east at the top of the page. From the rare Cloppenburg edition - a larger format edition of Mercator's pocket atlas. With a page of relevant text in Latin. This edition not listed in LAOR, 'Maps of the Holy Land'. KOEMAN: Me 200.

£240

MERCATOR, Gerard.

De Groote ende Kleyne Eylanden van West-Indies.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius & Johannis CLOPPENBURG, 1632. 190 x 255.
Uncoloured; slight age-toning of paper, minor staining and minor defects to margins, otherwise very good.
A map of the West Indies, showing most of Florida, the Bahamas, Cuba and the Leeward and Windward Islands down to Trinidad. From the rare Cloppenburg edition - a larger format edition of Mercator's pocket atlas.
KOEMAN: Me 200.

£360.00

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Virginiae item et Floridae.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius & Johannis CLOPPENBURG, 1632. 190 x 255.
Uncoloured; slight age-toning of paper, minor staining and minor defects to margins, otherwise very good.
Virginia and Florida after John White and Le Moyne, who in turn drew heavily on accounts from the French explorers and also the Indians, this information was at times notoriously unreliable and lead to many misconceptions which perpetuated for well over 100 years. From the rare Cloppenburg edition - a larger format edition of Mercator's pocket atlas. KOEMAN: Me 200.

£750

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Anglia Regnum.

Amsterdam, 1633, French text edition. 350 x 460.
Fine original colour; minor marginal defects, otherwise a very good example.
Mercator's map of England and Wales is on a larger scale than his map of the British Isles, because of this he is able to include more place names. Although based on Saxton, there are some curious spellings of places, suggesting perhaps that the engraver was using a foreign source. SHIRLEY: No.181. KOEMAN: Me 36A.

£520

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Typus Orbis Terrarum.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1609-, German text edition. 135 x 200.
Uncoloured; very minor age-toning and soiling to margins, but otherwise very good.
A delightful twin hemisphere map of the World after Mercator, with the title above and Hondius' favourite quotation from the Psalms below. From the pocket edition of Mercator's atlas. KOEMAN: Me 188. SHIRLEY: Mapping of the World #259, plate 204.

£750

MERCATOR, Michael.

America sive India Nova.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1619, French text edition. 375 x 470.
Fine original colour; excellent condition.
The only known map engraved by Gerard Mercator's grandson (better known for his engraving of the Drake silver medal while resident in London in 1589). First published in Duisburg, 1595, it shows North and South America within a sphere, with a large New Guinea and "Terra Australis Nondum Cognita". A clear North-West Passage is shown; the St Lawrence river runs past the unknown Great Lakes to rise in a mountain chain mid-continent; the mythical "Friesland" is shown near Iceland; South America has a distinctive bulge in the south-west (removed from Ortelius' map 1587), and at the North Pole is the island invented for magnetic north. Around the map is an extensive floral pattern with roundels in each corner, one for the title, the others for inset maps of the Gulf of Mexico, Cuba and Haiti. BURDEN: 87. KOEMAN: Me 19.

£4,900

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Russia.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius & Johannis CLOPPENBURG, 1632. 185 x 250.
Uncoloured; slight age-toning of paper, minor staining and minor defects to margins, otherwise very good.
A map of Russia, probably engraved by Petrus Kęrius. Shows the area from the Baltic States across to Siberia, with a strange row of buildings and trees forming a line from north of the Black Sea almost to Sarataff (Saratov). This line closely follows the route taken by Giovanni de Piano Carpini in the mid 13th century. Carpini had been sent by Pope Innocent IV to persuade the Mogul rulers to give up war, and to convert them to the Christian faith, he returned to Europe having failed in his mission. From the rare Cloppenburg edition - a larger format edition of Mercator's pocket atlas. With a page of relevant text in Latin.
KOEMAN: Me 200.

£120

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Italiae, Sclovonię, et Gręcię tabula geographica.

Duisburg, c.1589-. 300 x 195.
Uncoloured; light overall age-toning, short tear to lower margin and minor marginal soiling, otherwise good.
The titlepage from the Italian and Greek volume of Mercator's Atlas

£170

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Italiae, Sclavinię, et Gręcię tabula geographice.

Amsterdam, c.1610. 295 x 195.
Original colour; very light staining, otherwise fine.
A decorative title from the Mercator atlas.

£190

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Anglia Regnum.

Amsterdam, 1630, Latin text edition. 350 x 460.
Uncoloured; minor marginal nicks and toning to the edges of the paper, short repaired tear to lower centrefold in the margin, small rust spot in Ireland, otherwise a very good example.
Mercator's map of England and Wales is on a larger scale than his map of the British Isles, because of this he is able to include more place names. Although based on Saxton, there are some curious spellings of places, suggesting perhaps that the engraver was using a foreign source.
SHIRLEY: No.181. KOEMAN: Me 29A.

£480

MERCATOR, Gerard - HONDIUS, Henricus.

Hispanię Novę Nova Descriptio.

Amsterdam, Henricus Hondius, 1630, Latin text Edition. 355 x 480.
Uncoloured; slight centrefold stain due to guard paste, marginal stain to the left and other minor soiling, otherwise overall fine condition.
Mercator's map of south-west Mexico, with most place-names still Aztec. Decorated with a large strapwork title cartouche, a galleon and a sea-monster.
KOEMAN: Me 29A.

£420

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Hispanię Nova Descriptio.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius & Johannis CLOPPENBURG, 1630. 190 x 255.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning, small split and other minor marginal defects, otherwise a good example.
A fine map of the Iberian Peninsular, engraved by Petrus Kęrius. From the rare Cloppenburg edition - a larger format edition of Mercator's pocket atlas.
KOEMAN: Me 198.

£110

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Lutzenburgensis Ducatus.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius & Johannis CLOPPENBURG, 1630. 190 x 250.
Coloured; slight age-toning of paper, cut close at left margin, with minor loss of printed line border, some short marginal nicks and tears repaired, otherwise good.
A map of Luxemburg, engraved by Petrus Kęrius. From the rare Cloppenburg edition - a larger format edition of Mercator's pocket atlas.
KOEMAN: Me 198.

£140

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Portugalia et Algarve.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius & Johannis CLOPPENBURG, 1632. 185 x 250.
Coloured; trimmed close at left margin, with no loss and enough blank paper to facilitate framing, light staining and minor defects to margins, otherwise very good.
A superbly engraved map of Portugal, with a sailing ship, compass rose and decorative title cartouche.
KOEMAN: Me 200.

£150

MERCATOR, Gerard. - HONDIUS, Henricus.

India Orientalis.

Amsterdam, Henricus Hondius, 1606 -, Latin text edition. 355 x 485.
Fine original colour; minor defects to centrefold, mostly confined to the lower section in the margin, otherwise a fine example.
First published in 1606 by Jodocus Hondius this map of the East Indies from India to China and down to Borneo, shows the Philippine Islands, the Malay Peninsular, Siam, Cambodia and Borneo in some detail.
SUĮREZ: Early Mapping of South East Asia, pp. 193-195.

£1,650

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Cyprus Ins; Stalimini I.; Chius Insul.; Mitiline Ins.; Negroponte In.; Cerigo Insul.; Rhodus Ins.

Amsterdam, Henricus Hondius, 1630, Latin text Edition. 350 x 490.
Coloured; one or two very minor marginal spots, otherwise a fine example.
A highly decorative map of Cyprus, with an ornamental title cartouche, sea-monster and galleon, with six inset maps underneath.
KOEMAN: Me 29A. STYLIANOU (97).

£1,200

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Portugalliae que olim Lusitania...

Amsterdam, Henricus Hondius, 1628, French text edition. 335 x 495.
Finely coloured; very light soiling to margins, otherwise a fine example.
A highly decorative map of Portugal, orientated with north to the right. Superbly engraved by Baptista Doetichum.
KOEMAN: Atlantes Neerlandici, Me 28A.

£450

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Daniae Regnu.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius, 1609, First French Edition. 375 x 440.
Coloured; centrefold expertly repaired in the lower margin, just into platemark, very light marginal soiling, some very short nicks to the edges of the margins, otherwise a fine example.
From the first non-Latin edition of the Mercator - Hondius atlas.
KOEMAN: Me 19.

£450

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Anglesey Ins. - Wight Vectis - Ins. Garnesey - Ins. Jarsey.

Amsterdam, Henrici Hondius, 1630. Latin text edition. 320 x 435.
Original colour; some age-toning, as is often the case, minor splits and nicks to the edges of the large margins, other minor paper repairs to verso, otherwise a good example.
Four maps on one sheet, the islands of Anglesey, Wight, Jersey and Guernsey.
KOEMAN: Me 29A.

£320

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Islandia.

Duisberg, 1595, Latin Edition. 280 x 430.
Coloured; some expert restoration in the centrefold area, visible on verso, small tear in margin repaired, with paper fault in left margin and small ink mark on verso, otherwise good.
Decorated with a title cartouche, dividers on the scale and a twin-spouted sea-monster.
KOEMAN: Me 13A.

£580

MERCATOR, Rumold.

Orbis Terrae Compendiosa Descriptio...

Duisberg, Judocus Hondius, 1587-1628. French text edition. 290 x 525.
Original colour, with some recent embellishment; expert restoration to centrefold split in lower margin, slight thinning of paper in this area, visible when held up to the light, minor age-toning, otherwise a very good example.
A fine world map after the one by Gerard Mercator in 1569, now condensed into double hemisphere form by his son Rumold. Originally published at Geneva, later editions were published in Duisberg by Mercator's heirs. The plates were then sold to Jodocus Hondius for inclusion in his atlas in editions up to 1630. French text on verso, indicating 1609, 1613 or 1619. Due to the length of the cracks in the title of the plate, I have gone for the later date.
SHIRLEY: Mapping of the World. No. 157. KOEMAN, Me 28A.

£4,200

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Asia ex magna orbis terrae descriptione Gerardi Mercatoris desumpta studio et industria G.M. junioris.

Amsterdam, Henricus Hondius, 1628, French text edition. 375 x 470.
Coloured; very light marginal soiling, otherwise a fine example.
A fine map of the whole of Asia originally published 1595, and showing part of Alaska, top right and part of Australia in the bottom right corner.

£1,100

MERIAN, Matthdus.

Tocht der Karavane uyt Kairo op Mecha.

Frankfurt, c.1660. 275 x 345.
Uncoloured; short repaired centrefold split at lower margin, just into printed area, light marginal soiling, small rust mark, otherwise a very good example.
A superbly engraved and highly detailed impression of the caravan on its journey from Cairo to Mecca. Lettered key indicates the various locations of important aspects of the procession.

£230

MERIAN, Matthaus.

London.

Frankfurt, c.1650. Two sheets conjoined, total 230 x 705.
Uncoloured; signs of old folds, one or two expertly repaired tears and other marginal defects including minor spotting and soiling. Otherwise a good example.
A pre-fire prospect of London from Southwark, showing from Whitehall to the Tower of London, with a 43-point key. In the distance can be seen two windmills at Hampstead, and in the foreground the Swan and Globe theatres, and the Bear Garden.

£1,850.

MERIAN, Matthaus.

Olisippo. Lisabona.

Frankfurt, c.1638. 285 x 365.
Uncoloured; trimmed close at side margins, with no loss of printed line borders and enough blank paper to facilitate framing, minor age-toning and soiling, otherwise a good example.
A birds-eye view of the Port of Lisbon, with numbered key to important buildings along the bottom.

£230

MERULA, Paulus.

Galliae, Nova et Exacta Descriptio.

Leiden, 1605. 235 x 325.
Uncoloured; trimmed close on three sides, with no loss of printed surface and enough blank paper to facilitate framing, other very minor defects, overall good condition.
A superbly engraved map of France by Baptista Doetechom and published by Paulus Merula. UNCOMMON.

£340

MOLL, Hermann.

America.

London, Thomas Bowles & John Bowles, 1735. 275 x 210. Original colour; good condition.
North and South America, published in the second edition of Moll's "Atlas Minor", published after his death in 1732. California is shown as an island.

£390

MOLL, Hermann.

The Island of Antego by Herman Moll geograpger.

London, Thomas Bowles & John Bowles, 1735. 290 x 370. Original colour; slight wear at folds as is ususal for this map.
A map of the island of Antigua. From the second edition of Moll's "Atlas Minor", published after his death in 1732. Detailed map of the island with roads marked and showing soundings and shoals.

£290

MOLL, Hermann.

St Helena; The Bay of Agoa de Saldanha.

London, 1735. 275 x 205.
Original colour; minor marginal faults but otherwise good.
Two maps on one sheet, from Moll's "Atlas Minor".

£190

MOLL, Herman.

Berkshire.

London, T & J Bowles, 1724. 190 x 305.
Uncoloured; very slight age-toning and marginal defects , otherwise good.
From 'A New Description of England and Wales, with the Adjacent Islands', with the antiquities. With a wonderful prospect of Windsor Castle.

£160

MOLL, Herman.

Essex.

London, T & J Bowles, 1724. 215 x 320.
Uncoloured; very slight age-toning and marginal defects , otherwise good.
From 'A New Description of England and Wales, with the Adjacent Islands', with the antiquities.

£180

MOLL, Herman.

Hertfordshire.

London, T & J Bowles, 1724. 190 x 310.
Uncoloured; very slight age-toning and marginal defects , otherwise good.
From 'A New Description of England and Wales, with the Adjacent Islands', with the antiquities.

£180

MOLL, Herman.

Norfolk.

London, T & J Bowles, 1724. 200 x 320.
Uncoloured; very slight age-toning and marginal defects , otherwise good.
From 'A New Description of England and Wales, with the Adjacent Islands', with the antiquities.

£140

MOLL, Herman.

North Wales.

London, T & J Bowles, 1724. 195 x 320.
Uncoloured; very slight age-toning and marginal defects , otherwise good.
From 'A New Description of England and Wales, with the Adjacent Islands', with the antiquities.

£140

MOLL, Herman.

South Wales.

London, T & J Bowles, 1724. 195 x 320.
Uncoloured; very slight age-toning and marginal defects , otherwise good.
From 'A New Description of England and Wales, with the Adjacent Islands', with the antiquities.

£140

MOLL, Hermann.

Suisse or Switzerland with their Allies and Subjects &c.

London, Thomas Bowles & John Bowles, 1735. 210 x 270.
Original colour; edges lightly age-toned.
From the second edition of Moll's "Atlas Minor", published after his death in 1732.

£95

MOLL, Herman.

The Isle of Wight - Scilly Islands - Holy Island, Fairn etc.

London, 1739. 195 x 310.
Uncoloured; slight soiling and marginal staining, otherwise very good.
A map of the Isle of Wight, together with Holy Island and Farne, also the Scilly Islands, with a note on the latter regarding Sir Clowdisley Shovell - whereupon his return from naval operations off Spain he met his demise on the 22 October 1707, together with several others ships which were lost with all hands.

£98

MOLL, Hermann.

The North West Part of Germany...

London, Thomas Bowles & John Bowles, 1735. 270 x 205.
Original colour; edges lightly age-toned, other marginal nicks and short tears, otherwise good.
From the second edition of Moll's "Atlas Minor", published after his death in 1732.

£35

MOLL, Hermann.

The United Provinces or Netherlands &c.

London, Thomas Bowles & John Bowles, 1735. 180 x 255.
Coloured; very light marginal spotting, signs of old vertical folds, otherwise very good.
A map of The Netherlands.

£90

MOLL, Hermann.

A New Map of the Whole World with the Trade Winds...

London, Thomas Bowles & John Bowles, 1735. 205 x 270.
Original outline colour; slight soiling to margins and four small ink stains on the equator.
Double-hemisphere world map showing California as an island, the partial outlines of Australia, Tasmania & New Zealand, and a large Jesso shown as a large peninsula of Asia almost connected to Japan. Underneath the map is a large vignette with allegorical figures representing the continents (including an armour-clad European with a flintlock) and a central figure of the Earth being showered with gifts.

£680

MOLL, Hermann.

A New Map of the Whole World with the Trade Winds...

London, Thomas Bowles & John Bowles, 1735. 205 x 270.
Uncoloured; signs of old vertical fold, otherwise a fine example.
Double-hemisphere world map showing California as an island, the partial outlines of Australia, Tasmania & New Zealand, and a large Jesso shown as a large peninsula of Asia almost connected to Japan. Underneath the map is a large vignette with allegorical figures representing the continents (including an armour-clad European with a flintlock) and a central figure of the Earth being showered with gifts.

£680

MOLL, Herman.

A New Map of the Baltick &c. Showing all the Dominions about it, with ye Great or Post Roads and principal Cross-Roads.

London, c.1720. 515 x 615.
Coloured; signs of old folds, minor marginal soiling, otherwise a very good example.
A fine map of the Baltic and surrounding countries, with inset of the Sound or Pass from the Kattegat to the Baltic.

£690

MOLL, Herman.

The Southern Part of Great Britain called England and Wales.

London, I. Bowles, Tho. Bowles & Philip Overton, c.1725. 610 x 975.
Original colour; some minor expert repairs to nicks and short tears to edges of margins, signs of old folds, some spotting and light soiling, otherwise a good example for a map of this size.
Originally published in 1717, this example appears to be state 4, c.1725. A large two sheet map (joined) of england and Wales in detail. Alphabetical tables list the principal towns.
SHIRLEY: Printed Maps of the British Isles 1650-1750, Moll 6. Plate [54].

£790

MOLL, Hermann.

Africa.

London, 1739. 200 x 265.
Uncoloured; light marginal soiling, manuscript upper left margin reads 'Vol.3.p.1., otherwise a fine example.
Published in "Modern History: or, the Present State of all Nations", by Mr Salmon.
TOOLEY: Africa, p.79.

£190

MONTGOMERY MARTIN, R.

The British Colonies their History, Extent, Condition and Resources:

London, John Tallis & Co. c.1850. 270 x 170.
Good.
Britannia sitting on top of the World, with colonial subjects paying homage. Illustrated the vast extent of the British Empire in the Victorian era.

£52

MORDEN, Robert.

Insulae Jamaicae.

London, 1680. 130 x 110.
From 'Geography Rectified or A Description of the World.'

£160

MORDEN, Robert.

A New Map of ye World.

London, 1680. 95 x 160.
Coloured, possibly old or original; soiling to margins and signs of wear, some areas of the plate are quite weak through wear, but otherwise very good.
A miniature map of the World from Robert Morden's 'Geography Rectified'. The title runs across the top of the map with a dedication cartouche left blank in the lower spandrel. Difficult to date precisely, but the atlas was published again in 1688, 1693 and 1700, this could be one of the later editions due to the impression, although Shirley notes that 'Pag 1' was added to the top right hand corner in editions post 1693, this one does not have this, but it could have worn off.

£430

MORDEN, Robert.

Cambridge Shire.

London, 1695. 425 x 355.
Uncoloured; cut close with loss of printed line border on top edge, upper and lower margin added using old paper, otherwise very presentable.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£68

MORDEN, Robert.

Dorset Shire.

London, 1695-. 365 x 420.
Uncoloured; signs of an old printers crease in the centrefold area and trimmed close at side margins with no loss of printed area, otherwise, good condition.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£80

MORDEN, Robert.

Hertfordshire.

London, 1695-. 370 x 450.
Uncoloured; overall fine condition.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£130

MORDEN, Robert.

The County Palatine of Lancaster.

London, 1695-. 415 x 360.
Uncoloured; very minor marginal staining, otherwise a fine example.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£150

MORDEN, Robert.

Leicester Shire.

London, 1695-. 360 x 420.
Uncoloured; overall fine condition.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£70

MORDEN, Robert.

Northampton Shire.

London, 1695- 355 x 415.
Uncoloured; a dark impression in fine condition.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£68

MORDEN, Robert.

Suffolk.

London, 1695-. 360 x 420.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning to the edges of margins, otherwise a fine example.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£120

MORDEN, Robert.

Sussex.

London, 1695-. 240 x 410mm.
Uncoloured; a fine example.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£180

MORDEN, Robert.

Westmoreland.

London, 1695-. 360 x 420.
Uncoloured; dark impression in fine condition.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£75

MORDEN, Robert.

Wilt Shire.

London, 1695-. 340 x 410.
Uncoloured; overall fine condition.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£120

MORDEN, Robert.

Cumberland.

London, 1695-. 365 x 430.
Uncoloured; minor blemishes, but otherwise a fine example.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£100

MORDEN, Robert.

Episcopatus Dunelmensis vulgo The Bishoprick of Durham.

London, 1695-. 365 x 420.
Uncoloured; dark impression, trimmed close at side margins, but with enough blank paper to facilitate framing, otherwise very good.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£90

MORDEN, Robert.

Hertfordshire.

London, 1695-. 370 x 450.
Uncoloured; trimmed close at side margins, but with enough blank paper to facilitate framing, otherwise a fine example.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£150

MORDEN, Robert.

Huntington Shire.

London, 1695. 365 x 420.
Uncoloured; small side margins, but with enough blank paper to facilitate framing, otherwise a fine example.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£54

MORDEN, Robert.

Nottingham Shire.

London, 1695-. 350 x 415.
Uncoloured; dark impression, trimmed clse at side margins, but with enough blank paper to facilitate framing, overall good condition.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£54

MORDEN, Robert.

Comitatus Rotelandię Tabula Nova & Aucta.

London, 1695-. 290 x 365.
Uncoloured; light toning from the inking of the plate, minor age-toning of the margins and short tears to the edges, otherwise a good example.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£54

MORDEN, Robert.

Stafford Shire.

London, 1695-. 430 x 370.
Uncoloured; dark impression, trimmed close at top and bottom margins, but with just enough paper to facilitate framing, otherwise good.
Engraved by Sutton Nicholls for Camden's Britannia.

£90

MORDEN, Robert.

Worcestershire.

London, 1695-. 365 x 420.
Uncoloured; overall fine condition.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£90

MORDEN, Robert.

A New Map of ye World.

London, 1680. 95 x 160.
Coloured, possibly old or original; light soiling to margins and minor spotting, two pieces of brown tape on verso from when the map was framed, otherwise a good example.
A miniature map of the World from Robert Morden's 'Geography Rectified'. The title runs across the top of the map with a dedication cartouche left blank in the lower spandrel. Difficult to date precisely, but the atlas was published again in 1688, 1693 and 1700, this could be one of the earlier editions due to the darkness of impression and Shirley notes that 'Pag 1' was added to the top right hand corner in editions post 1693, this one does not have this.

£430

MORDEN, Robert.

The County Palatine of Chester.

London, 1695-. 345 x 415.
Uncoloured; light marginal age-toning, some light spotting in the centrefold, printers crease across the bottom right corner, otherwise a fine example.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£140

MORDEN, Robert.

Darby Shire.

London, 1695-. 360 x 420.
Uncoloured; light marginal spotting and print offset, small paper fault to left margin, otherwise a very good example.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£90

MORDEN, Robert.

Dorset Shire.

London, 1695-. 365 x 420.
Uncoloured; signs of an old printers crease across bottom left corner, light age-toning, and minor spotting, otherwise a very good example.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£90

MORDEN, Robert.

Essex.

London, 1695-. 345 x 415.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning to the edges of the paper, very small paper faults to upper margin, light paper crease to the right of the centrefold (from atlas), otherwise a fine dark impression.
Engraved by Sutton Nicholls for Camden's Britannia.

£120

MORDEN, Robert.

Westmoreland.

London, 1695-. 360 x 420.
Uncoloured; light print offset and minor age-toning, otherwise a dark impression in fine condition.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£75

MORDEN, Robert.

Wilt Shire.

London, 1695-. 340 x 410.
Uncoloured; short tear to lower margin (repaired), light age-toning to the edges of the paper, otherwise a fine example.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£110

MORDEN, Robert.

Episcopatus Dunelmensis vulgo The Bishoprick of Durham.

London, 1695-. 365 x 420.
Coloured; dark impression, trimmed close at side margins, but with enough blank paper to facilitate framing, otherwise very good.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£90

MORDEN, Robert.

The Smaller Islands in the British Ocean.

London, 1695. 360 x 420.
Uncoloured; very light marginal spotting fine dark impression.
The islands shown are: Wight, Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Scilly Isles, Man, Holy Island and Farne. Complete with the relevant pages of text on the section from the atlas.

£150

MORDEN, Robert.

The County of Monmouth.

London, 1695. 345 x 415.
Coloured; cut close at side margins, but with enough blank paper to facilitate framing, otherwise a good example.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£78

MORDEN, Robert.

Comitatus Rotelandię Tabula Nova & Aucta.

London, 1695-. 285 x 355.
Coloured; light toning to the margins, signs of old stain from masking tape along upper margin, well away from printed surface, otherwise a fine example.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£56

MORDEN, Robert.

A New and Correct Map of North Wales.

London, 1722. 380 x 430.
Coloured; light age-toning to the margins, short split to lower centrefold (repaired), light stain in title due to inking of the copper plate when printed, otherwise a very good example.
Published in Camden's Britannia.

£110

MOULE, Thomas.

Cornwall.

London c.1837. 205 x 260.
Coloured; light soiling and age-toning to the margins, otherwise a good example.
One of the last decorative series of English county maps.

£75

MOULE, Thomas.

Gloucstershire.

London c.1837. 265 x 205.
Coloured; sign of old vertical crease, very light soiling, otherwise very good.
One of the last decorative series of English county maps.

£68

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Typus Orbis Ptol Descriptus.

Basle, c.1540-45. 270 x 350.
Woodcut. Many contemporary manuscript anotations in the margins and a few on the printed area of the map. Ptolemaic world map, surrounded by wind heads. The woodcut designs on the verso are attributed to Hans Holbein. SHIRLEY: 76.

£850

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Die Henlige Statt Jeruisalem...…

Basle, c.1550. 275 x 380, including text.
Woodcut. Slight waterstaining but otherwise good.
An early view of Jerusalem.

£320

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

De Europa, quæ nostro æuo Christianum.

Basle, c.1580, Latin text edition. 80 x 135.
Woodcut; minor age-toning and some old manuscript annotations in the margin, otherwise good condition.
Sebastian Munster's 'Cosmography' first appeared in 1544 and subsequently went into many editions. This small map of Europe set in a page of text, covers most of the mainland continent.

£95

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Gotthie ou de Gottlande.

Basle, c.1580, French text edition. 100 x 135.
Woodcut; minor age-toning otherwise fine condition.
Sebastian Munster's 'Cosmography' first appeared in 1544 and subsequently went into many editions. This small map of Scandinavia set in a page of text, covers Norway, Sweden and Finland with the northern tip of Denmark and parts of the Baltic States and names Riga.

£110

MUNSTER, Sebastian. - PETRI, Heinrich.

Beschzeibrung Engellants und Schottlandts.

Basle, 1578-. 250 x 170.
Uncoloured woodcut; light overall age-toning, slight marginal soiling, otherwise a very good example.
A new woodcut introduced for the 1578 edition of the 'Cosmographia', probably by the printer Heinrich Petri. In the north the reversion to the Ptolemaic tradition of Scotland coming off at right-angles to England. SHIRLEY: 122. [Plate 51]

£290

MUNSTER, Sebastian. - PETRI, Heinrich.

Beschzeibrung Engellants und Schottlandts.

Basle, 1578-. 250 x 170.
Uncoloured woodcut; light toning to the edges, slight marginal soiling and staining, otherwise a very good example.
A new woodcut introduced for the 1578 edition of the 'Cosmographia', probably by the printer Heinrich Petri. In the north the reversion to the Ptolemaic tradition of Scotland coming off at right-angles to England. SHIRLEY: 122. [Plate 51]

£290

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Die Lander Asie nach...

Basle, Heinrich Petri, 1572, German text edition. 275 x 250.
Uncoloured woodcut; light age-toning and marginal soiling, centrefold in the lower margin slightly darker, possibly wax, otherwise very good.
Munster's modern map of Asia, showing from Moscovy and Arabia east to "Archipelagus 7448 insularz" off the coast of China. To the south Munster now associates Taprobana with Sumatra rather than Ceylon, and Zanzibar is an island south-east of Madagascar. Much of the information on the map is derived from the reports of Marco Polo, including Cathay, Quinzay and the reference above to 7448 islands meant to represent the islands of the Philippines

£680

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

[No title].

Basle, 1550 - Latin text edition. 105 x 145.
Woodcut set in a page of text. Slight soiling, mostly confined to the text area.
This woodcut appears several times within the 'Cosmographia' and is of a collection of islands, on one example the reference is to Columbus and the Fortunate Island or Canaries, but on this one it appears to be of Rhodes, Delos and other Greek islands.

£68

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

[No title].

Basle, 1550 - Latin text edition. 105 x 145.
Uncoloured woodcut set in a page of text; light soiling, mostly confined to the text area, otherwisea good example.
This woodcut appears several times within the 'Cosmographia' and is of a collection of islands, on one example the reference is to Columbus and the Fortunate Island or Canaries, but on this one it appears to be of Rhodes, Delos and other Greek islands.

£68

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Von der Insel unnd Konigreich Cypern.

Basle, 1588. 100 x 150 not including text.
Coloured, woodcut; some minor staining and spotting. otherwise a good example.
A small map of Cyprus set in a page of text, published in Munster's "Cosmography"
ZACHARAKIS: 1586, illus pl. 328.

£160

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

Il Cuscho Citta Principale Della Provincia del Peru.

Basle, Heinrich Petri, c.1580. 275 x 370.
Woodcut; slight darkening to centrefold caused by guard paste on verso, contemporary ink manuscript on verso, other light spotting and minor soiling, otherwise a good example.
An early woodcut view of Cusco after Braun & Hogenberg, shows the surrounding countryside as well as the walled city. Knights, peasants and nobility can be seen both within and outside the walls of the city. The title is shown in a banner cartouche along the top.

£320

MUNSTER, Sebastian.

[No title].

Basle, 1550 - Latin text edition. 95 x 175.
Uncoloured woodcut set in a page of text; very light age-toning at edge of the paper, with old mounting tape on the top and bottom edges, otherwise a fine example.
A woodcut prospect of the city of Buda, with the Danube in the background. The verso has a naļve prospect of Belgrade.

£48

NORDEN, John - KIP, William.

Cantium quod nunc Kent.

London, 1607-1637. 285 x 375.
Coloured; trimmed both sides to printed line border, now re-margined with old paper, one or two minor nicks and short tears to the edges, otherwise presentable.
A map of Kent after John Norden and published in the third edition of Camden's Britannia to contain maps.

£210

OGILBY, John.

Novi Belgii quod nunc Novi Jorck.

[London, 1671].. 290 x 370.
Fine dark impression.
A fine decorative map of New England.

£1,300

OGILBY, John.

Peru

London, 1670. 290 x 350.
Uncoloured; fine dark impression, some worm damage to upper margin, resulting in loss of blank paper (repaired) and very minor loss to printed line border, lsight overall age-toning, otherwise very good.
Highly decorative map of the country, with figured cartouche displaying natives, armodillo, llama, lizard and snake.

£230

OGILBY, John.

Nova Virginiae Tabula.

[London, 1671]. 290 x 360.
Uncoloured; dark impression, fine condition.
A fine decorative map of Virginia, winged putti, natives, a goat, a long tailed sheep and a llama fill the top corners and enhance the mile scale at the bottom.

£1,200

OGILBY, John.

The Continuation of the Extended Road from Buckingham to Bridgnorth...…

London, 1675. 345 x 450.
Uncoloured; overall a fine example.
From the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by Ogilby. Sheet 13 the roads from Banbury, passing through Stratford, Bromsgrove and on to Bridgnorth and the other Banbury through Shipton and ending at Campden. Complete with relevant page of text. Highly decorative fox hunting scene in the title cartouche.

£210

OGILBY, John.

The Road from London to Barwick...

London, 1675. 330 x 450.
Uncoloured; overall a fine example.
From the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by Ogilby. Sheet 6 the road from Stilton, passing through Stamford, Grantham, Newark and on to Tuxford. Complete with relevant page of text.

£170

OGILBY, John.

The Road from London to Barwick...

London, 1675. 330 x 450.
Uncoloured; overall a fine example.
From the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by Ogilby. Sheet 7 the road from Tuxford, passing through Sherwood Forest and on to York (plan). Complete with relevant page of text.

£185

OGILBY, John.

The Road from Welshpool Com. Montgomery to Carnavan in North Wales.

London, 1675. 330 x 420.
Uncoloured; overall fine condition.
From the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by Ogilby. Sheet 87: with a decorative cartouche of goats. The road from Welshpool, passing through Harlech and on to Carnarvan. Complete with relevant page of text.

£210

OGILBY, John.

[No title.].

London, c.1720. 190 x 115.
Uncoloured; light age-toning and minor nicks to margins, otherwise good condition.
A road map from the 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improved' by John Owen and Emanuel Bowen. This map covers the road from Bromyard in Herefordshire, through Prestain and onwards through Radnorshire. The verso (coloured) shows the road through Worcestershire, via Pershore and on to Bromyard.

£7

OGILBY, John.

[No title.].

London, c.1720. 190 x 115.
Coloured; light age-toning and minor nicks to margins, otherwise good condition.
A road map from the 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improved' by John Owen and Emanuel Bowen. This map covers the road from Tuxford, Nottinghamshire to Doncaster, Yorkshire. The verso (uncoloured) shows the road from Grantham, Lincolnshire to Tuxford.

£7

OGILBY, John.

[No title.].

London, c.1720. 190 x 115.
Uncoloured; light age-toning and minor nicks to margins, otherwise good condition.
A road map from the 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improved' by John Owen and Emanuel Bowen. This map covers the road from Andover, through Amesbury and on to Warminster. The verso has the text for the road from London to Barnstable.

£8

OGILBY, John.

[No title.].

London, c.1720. 190 x 115.
Uncoloured; light age-toning and minor nicks to margins, otherwise good condition.
A road map from the 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improved' by John Owen and Emanuel Bowen. This map covers the road from Maiden Bradley, through Bruton and on to Bridgewater. The verso covers the road from Bridgewater to Dulverton and beyond.

£9

OGILBY, John.

[No title.].

London, c.1720. 190 x 115.
Uncoloured; light age-toning and minor nicks to margins, otherwise good condition.
A road map from the 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improved' by John Owen and Emanuel Bowen. This map covers the road beyond Tregony in Cornwall, past Penzance and on to Lands End. The verso has the text for the road from London to Newhaven.

£8

OGILBY, John.

[No title.].

London, c.1720. 190 x 115.
Uncoloured; light age-toning and minor nicks to margins, otherwise good condition.
A road map from the 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improved' by John Owen and Emanuel Bowen. This map covers the road from Burton, through Swansea, Llanelli and on to Kidwelly and beyond. The verso has shows the road as it leaves Carmarthenshire and through Haverfordwest and on to St David's.

£8

OGILBY, John.

[No title.].

London, c.1720. 190 x 120.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning to the edges, otherwise a fine example.
A road map from the 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improved' by John Owen and Emanuel Bowen. This map covers the road through Cardiganshire, names Llambeder and on to Aberistwith [sic]. The verso shows the road from Carmarthen, through Cardigan and onwards.

£8

OGILBY, John.

[No title.].

London, c.1720. 190 x 120.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning to the edges, otherwise a fine example.
A road map from the 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improved' by John Owen and Emanuel Bowen. This map covers the road from Llanimdovery [sic] and on to Carmarthen. The verso shows the road from Prestain, through New Radnor and on to Breconshire.

£8

OGILBY, John.

[No title.].

London, c.1720. 190 x 120.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning to the edges, otherwise a fine example.
A road map from the 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improved' by John Owen and Emanuel Bowen. This map covers the road through Lincolnshire to Grimsby. The verso shows the road from Nottingham, through Newark and on to Lincoln.

£7

OGILBY, John.

[No title.].

London, c.1720. 190 x 120.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning to the edges, otherwise a fine example.
A road map from the 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improved' by John Owen and Emanuel Bowen. This map covers the road from Oxford, through Deddington, Banbury and north. The verso shows the road from Southam in Warwickshire, through Coventry, Nuneaton, Ashby de la Zouch and on to Derby.

£10

OGILBY, John.

The Road from London to Holyhead co. Anglesey.

London, 1675. 310 x 440.
Uncoloured; very light marginal age-toning, otherwise a fine example.
From the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by Ogilby. Sheet 21, the road leaves London (town plan), passing through Highgate, St Albans, Dunstable, Stony Stratford and on to Towcester. Highly decorative figured cartouche featuring a surveyor using a way-wiser, one of only four sheets in the atlas to illustrate this.

£410

OGILBY, John.

The Road from London to Holyhead co. Anglesey.

London, 1675. 310 x 440.
Coloured; very light age-toning, some soiling to the margins, repair to short split in lower margin, some minor spotting, otherwise a very good example.
From the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by Ogilby. Sheet 21 (although this example is not number indicating an early impression or possibly a first edition), the road leaves London (town plan), passing through Highgate, St Albans, Dunstable, Stony Stratford and on to Towcester. Highly decorative figured cartouche featuring a surveyor using a way-wiser, one of only four sheets in the atlas to illustrate this.

£320

OGILBY, John.

The Continuation of the Extended Road from Buckingham to Bridgnorth...…

London, 1675-98. 345 x 455.
Finely coloured; minor marginal nick, small old paper repair to small hole, centrefold strengthened with old paper, top right hand corner of margin replaced with old paper, with no loss of printed surface, otherwise a good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by Ogilby. Sheet 13. The roads from Banbury, passing through Stratford, Bromsgrove and on to Bridgnorth and the other Banbury through Shipton and ending at Campden. Highly decorative fox hunting scene in the title cartouche.

£210

OGILBY, John.

The Road from London to Chichester in Com. Sussex... with ye Road from Midhurst to Petersfield continued to Winchester.

London, 1675-98. 320 x 440.
Finely coloured; slight thinning of paper at centrefold, with small split (visible when held up to light), otherwise a god example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by Ogilby. Sheet 39: three strips show from Guildford, through Godalming and Midhurst to Chichester; the other three show Midhurst through Petersfield and on to Winchester.

£180

OGILBY, John.

The Road from London to Arundel com. Sussex... With the continuation From Arundel to Chichester.

London, 1675-98. 320 x 445.
Finely coloured; slight thinning of paper at centrefold, only visible when held up to the light, minor marginal nicks and two small rust holes in the upper margin, otherwise a very good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by Ogilby. Sheet 4: the road leaves London (plan), passing through Dorking and Billingshurst. The final strip shows the road between Arundel and Chichester.

£260

OGILBY, John.

The Road from London to Bath & Wells in com:Somerset.

London, 1675-98. 335 x 450.
Finely coloured; small marginal nicks and short tears (repaired), some thinning of paper at centrefold, visible when held up to the light, overall very good condition.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by Ogilby. Sheet 35 the road from Chippenham on to Paulton, Wells, Devizes, Trowbridge and then on to Wells.

£190

OGILBY, John.

The Road from London to Barwick...

London, 1675-98. 325 x 450.
Finely coloured; small piece of top right corner missing, minor marginal nicks and old paper repairs, otherwise a very good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by Ogilby. Sheet 5 the road leaves London (plan), passing through Ware, Royston, Huntingdon and on to Stilton.

£220

OGILBY, John.

The Road from London to Barwick...

London, 1675-98. 325 x 445.
Finely coloured; small repaired hole just off centrefold, hardly visible, minor marginal spotting, otherwise a very good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by Ogilby. Sheet 9,the road from Chester-le-Street, passing through Newcastle (plan), Morpeth, Alnwick and on to Barwick.

£130

OGILBY, John.

The Road from London to Harwich in Essex.

London, 1675-98. 335 x 435.
Finely coloured; slight thinning of paper at centrefold, lower margin repaired with old paper, otherwise a good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by Ogilby. Sheet 19: the road leaves London (plan), passing through Brentwood, Chelmsford, Kelvedon and Colchester (plan), then on to Maningtree and finally Harwich.

£250

OGILBY, John.

The Road from London to Hith in Com. Kent.

London, 1675-98. 325 x 420.
Finely coloured; very light marginal spotting, otherwise a very good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by Ogilby. Sheet 20: the road leaves London (plan), passing through Maidstone, Ashford and on to Hythe. The cartouche has Neptune in his 'chariot' drawn by sea-horses and Venus in her cockle-shell.

£270

OGILBY, John.

The Continuation of ye extended road from Barnstable to Truro.

London, 1675-98. 355 x 450.
Finely coloured; very light marginal age-toning, minor marginal nicks, otherwise a good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by John Ogilby. Sheet 34; shows the road from Hatherley in Devon, through Launceston, Camelford, across the River Camel [Rock] to Padstow and on to Truro.

£210

OGILBY, John.

The Road from Bristol co. Glouc; to Banbury com. Oxo.

London, 1675-98. 335 x 445.
Finely coloured; very light marginal age-toning, minor marginal nicks (repaired), otherwise a good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by John Ogilby. Sheet 55; shows the road from Bristol (plan) and then through Chipping-Sodbury, Tetbury, Cirencester, Burford and on to Banbury.

£210

OGILBY, John.

The Road from Bristol com: Somst. to Exeter com. Devon.

London, 1675-98. 350 x 445.
Finely coloured; very light marginal age-toning, minor marginal nicks (repaired), otherwise a good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by John Ogilby. Sheet 58; shows the road from Bristol (plan), through Wells, Glastonbury, Lyng, Taunton, Wellington, Welland, Columpton and on to Exeter (plan).

£230

OGILBY, John.

The Road from Bristol to Weymouth com. Dorset.

London, 1675-98. 340 x 435.
Finely coloured; very light marginal age-toning, minor marginal nicks and a short tear (repaired), otherwise a good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by John Ogilby. Sheet 60; the road from Bristol (plan), then on through Wells, Glastonbury, Somerton, Martock, Crokehorn, Framton and then on to Weymouth.

£210

OGILBY, John.

The Road from Exeter to Barnstable & Thence to Ilfarcomb co: Devon [sic].

London, 1675-98. 325 x 435.
Finely coloured; very light marginal age-toning, minor marginal nicks (repaired), rust spot with minor loss of paper in the side margins, otherwise a good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by John Ogilby. Sheet 68; shows the road from Exeter (plan), through Crediton, Chimleigh, Barnstable, Ilfracombe and then another strip from Ifracombe to Bediford and on to Torington [sic].

£180

OGILBY, John.

The Road from Huntingdon to Ipswich co: Suff.

London, 1675-98. 325 x 460.
Finely coloured; very light marginal age-toning, minor marginal nicks (repaired), otherwise a good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by John Ogilby. Sheet 73; shows the road from Huntingdon (plan), through Erith, Ely, Soham, Bury, Needham and on to Ipswich.

£150

OGILBY, John.

The Road from King's Lyn co. Norf. To Harwich a Essex [sic].

London, 1675-98. 345 x 445.
Finely coloured; very light marginal age-toning, minor marginal nicks (repaired), some old paper stress tears (repaired) visible when held up to the light, otherwise a good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by John Ogilby. Sheet 75; shows the road from King's-Lyn (plan), through Swafham, Thetford, Ipswich (plan) and on to Harwich.

£180

OGILBY, John.

The Continuation of the Road from London to Aberistwith.

London, 1675-98. 310 x 485.
Finely coloured; very light marginal age-toning, trimmed close at side margins, but with enough blank paper to facilitate framing, otherwise a good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by John Ogilby. Sheet 3: shows the road from Bramyard (plan) in Herefordshire, through Leominster (plan), Prestaine, Riadergowy and on to Aberistwith [sic].

£170

OGILBY, John.

The Continuation of ye Road from London to Barnstable n Com: Devon.

London, 1675-98. 325 x 450.
Finely coloured; very light marginal age-toning, minor marginal nicks (repaired), otherwise a good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by John Ogilby. Sheet 33; shows the road from Bridgewater, through Dulverton, South Moulton, Barnstable, Torrington and on to Hatherley.

£180

OGILBY, John.

The Road from Nottingham to Grimsby in the Count of Lincolne [sic]

London, 1675-98. 325 x 445.
Finely coloured; very light marginal age-toning, minor marginal nicks and a short tear (repaired), otherwise a good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by John Ogilby. Sheet 78; shows the road from Nottingham, through Newark, Lincolne and then on to Grimsby [sic].

£190

OGILBY, John.

The Road from London to Holyhead co. Anglesey.

London, 1675. 310 x 440.
Coloured; very light age-toning, some soiling to the margins, repair to short split in lower margin at centrefold, otherwise a very good example.
From the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by Ogilby. Sheet 21 (although this example is not numbered indicating an early impression or possibly a first edition), the road leaves London (plan), passing through Highgate, St Albans, Dunstable, Stony Stratford and on to Towcester. Highly decorative figured cartouche featuring a surveyor using a way-wiser, one of only four sheets in the atlas to illustrate this.

£410

OGILBY, John.

The Continuation of the Road from London to St.Davids.

London, 1675-98. 325 x 460.
Finely coloured; slight thinning of paper due to removal of guard, visible when held up to the light, minor nicks and short tears to edges of the margins, bottom right corner has been repaired, otherwise a good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, based on a survey carried out by John Ogilby, and issued in his 'Britannia'. Sheet 15: the road starts at Abingdon, passing through Lechlade, Fairford, Gloucester (plan) and then on to Monmouth.

£150

OGILBY, John.

The Road from London to Southampton... From Southampton to Rumsey... and the City of Salisbury.

London, 1675-98. 320 x 470.
Finely coloured; trimmed by binder at side margins with no loss and just enough blank paper to facilitate framing, some repairs to the centrefold (hardly visible), minor nicks to edges of paper, otherwise a good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, based on a survey carried out by John Ogilby, and issued in his 'Britannia'. Sheet 51: starting at Bagshot, passing through Farnham, Alton, Arlesford and on to Southampton (plan). Then from Southampton, through Rumsey and on to Salisbury (plan).

£230

OGILBY, John.

The Road from Glocester to Montgomery, North Wales.

London, 1675-98. 320 x 435.
Coloured; light overall age-toning, slightly darker in the margins and edges of the paper, short marginal nicks, otherwise a good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, based on a survey carried out by John Ogilby, and issued in his 'Britannia'.Sheet 71: the road starts at Gloucester (plan) then passes through, Huntley, Ross-on-Wye, Hereford and then on to Prestaine and Montgomery

£140

OGILBY, John.

The Road from London to Boston in Lincolnsh... Continued to the City of Lincoln.

London, 1675-98. 345 x 435.
Finely hand-coloured; slight thinning of paper at centrefold due to removal of guard (only visible when held up to the light), light marginal soiling, small brown spot in right margin, otherwise a very good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, based on a survey carried out by John Ogilby, and issued in his 'Britannia'. Sheet 36: starting at Stilton, the road passes through Peterborough (plan), Spalding and ending at Boston. The road then continues from Boston, through Swinshead, Sleford [sic] and on to Lincoln (plan). Highly decorative figured cartouche.

£170

OGILBY, John.

The Road from London to Flanborough Head in com. Ebor...

London, 1675-98. 345 x 435.
Finely coloured; repair to lower centrefold, very minor marginal nicks, otherwise a very good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, based on a survey carried out by John Ogilby, and issued in his 'Britannia'. Sheet 41: starting at Tempsford in Bedfordshire, the road passes through Eaton, Stilton, Peterborough (plan), then on to Morton, Sleeford and finally ending at Lincoln. (plan).

£180

OGILBY, John.

The Road from London to Weymouth com. Dorset.

London, 1675-98. 340 x 475.
Finely coloured; trimmed either side by binder with no loss and enough blank paper to facilitate framing, minor marginal nicks, otherwise a good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by John Ogilby and issued in his 'Britannia. Sheet 53: commencing at Basingstoke, the road passes through Stockbridge, Broughton, Dunketon, Cranborn, Blandford and Dorchester, before arriving at Weymouth (plan).

£190

OGILBY, John.

The Road from Bristoll to Worcester.

London, 1675-98. 320 x 440.
Finely coloured; guard has been removed from verso, pin hole to the centrefold area at the top, otherwise a fine example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by John Ogilby and issued in his 'Britannia. Sheet 59: shows the road from Bristol (plan) and then through Dursley, Gloucester (plan), Tewksbury and on to Worcester (plan).

£180

OGILBY, John.

The Roads from: Carmarthen to Cardigan; Cardigan to Llanbeder; Llanbeder to Aberystwith.

London, 1675-98. 330 x 440.
Finely coloured; slight thinning of paper at centrefold, minor marginal nicks, otherwise a fine example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, based on a survey carried out by John Ogilby and issued in his 'Britannia'. Sheet 91: commencing at Carmarthen, the road passes through Cardigan, Tredrau, Red Owen, Llanbeder and on to Aberistwith. With a fine cartouche showing Neptune and Venus in a cockle-shell.

£170

OGILBY, John.

The Roads from Chelmsford in Essex to: St Edmonds-Bury in Suffolk; Saffron Walden in Essex.

London, 1675-98. 330 x 430.
Finely coloured; short printers crease in lower margin, minor marginal spotting in the upper margin, otherwise a fine example.
From the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by Ogilby. Sheet 92: with a fine cartouche of a shepherd and shepherdess. Shows two routes, one the road from Chelmsford, passing through Braintry [sic], Sudbury, Bury St. Edmunds and the other from Chelmsford, passing through Dunmow, Thaxted and on to Saffron Walden.

£210

OGILBY, John.

The Roads from Chelmsford in Essex to: Maldon; Raleigh in Essex; Gravesend in Kent... With a branch from Canterbury to Deal by Sandwich.

London, 1675-98. 330 x 425.
Finely coloured; small hole in upper margin, minor marginal spotting, otherwise a fine example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, based on a survey carried out by John Ogilby and issued in his 'Britannia'. Sheet 93: shows three routes from Chelmsford to Maldon, from Chelmsford to Raleigh and from Chelmsford to Gravesend, passing through Billericay and Horndon. It then shows the road from Canterbury, through Sandwich, Deal and on to Dover. There is fine title cartouche showing Neptune in his chariot and Venus in a cockle-shell.

£210

OGILBY, John.

The Road from Chester to Cardiff com. Glamorgan.

London, 1675-98. 320 x 430.
Finely coloured; slight thinning of paper at centrefold, visible when held up to the light, otherwise a very good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, based on a survey carried out by John Ogilby and issued in his 'Britannia'. Sheet 63: commencing at West Chester (plan), then on to Wrexham, Llansylen and on to Llanbader in Montgomeryshire.

£120

OGILBY, John.

The Road from London to Yarmouth com. Norf.

London, 1675-98. 340 x 450.
Finely coloured; marginal printers creases, just effecting printed surface, short marginal tears (repaired), minor marginal spotting, otherwise a very good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, based on a survey carried out by John Ogilby and issued in his 'Britannia'. Sheet 54: commencing at Colchester (plan), the road passes through Ipswich (plan), Saxmundham, Blyborrough, Beckles and on to Yarmouth (plan).

£180

OGILBY, John.

The Road from Dartmouth in com. Devon to Minhead com. Somerset.

London, 1675-98. 330 x 440.
Finely coloured; very minor spotting to the margins, otherwise a fine example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, based on a survey carried out by John Ogilby and issued in his 'Britannia'. Sheet 65: commencing at Dartmouth (plan) the road passes through Newton Bushel, Exeter (plan), Tiverton (plan), Bampton and on to Minehead.

£170

OGILBY, John.

The Road from Exeter to Truroe, in com. Corn.

London, 1675-98. 340 x 460.
Finely coloured; small repaired hole in upper margin at centrefold, rust mark in lower margin at the edge of the paper, other minor spotting to margin, otherwise a very good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by John Ogilby and issued in his 'Britannia. Sheet 69: commencing at Exeter (plan) the road passes through Dunsford, Tavistock, Liscard, Listithiell (Lostwithiel) and then on to Truro.

£180

OGILBY, John.

The Road from Ferrybridge to Boroughbridge continued to Barnard Castle in com. Ebor... Completed with the branch from Ferrybridge to Wakefield.

London, 1675-98. 350 x 455.
Finely coloured; minor marginal spotting, slight thinning of paper at centrefold, otherwise a very good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, based on a survey carried out by John Ogilby and issued in his 'Britannia'. Sheet 95: commencing at Ferrybridge, the road passes through Abyforth, Wetherby, Rippon (plan), Richmond (plan) and on to Barnard Castle. Then from Ferrybridge, through Pontefract and on to Wakefield.

£180

OGILBY, John.

The Road from Glocester to Montgomery, North Wales.

London, 1675-98. 320 x 435.
Finely coloured; light ink smudging in margins, a couple of short nicks to edges of the paper, otherwise a very good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, based on a survey carried out by John Ogilby and issued in his 'Britannia'. Sheet 71: the road starts at Gloucester (plan) then passes through, Huntley, Ross-on-Wye, Hereford and then on to Prestaine and Montgomery

£170

OGILBY, John.

The Road from King's Lyn to Norwich continued to Yarmouth in Norfolk.

London, 1675-98. 350 x 460.
Finely coloured; printers crease in the paper diagonally from the centrfold to the lower margin, some minor marginal nicks, otherwise a very good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, based on a survey carried out by John Ogilby and issued in his 'Britannia'. Sheet 76: commencing at Kings-Lyn, the road passes through Norwich (plan) and on to Yarmouth (plan).

£180

OGILBY, John.

The Road from London to Barwick...

London, 1675-98. 330 x 450.
Finely coloured; some marginal nicks and short tears, paper fault to lower margin, just into printed surface, but hardly noticable, otherwise a very good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, based on a survey carried out by John Ogilby and issued in his 'Britannia'. Sheet 5: the road leaves London (plan), passing through Ware, Royston, Huntingdon and on to Stilton.

£210

OGILBY, John.

The Continuation of the Road from London to the Lands-End.

London, 1675-98. 335 x 480.
Finely coloured; side margins trimmed off by binder with some loss of printed surface to the line border and scrolling, small marginal nicks and a short tear (repaired), otherwise a good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by John Ogilby and issued in his 'Britannia. Sheet 27: shows the road from Crokehorn (Crewkerne) through Axminster, Honiton, Exeter (plan), Chidley, Ashburton, Buckford and on to Plymouth (plan). Decorative figured title cartouche.

£140

OGILBY, John.

The Road from London to Norwich in Norfolk...…

London, 1675-98. 350 x 415.
Finely coloured; thinning of paper at centrefold, visible when held up to the light, minor marginal spotting, otherwise a very good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, based on a survey carried out by John Ogilby and issued in his 'Britannia'. Sheet 46, the road from Puckeridge, though Newmarket, Thetford, Attleborough and on to Norwich (plan).

£180

OGILBY, John.

The Road from London to Pool.

London, 1675-98. 340 x 445.
Finely coloured; slight thinning of paper at centrefold due to removal of guard, light marginal soiling and spotting, otherwise a fine example.
From the first road atlas of England and Wales, based on a completely new survey carried out by John Ogilby, and issued in his 'Britannia'. Sheet 97: commencing at Arlesford, the road passes through Winchester (plan), Rumsey (plan), Ringwood, Knaston and on to Poole, also the road from Poole (plan), after crossing the estuary it passes through Christchurch (plan), Lymington, Winchester (plan) and on to Southampton (plan).

£190

OGILBY, John.

The Roads from Shrewsbury and Chester to Holywell in com. Flint.

London, 1675-98. 340 x 445.
Finely coloured; short repaired centrefold split, hardly noticable from the front, minor marginal nicks and light spotting, otherwise a very good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, based on a survey carried out by John Ogilby and issued in his 'Britannia'. Sheet 98: with two routes: one commencing at Shrewsbury (plan), the road then passes through Wrexham and on to Holywell. The other commences at Chester (plan) passes through Flint and on to Holywell.

£150

OGILBY, John.

The Continuation of the Road from St Davids to Holywell.

London, 1675-98. 350 x 455.
Finely coloured; marginal spotting, particularly the upper margin (this would be covered when mounted), some rust spots in the right margin, otherwise a very good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by John Ogilby and issued in his 'Britannia. Sheet 67: commencing at Talabont, the road then passes through Mahunleh (Machynlleth), Balla, Ruthyn and on to Holywell.

£140

OGILBY, John.

The Road from St Davids com. Pembroke to Holywell com. Flint.

London, 1675-98. 355 x 450.
Finely coloured; marginal spotting, particularly the upper margin (this would be covered when mounted), otherwise a very good example.
From the 1698 edition of the first road atlas of England and Wales, surveyed by John Ogilby and issued in his 'Britannia. Sheet 66: commencing at St Davids the road passes through Fiscard, Newport, Cardigan, Llanarch, Llanrusted and on to Talanont.

£120

[OKADA, Shuntosai].

[Titles in Japanese].

[Kyoto, c.1830]. 90 x 145.
Uncoloured; lightly soiled and minor staining, otherwise good.
Three unusual plans of Japanese cities, Miaco, Osaka and Yedo. Postcard in size and highly detailed with keys and titles in Japanese. Very little information on these can be found but it would appear that they were possibly published by OKADA, Shuntosai, in his shop in Suigetsudo in Kyoto during the Edo-jidai period, which ran from 1603 to 1867. However, these appear to be prints from a copper plate which was quite unusual for Japan and could well be printed in the mid-19th century.

£560