ANTIQUE MAPS OF THE BRITISH ISLES

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Isle D'Albion.

Paris, 1686. German text edition. 150 x 100.
Very slight age-toning.
A fine miniature map of England, Scotland and Wales showing the ancient divisions.

£85

[MAGINI, Giovanni.]

Britanicae Insulae.

Venice, c.1713. 130 x 175.
Set in a page of text, this map of the British Isles was first published by Givanni Magini in 1596. At some stage the plates were sold and acquired by Lasor who republished in the early 18th century along with other plates by Valgrisi, Ruscelli and other Italian map makers.

£120

CAMDEN, William.

William Camden...

London, Edmund Gibson, 1695-. 295 x 195.
Cut close at left-hand edge with no loss, minor staining and restoration to right margin.
Camden's portrait from the edition of the Britannia with the Morden maps, engraved by R. White.

£65

BICKHAM, George.

A General Map of the British Isles.

London, George Bickham jnr, 1749. 255 x 160.
Tear to margin, just into platemark.
From the First Edition of Bickham's 'The British Monarchy'. With accompanying text pages. SHIRLEY: British Isles 1650-1750, Bickham 2.

£110

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

BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.

Carte Particuliere des Costes de Normandie Contenant les Costes du Cotentin...…

Paris, c.1750. 595 x 810.
Uncoloured; very minor age-toning, otherwise fine condition.
A superbly detailed large chart of the Channel Islands. Shows the French coast and the Cherbourg peninsular and the islands of Aulderney, Guernsey and Jersey.

£560

MAGINI, Giovanni.

Britanicĉ Insulae.

[Venice, 1596-1657]. 135 x 175.
Uncoloured; fine condition.
The precise attribution of this 'modern' map of the Biitish Isles, set in a page of text, is vague, it is often given as the work of Giovanni Magini, others say Girolamo Porro. It follows loosely the outline of the Mercator - Ortelius representations, but with a stunted outline for Scotland. Although it first appeared in 1596, this example probably came from the Italian work 'Studium Sapientiae Universale published in 1657.

£210

TALLIS, John.

Channel Islands.

London, London Printing & Publishing Co., 1851. 355 x 245.
Original outline colour; very minor soiling in the margins, otherwise a fine unfolded example.
Two detailed steel engraved maps on one sheet, Guernsey and Jersey each with vignette views.

£78

MENTELLE, Edme.

Isles Britanniques Premier carte Générale et Physique.

Paris, 1797. 325 x 430.
Uncoloured; fine condition.
A fascinating map of the British Isles, showing the physical geography. Using a skilled engraving technique the mountains, hills, valleys and rivers are shown. Engraved by P F Tardieu.

£90

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Angliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae, sive Britannicar: Insularum descriptio.

Antwerp, 1598, French text edition. 345 x 500.
Finely coloured; some minor restoration to lower centrefold, otherwise very good.
Ortelius drew heavily on the information provided by Gerard Mercator's map of 1564 to produce this cornerstone map of the British Isles. North orientated to the right of the page. SHIRLEY: British Isles 1477-1650, 86, illus plate 42. VAN den BROECKE: # 16.

£890

BLAEU, Johannes.

Sarnia Insula, Vulgo Garnsey: et Insula Cĉarea Vernacule Jarsey.

Amsterdam, 1650, Dutch edition. 390 x 475.
Fine original colour; waterstaing and a paper fault to the margins, minor soiling on the printed area, otherwise a good example.
The Channel Islands, with decorative figured cartouche and mile scale, other decoration includes sailing ships and the Royal Arms.

£540

[REILLY, Franz Johann Joseph von.]

Die Insel Guernsey.

Vienna, 1789. 190 x 330.
Original colour; slight soiling to edges of margins, otherwise fine.
A map of the islands of Guernsey, Herme and Sark.

£190

[REILLY, Franz Johann Joseph von.]

Die Insel Jersey.

Vienna, 1789. 205 x 330.
Original colour; fine condition.
The island of Jersey.

£210

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

SCHREIBER, Johann Georg.

Gros Britannien oder Engelland Schottland und Irrland.

Leipzig, c.1730. 165 x 240.
Original colour; slight age-toning and marginal spotting, otherwise very good.
Published in Schreiber's 'Atlas Selectus', with a large cartouche with the Hannoverian coat of arms. SHIRLEY: British Isles 1650-1750, Schriber 1; sources cite publication 1730, c.1740 and 1749.

£150

[SANSON, Nicholas.]

T Koninggryk van Engellandt.

Paris, 1656-1705. 235 x 205.
Uncoloured; light marginal age-toning and one minor nick well away from platemark, short centrefold tear repaired, otherwise fine condition.
A map of England and Wales, possibly engraved by A de Winter and published in the Dutch edition of the small atlas by Nicholas Sanson.

£110

ZATTA, Antonio.

La Regni D'Inghilterra e D'Irlanda di nuova projezione.

Venice, 1784. 300 x 395.
Original colour; some very light marginal staining and soiling, some short tears to the margins (repaired), small light brown stain SE of London, otherwise very good..
A map of England and Wales, also showing Ireland. Decorative cartouche, with the date 1776. From 'Atlante Novissimo'.

£130

ZATTA, Antonio.

Parte Settentrionale dell' Inghilterra e del Principato di Galles.

Venice, 1784. 310 x 410.
Original colour; some very light marginal staining and soiling, slight toning of centrefold, otherwise very good..
A map of England north of a line from the Wash, across to just south of Caernarvonshire. Decorative cartouche, with the date 1778. From 'Atlante Novissimo'.

£95

CRUCHLEY, George Frederick.

England.

London, 1854. 445 x 350.
Original coloured lithograph; light toning to the centrefold and minor spotting, short centrefold split in the margin, otherwise a good example.
A map of England and Wales, published in Cruchley's 'General Atlas for the use of Schools and Private Tuition'. Dedication to the Prince of Wales.

£48

L'ISLE, Guillaume de.

Nova Carta dell Isole Britanniche divise nei tre Regni d'Inghilterra di Scozia, e d'Irlanda.

Venice, Girolamo Albrizzi, 1740. 275 x 335.
Uncoloured; light centrefold toning due to guard paste, very light print offset and minor marginal staining, otherwise a fine example.
A map of the British Isles from 'Atlante Novissimo che Contiene Tutte le Parti del Mondo'. Also shows Ireland, parts of Norway, France and The Netherlands.

£180

LOTTER, Tobias Conrad.

La Grande Bretagne ou les Royaumes D'Angleterre et D'Ecosse...…

Augsbourg, c,1777. 490 x 585.
Original colour; some minor marginal soiling and one or two on the map itself (hardly noticable), otherwise a very good example.
A decorative map of the British Isles, state 2 of the plate (date of 1764 removed) after Matthäus Seutter.

£420

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Isle D'Albion.

Paris, 1684. German text edition. 150 x 100.
Uncoloured; very slight waterstaining to margins, otherwise a fine example.
A fine miniature map of England, Scotland and Wales showing the ancient divisions. From the German text edition of the five volume work 'Description de l'univers'.

£85

TUCK & SONS, Raphael.

England, Scotland and Ireland.

London & New York, c.1881. 110 x 80.
Original coloured lithograph; fine condition.
A card map of the British Isles, published around 1881, when the population was around 25,000,000 and the railways measured over 12,000 miles.

£68

TALLIS, John.

The British Isles.

London, John Tallis & Company, 1851. 355 x 245.
Original outline colour; minor marginal age-toning, light spotting and soiling, otherwise a fine example.
A decorative steel-plate engraving with prospects of London, Edinburgh and Dublin and an inset of the Shetland Islands.

£210

BLAEU, Joan.

Britannia prout divisa suit temporibus Anglo-Saxonum, prĉsertim durante illorum Heptarchia.

Amsterdam, 1658, Dutch text edition. 415 x 525.
Fine original colour; very light marginal soiling, two small worm holes in lower margin, otherwise a superb example.
An impressive and decorative historical map of the British Isles. Shows the seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Sussex and Wessex. Shirley states in his book 'Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477-1650' - "When coloured in the best contemporary tradition, Bleau's map is one of the finest available".
SHIRLEY: 549 [Plate 151]. KOEMAN: Atlantes Neerlandici, Bl 57.

£3,150

BLAEU, Willem.

Magnĉ Britanniĉ et Hiberniĉ Tabula.

Amsterdam, 1658, Dutch text edition. 390 x 500.
Fine original colour; very light marginal soiling, two small worm holes in lower margin, otherwise a superb example.
The British Isles, engraved in 1631, with inset of the Orkney Islands.
SHIRLEY 423, plate 128. KOEMAN: Atlantes Neerlandici, Bl 57.

£720

JANSSON, Jan.

Insularum Britannicarum Acurata Delineatio...

Amsterdam, 1646. 395 x 510.
Coloured; light age-toning to the margins, one or two small rust spots, minor short nicks to the edges of the margins, otherwise a very good example.
Jansson's historical map engraved in 1636 by Pieter van den Keere after Ortelius, now in its second state with the addition of rhumb lines radiating from the compass roses.
SHIRLEY: British Isles 575.

£530

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

S.D.U.K.

Ancient Britain I.

London, Charles Knight & Co. 1844. 370 x 310.
Original outline colour; light marginal age-toning and minor soiling, otherwise a fine example.
A map of Ancient Britain, the southern section, from Northumberland to Lands End. Published in the atlas for the Society for the Diffusion of Usefull Knowledge. Engraved by J & C Walker.

£32

MERCATOR, Gerard.

Anglesey/Wight Vectis olim/Garnesay/Jarsay.

Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius & Johannis CLOPPENBURG, 1630. 190 x 260.
Colour; slight age-toning of paper, cut close at left margin, with no loss, some short marginal nicks and tears repaired, otherwise good.
Four maps on one sheet, the islands of Anglesey, Wight, Guernsey and Jersey. Possibly engraved by Petrus Kĉrius. From the rare Cloppenburg edition - a larger format edition of Mercator's pocket atlas.
KOEMAN: Me 198.

£168

SPEED, John

The Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland.

London, John Sudbury and George Humble, 1610-27. 380 x 510.
Uncloured; some very light marginal soiling, otherwise a fine example.
A highly detailed and beautifully engraved map of the British Isles, flanked by two views of London and Edinburgh and undeneath these, two medallion portraits. The Royal coat of arms is shown above the London view, flanked by cherubs and an inset of the Orkney Islands is arranged in a similar fashion above the Edinburgh view. Engraved by Jodocus Hondius.
SHIRLEY: 316. plate 102.

£2,900

JANSSON, Jan.

Anglia Regnum.

Amsterdam, 1636-. French text edition. 390 x 500.
Finely coloured; very slight age-toning as is often the case with maps by Jansson, minor nicks to the edges of the paper, short centrefold split to lower margin, repaired, otherwise a fine example.
One of the most attractive early Dutch maps of England and Wales available.

£420

REILLY, Franz, Johann von.

Die Englĉndischen Inseln.

Vienna, 1789. 240 x 315.
Original colour; light marginal staining and minor spotting, otherwise a fine example.
A map of the Channel Islands.

£210

REILLY, Franz, Johann von.

Die Inseln Jersey.

Vienna, 1789. 200 x 335.
Original colour; light marginal staining and minor spotting, otherwise a fine example.
A map of the island of Jersey.

£240

REILLY, Franz, Johann von.

Die Insel Jersey.

Vienna, 1789. 195 x 335.
Original colour; light marginal staining and minor spotting, otherwise a fine example.
The island of Jersey.

£230

BROCKHAUS, F. A.

Grossbritannien und Ireland.

Leipzig, 1863. 450 x 335.
Original coloured lithograph: light age-toning and minor staining to margins, otherwise a good example.
A map of the British Isles and Ireland, surrounded by fine vignettes.

£140

JAILLOT, Alexis Hubert.

Les Isles Britanniques; qui contiennent les - Royaumes, d'Angleterre, Ecosse, et Irlande.

Paris, 1692. 570 x 875.
Original colour, some colour offsetting, light toning, minor loss of paper to lower margin (now replaced with old paper), just clipping lower line border with minor loss, small hole caused by rust, minor marginal nicks, otherwise a good example.
Rodney Shirley staes in his book - "Jaillot's general map of the British Isles is one of the most attractive maps of the late 17th century". A large map printed on two sheets, the title and mile scales encompassed by splendid cartouche. The title is repeated along the top of the map. Inset map of the Faeroe and Shetland Isles. STATE: Plate 2, 2.
SHIRLEY: Printed Maps of the British Isles 1650-1750.

£680

S.D.U.K.

Ancient Britain I.

London, Baldwin & Cradock, 1834. 375 x 305.
Original outline colour; light marginal age-toning and minor soiling, otherwise a fine example.
A map of Ancient Britain, the southern section, from Northumberland to Lands End. Published in the atlas for the Society for the Diffusion of Usefull Knowledge. Engraved by J & C Walker.

£34

S.D.U.K.

The British Isles.

London, Chapman & Hall, 1842. 390 x 320.
Original outline colour; light marginal toning, otherwise good condition.
Detailed map of the British Isles, engraved by J & C. Walker.

£38

DANCKERTS, Theodore - HOMMANN, Johann Baptist.

Novissima et Accuratissima Totius Angliĉ, Scotiĉ et Hiberniĉ Tabula.

Amsterdam - Nuremberg, c.1700. 500 x 570.
Uncoloured; light age-toning and minor soiling to the margins, some light spotting, lower margin reinstated with old paper due to loss, minor loss of printed line border, now replaced in manuscript, otherwise fair to good.
An uncommon map of the British Isles, engraved by J.B.Homann, Shirley records this as a separate publication and a re-engraving of the earlier Theodore Danckert's (1685) version that lacked the engraver's signature.
SHIRLEY: Mapping of the British Isles, Homann 1. State 1.

£560

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

VRIENTS, Jan Baptist.

Angliae et Hiberniae Accurata Descriptio Veteribus Et Recentioribus Nominibus Illustrata....

Antwerp, Spanish text, 1612. 435 x 570.
Original colour; some expert restoration, visible only when held up to the light and this is mainly confined to the lower corners. This map is often cropped in the atlas with loss due to size of paper, however this example has no loss of printed surface and has now been expertly remargined on four sides to facilitate framing. Overall very good condition.
One of the most decorative maps of England and Wales available. Closely copied from an anonymous map of 1594, which was after Hondius' map of 1592. The title on the atlas this map comes from erroneously states that it was printed by John Norton in London. The genealogical table top right has been amended several times and this example is state 2. The date on the map is 1605, although this example was published 1612. The engraving is of the highest quality, possibly by the Arsenius brothers, with sea monsters, galleons, a mermaid and Neptune in the sea area. Shirley states - because Vrients' map of Britain is slightly larger than normal size maps in the atlas, it is often found with damage to the margins.
SHIRLEY: 275.

£3,200

RUSCELLI, Girolamo.

Anglia et Hibernia Nova.

Venice, 1561. 195 x 255.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning and minor waterstaining to margins, slightly darker to the edges of the paper, otherwise a fine example.
The modern map of the British Isles from the 'Geographia' is based closely on the George Lily map of 1546, but with many place names omitted in this reduced version.
SHIRLEY: Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477-1650. 68. [Plate 36]

£340

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Heptarchie des Saxons.

Paris, 1683. 150 x 100.
Uncoloured; light age-toning to the margins and minor soiling, otherwise a very good example.
A miniature map of England, Wales and parts of Scotland, showing the Saxon Heptarchy. From the 'Description de l'Univers", a five volume work.

£90

WYLD, James.

A map shewing the places in England and Wales, Sending Members to Parliament with the numbers returned. Divisions of Counties and Population, places of election, polling places and Borough Disfranchised

London, 1844. 440 x 355.
Original outline colour; light marginal toning and soiling in places, otherwise a good example.
An interesting political map of England and Wales, published in 'A New General Atlas of Modern Geography'.

£68

WYLD, James.

A Map of England, Wales & Scotland, describing all the direct and principal cross roads in Great Britain, with the distances measured between the Market Towns and from London: Likewise the Great Rivers and Navigable Canals.

London, 1843. 735 x 605.
Original outline colour; light marginal toning and soiling in places, short split along one fold (rpeaired), otherwise a good example.
A detailed map of England, Wales and southern Scotland, with inset of the north of Scotland, published in 'A New General Atlas of Modern Geography'.

£150

JANSSON, Jan.

Insularum Britannicarum Acurata Delineatio...

Amsterdam, 1647, French text edition. 395 x 515.
Original colour; repair to lower centrefold, just into printed surface, slight age-toning, as is oftrn the case with maps by Jansson, otherwise a very good example.
Jansson's historical map of the British Isles was engraved by Pieter van den Keere and copied from the map in Ortelius' Parergon. Highly decorative with three compass roses, ships in the sea and a figured title cartouche bottom right.
KOEMAN: Atlantes Neerlandici. Me 160.

£580

JANSSON, Johannes.

Magnĉ Britanniĉ et Hiberniĉ Nova Descriptio.

Amsterdam, 1647, French text edition. 430 x 545.
Original colour; light age-toning as is often the case with maps by Jansson, minor marginal spotting, tear to lower margin near centrefold (repaired), otherwise a good example.
A well balanced and superbly decorated map of the British Isles. This new map was printed for the first time in the Dutch Edition, the fourth Jansson atlas to be published in 1638. Similar to that of Blaeu and the Visscher prototype of 1623. However, this edition is 20% larger than the Blaeu and with many more place names added.
SHIRLEY: Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, #487 [Plate 134]. KOEMAN: Atlantes Neerlandici. Me 160.

£480

JANSSON, Johannes.

Britannia prout divisa fuit temporibus Anglo-Saxonum prĉsertim durante illorum Heptarchia.

Amsterdam, 1647, French text edition. 625 x 530.
Original colour; light age-toning as is often the case with maps by Jansson, minor marginal spotting, tear to lower margin near centrefold (repaired with old paper). Map neatly trimmed to platemark and pasted on the map of England & Wales, otherwise a good example.
One of the most decorative maps of the British Isles available. Shows the Saxon Kingdoms of Britain, their boundaries and coats of arms. The map has borders down each side made up of seven finely engraved vignettes. Very similar to the Blaeu version, but with compass lines radiating across the seas and the addition of an armorial on Ireland.
SHIRLEY: Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, #577 [Plate 154]. KOEMAN: Atlantes Neerlandici. Me 160.

£1,950

THOMSON & CO, John.

Remote British Islands.

Edinburgh, John Thomson, 1821. 500 x 600.
Original outline colour; light marginal soiling and age-toning to the edges of the paper, very light toning to centrefold due to guard paste, otherwise very good condition.
Five detailed maps on one sheet; Isles of Guernsey, Herm, Sark and Alderney - Isle of Jersey - Isles of Scilly - Isle of Man and the Isle of Wight. With two delicately engraved views of the Eddystone Light House and Freshwater Bay on the Isle of Wight, with in the distance, the Needles. Published by John Thomson & Company in 'A New General Atlas'.

£240

RUSCELLI, Girolamo.

Anglia et Hibernia Nova.

Venice, 1561. 195 x 255.
Uncoloured; light surface soiling, two pieces of brown tape on verso from when the map was framed, otherwise a fine example and a dark impression.
The modern map of the British Isles from the 'Geographia' is based closely on the George Lily map of 1546, but with many place names omitted in this reduced version.
SHIRLEY: Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477-1650. # 68. [Plate 36]

£320

WALDSEEMULLER, Martin.

[No title].

Vienne, Gaspar Treschel, 1541. 285 x 415.
Woodcut; overall fine condition.
A reduced version of the 1513 Martin Waldseemuller map of the British Isles. This format was originally published at Strasbourg 1522 and again 1525, then in 1535 it was Lyons and this final edition moved to Vienne, in France. Blank verso.
SHIRLEY: British Isles, 31 (see Plate 20 for an illus.) .

£2,300

FULLARTON & Co., Archibald.

Railway Map of the British Isles. Exhibiting all the Railways & Canals in England, Scotland & Ireland.

London & Edinburgh, 1874. 510 x 410.
Original coloured lithograph; light age-toning to the margins, otherwise fine condition.
The British Isles, showing the extensive railway system, both completed and in construction, also names stations. Inset plans of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham and London. From 'The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography'.

£50

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Angliĉ Regni Florentissimi Nova Descriptio, Auctore Humfredo Lhuyd Denbygiense. 1573.

Antwerp, 1574-, Latin text edition. 380 x 475.
Coloured; light soiling and age-toning to the margins, small hole in lower margin at centrefold expertly filled, otherwise a fine example.
England and Wales, from the map prepared by the Welshman Humphrey Lhuyd, first published only 1573. This example is of the first state of three: the scale reads "40-60-60". In 1603 the plate was replaced with one based on Saxton's map.
VAN DEN BROECKE: 19; SHIRLEY: 98.

£780

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Isle D'Albion.

Paris, 1683, French text edition. 150 x 100.
Uncoloured; light age-toning to margins, otherwise a fine example.
A fine miniature map of England, Scotland and Wales showing the ancient divisions. From the French text edition of the five volume work 'Description de l'univers'.

£85

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Anglois.

Paris, 1683. French text edition. 145 x 100.
Uncoloured; light age-toning, otherwise a very good example.
An engraving of an English Gentleman and Lady in period attire. From the French text edition of the five volume work 'Description de l'univers'.

£36

MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Isles Britanniques.

Paris, 1683. French text edition. 145 x 100.
Uncoloured; light age-toning, otherwise a very good example.
A fine miniature map of the British Isles, showing the mainland European coast from Denmark down to France and also Norway. The sea is adorned with a monster and also ships, the lower ones engaged in battle. From the French text edition of the five volume work 'Description de l'univers'.

£120

SPEED, John.

The Kingdome of Great Britaine and Ireland.

London, Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, 1610-76. 385 x 510.
Finely coloured; light age-toning to the edges of the margins, some very minor marginal soiling, otherwise a fine example.
Originally engraved by J. Hondius, this map is generally based on Saxton for England and Wales, Hondius for Ireland and Mercator for Scotland. Among the decorations are prospects of London and Edinburgh and an inset map of the Orkneys.
SHIRLEY: British Isles 316.

£2,950

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

DU VAL, Pierre.

Description des Isles Britaniques.

Paris, c.1660. 410 x 540.
Original outline colour; light creasing, minor soiling, mainly to margins, light age-toning to the edges of the paper, otherwise a very good example.
A rare map by Pierre Du Val, with a legend of the various islands owned by England listed on a cartouche made of embroidered material held aloft by winged putee. The map shows the Outer and Inner Hebrides completely in the wrong position just above the North Irish Coast. The sea area is decorated with sailing ships and a compass rose.

£289

HALL, Sidney.

Orkney and Shetland Islands - Jersey, Guernsey &c. - Scilly Islands.

London, 1817. 210 x 250.
Coloured; light soiling, otherwise very good condition.
Three maps on one sheet. Drawn by Aaron Arrowsmith, engraved by Sidney Hall and published by A. Constable.

£48

ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Angliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae, sive Britannicar: Insularum descriptio.

Antwerp, 1592, Latin text edition. 345 x 500.
Fine original colour; minor marginal age-toning, trimmed close by the binder on right hand edge, but with enough blank paper to facilitate framing, otherwise a fine example.
Ortelius drew heavily on the information provided by Gerard Mercator's map of 1564 to produce this cornerstone map of the British Isles. Possibly engraved by Francis Hogenburg with north orientated to the right of the page.
SHIRLEY: British Isles 1477-1650, p.42, illus plate 42. VAN den BROECKE: 16.

£1,550

[PORCACCHI, Thomaso].

Britanicĉ Insulae.

Venice, c.1713. 105 x 145.
Uncoloured; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, minor ink smudge from copper-plate top left, trimmed down to almost plate size, otherwise a good example.
This map of the British Isles was first published by Thoamso Porcacchi. At some stage the plates were sold and acquired by Alphonsus Lasor a Varea who republished in the early 18th century along with other plates by Valgrisi, Ruscelli and other Italian map makers.

£90

ROCQUE, John.

The Islands of Guernsey and Jersey.

London, 1699. 160 x 200.
Original outline colour; light age-toning and minor soiling, otherwise a very good example.
Four small maps on one sheet, the largest showing the Channel Islands of Guernsey and Jersey, with Alderney and the Scilly Islands on the two smaller maps. From "The Small British Atlas".

£120

ANON.

îsles Détachées D'Angleterre.

[Paris, c.1800]. 250 x 200.
Uncoloured; very light soiling, otherwise a fine example.
Three maps on one sheet, The Shetlands, Isles of Scilly and The Channel Islands. Title in French, with no attribution or engravers name. Similar in style to the small Bellin.

£78

RUSCELLI, Girolamo.

Anglia et Hibernia Nova.

Venice, 1598. 190 x 255.
Uncoloured; very light age-toning and minor waterstaining to margins, slightly darker to the edges of the paper, otherwise a fine example.
Originally published in 1561 as the modern map of the British Isles from the 'Geographia' , based closely on the George Lily map of 1546. This edition, a further issue (state 2), with Italian text on the verso and with a ship and sea monsters added to the plate.
SHIRLEY: Early Printed Maps of the British Isles 1477-1650. #217. [Plate 79]

£280

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