KIP, William.
Devonię comitatus vulgo den:shyre quam olim Danmonii populi incoluerunt.
London, 1607-37. 295 x 335.
Uncoloured; some place names underlined in faint brown ink, otherwise a very good example.
A fine and early map of the county of Devon copied from Christopher Saxton's map, published in the 1637 edition of 'Camden's Britannia'.
£290
BLAEU, Joan.
Cornubia. Sive Cornwallia.
Amsterdam, 1654. 390 x 500.
Fine original colour; light marginal soiling, short printers crease in lower part of map, otherwise a fine example.
A fine map of Cornwall, decorative title cartouche, displaying fish and tin ingots.
£620
BLAEU, Joan.
Devonia vulgo Devon-Shire.
Amsterdam, 1654. 390 x 500.
Fine original colour; light marginal soiling, small rust stain in left margin, two small wotm holes in upper margin, otherwise a fine example.
A decorative a well balanced map of the county of Devon.
£540
BLAEU, Joan.
Comitatus Dorcestria sive Dorsettia vulgo Anglice Dorset Shire.
Amsterdam, 1654. 380 x 500.
Fine original colour; light marginal soiling, two small marginal printers creases, two small worm holes again in the margins, the top one just clipping the printed line border, otherwise a fine example.
£420
GIBSON, John.
Dorsetshire.
London, Thomas Carnan, 1780. 65 x 110.
Uncoloured; light soiling and age-toning to margins, otherwise very good.
A miniature map of the county from John Gibson's 'New and accurate maps of the counties of England and Wales'.
KING: Miniature Antique Maps 2nd edition, pp.172-173.
£78
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
HINTON, John.
Dorset Shire Drawn from the Best Surveys 1748.
London, 1748. 190 x 195.
Uncoloured; signs of old folds, light age-toning and very minor print offset, otherwise a very good example.
A decorative map of the county by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin and printed for John Hinton for publication in 'The Universal Magazine'. The date along the bottom margin incomplete with only 174 printed.
£75
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
MEISNER, Daniel.
Excester in Engellandt.
Frankfurt, c.1623. 100 x 145.
Uncoloured; overall a fine example.
Map-view of Exeter with a German verse.
£110
WALKER, John & Charles.
Devonshire.
London, J & C Walker, 1835-. 325 x 395.
Original colour lithograph; short centreold split in the margin, otherwise very good.
A detailed map of the county. Shows the places of the meeting of foxhounds and the areas marked. From Hobson's Fox Hunting Atlas.
£48
BLAEU, Johannes.
Comitatus Dorcestria sive Dorsettia vulgo Angliae Dorset Shire.
Amsterdam, 1658 , Dutch text edition. 380 x 500`.
Fine original colour; very light marginal soiling, two small worm holes in the lower margin, otherwise a superb example.
A fine decorative map of the county.
KOEMAN: Atlantes Neerlandici, Bl 57.
£520
KIP, William.
Dorcestrię Comitatus Vulgo Dorsett ubi olim Dvrotriges insederunt.
London, 1607-37. 275 x 385.
Coloured; trimmed close at side borders, as is often the case, with no loss of printed surface and enough blank paper to facilitate framing, light staining, mainly to lower margin at centrefold, small hole visible when held up to the light, otherwise good.
An early map of Dorset with no attribution to Christopher Saxton, although clearly very similar, and engraved by William Kip. From the third edition of Camden's Britannia to contain maps.
£230
BLAEU, Joan.
Cornubia. Sive Cornwallia.
Amsterdam, 1658, Dutch text edition. 390 x 500.
Fine original colour; light marginal soiling, darker stain along edge of top margin, old crease to the right of centrefold, minor show through of text from verso, otherwise a fine example.
A fine map of Cornwall, decorative title cartouche, displaying fish and tin ingots.
£620
OWEN, J. & BOWEN, E.
Dorset Shire.
London, c.1720. 185 x 120.
Uncoloured; split in the margin caused by the pressure of the printing plate, visible when held up to the light, age-toning to the edges, otherwise a very good example.
From 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd', with a decorative printed border and cartouche.
£44
BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Franz.
Brightstowe, vulgo quondam venta, floretissimum Angliae Emporium.
Cologne, c.1582, Latin text edition. 345 x 445.
Uncoloured; very minor nicks to edges of the margins, otherwise a fine example.
A town plan of Bristol either side of the River Avon, with decorative cartouche and three costumed figures in the foreground.
£540
WALKER, John & Charles.
Dorsetshire.
London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Co., 1835-. 325 x 390.
Original colour lithograph; fine condition.
A detailed map of the county. Shows the places of the meeting of foxhounds and the areas are marked. From Hobson's Fox Hunting Atlas. No publishers imprint.
£42
WALKER, John & Charles.
Devonshire.
London, 1835-. 325 x 390.
Original colour lithograph; short repaired centrefold split, otherwise fine condition.
A detailed map of the county. Shows the places of the meeting of foxhounds and the areas are marked. From Hobson's Fox Hunting Atlas.
£48
BICKHAM, George.
Devonshire.
London, Laurie and Whittle, 1754-96. 235 x 145.
Coloured; shows signs of being in a frame at some stage, minor toning to the margins and other light spotting, otherwise a very good example.
A finely engraved bird's eye view across the county, from Bickham's 'The British Monarchy', originally published 1743.
£290
DRAYTON, Michael.
[No title]. Somerset Shere - Wilt Shere.
London, John Marriott, John Grismand & Thomas Dewe, 1612-22. 255 x 330.
Uncoloured; light age-toning to the edges of the margins, light soiling, signs of old colour, although very pale, top margin has some old paper repairs, presumably by the binder, otherwise a very good example.
From Drayton's 'Poly-Olbion', an allegorical map of Somerset and Wiltshire profusely illustrated with nymphs and virtually every river is named.
£380
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 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 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 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
BOWEN, Emanuel - KITCHIN, Thomas.
An Accurate map of Devon Shire.
London, T.Bowles, John Bowles & Son, John Tinney & Robert Sayer, 1762. 530 x 680.
Original outline colour, with some recent embellishment on the title cartouche and plan; slight colour smudging, repairs to upper and lower margins, just into printed surface, minor marginal age-toning, otherwise a very good example.
A fine and detailed map of the county of Devon, with inset plan of Plymouth. From the 'Large English Atlas'.
£420
BLAEU, Johannes.
Cornubia, sive Cornwallia.
Amsterdam, 1662, French text edition. 395 x 500.
Original colour; light offsetting of colour (blue) from armorial, minor waterstaining and age-toning to the edges of the paper, otherwise a very good example.
A fine map of Cornwall, decorative title cartouche, displaying fish and tin ingots.
£480
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 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
BOWEN, Emanuel.
A Map of Cornwall.
London, c.1720. 120 x 120, map size.
Uncoloured; light age-toning and minor nicks to margins, otherwise fine condition.
A miniature map of the county from the 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improved' by John Owen and Emanuel Bowen. The verso has the road from Exeter to Tavistock.
£52
JANSSON, Jan.
Somerset:tensis comitatus: Somerset Shire.
Amsterdam, 1647, French text edition. 380 x 500.
Original colour; light age-toning as is often the case with maps by Jansson, minor marginal spotting, otherwise a fine example.
Similar in style to the Blaeu map of the county, but with changes to the armorials, mile scale and title cartouche. Jansson has also added a compass rose and rhumb lines to the sea area.
KOEMAN: Me 160.
£420
GREENWOOD, C. & J.
Map of the County of Devon, from an Actual Survey.
London, Greenwood & Co., 1834. 615 x 700.
Fine original colour; very light print offset, minor age-toning and soiling to the edges of the paper, minor worming in left margin, otherwise a fine example without centrefold.
One of the last large series of county maps, produced in competition with the Ordnance Survey, and consequently very detailed. Fine inset view of Exeter Cathedral, also a key and a Reference to the Hundreds in the bottom left corner.
£230
SMITH, C.
A New Map of the County of Dorset divided into hundreds.
London, 1804. 445 x 505.
Original body colour; slight darkening of centrefold, minor spotting, small hole at centrefold (repaired), otherwise a good example.
A large and well coloured map of Dorset with a key listing reference to the hundreds and an explanation.
£68
GREENWOOD, C. & J.
Map of the County of Cornwall, from an Actual Survey.
London, Greenwood & Co., 1834. 600 x 690.
Fine original colour; very light print offset, minor age-toning and soiling to the edges of the paper, some minor foxing around the coastline, otherwise a fine example without centrefold.
One of the last large series of county maps, produced in competition with the Ordnance Survey, and consequently very detailed. Fine inset view of St Michael's Mount, also a key in the top right corner. Inset map of the Scilly Isles.
£280
GREENWOOD, C. & J.
Map of the County of Dorset, from an Actual Survey.
London, Greenwood & Co., 1834. 580 x 690.
Fine original colour; very light print offset, minor age-toning and soiling to the edges of the paper, otherwise a fine example without centrefold.
One of the last large series of county maps, produced in competition with the Ordnance Survey, and consequently very detailed. Fine inset view of St Mary's Church Sherborne, also a key in the top right corner.
£190
BLAEU, Johannes.
Somersettensis Comitatus. Somerset Shire.
Amsterdam, 1648, Dutch text edition. 385 x 495.
Superb original colour; minor age-toning to the edges of the margins, overall a fine example.
A fine map of the county.
KOEMAN: Bl 46.
£430
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
DAWSON, Robert Kearsley.
Barnstaple.
London, 1832. 320 x 220.
Original coloured lithograph; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, minor spotting, old vertical fold from book, light print offset, otherwise a very good example.
A plan of Barnstaple, from a composite volume of the 'Plans of the Cities and Boroughs of England and Wales'. Robert Kearsley Dawson (1798 -1861) the son of surveyor Robert Dawson, was born in Dover, he went on to study at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. In 1818 he was commissioned into the Royal Engineers, and between 1819 and 1829 took part in the triangulation and mapping of Ireland and Scotland under Thomas Colby. In 1831 he was to survey the boundaries of the proposed Parliamentary Boroughs for the Great Reform Act.
£60
DAWSON, Robert Kearsley.
Penzance.
London, 1832. 305 x 200.
Original coloured lithograph; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, minor spotting, otherwise a fine example.
A plan of Penzance from a composite volume of the 'Plans of the Cities and Boroughs of England and Wales'. Robert Kearsley Dawson (1798 -1861) the son of surveyor Robert Dawson, was born in Dover, he went on to study at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. In 1818 he was commissioned into the Royal Engineers, and between 1819 and 1829 took part in the triangulation and mapping of Ireland and Scotland under Thomas Colby. In 1831 he was to survey the boundaries of the proposed Parliamentary Boroughs for the Great Reform Act.
£58
DAWSON, Robert Kearsley.
Plymouth.
London, 1832. 270 x 300.
Original coloured lithograph; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, minor spotting, signs of vertical fold from volume, minor print offset, otherwise a very good example.
A plan of Plymouth from a composite volume of the 'Plans of the Cities and Boroughs of England and Wales'. Robert Kearsley Dawson (1798 -1861) the son of surveyor Robert Dawson, was born in Dover, he went on to study at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. In 1818 he was commissioned into the Royal Engineers, and between 1819 and 1829 took part in the triangulation and mapping of Ireland and Scotland under Thomas Colby. In 1831 he was to survey the boundaries of the proposed Parliamentary Boroughs for the Great Reform Act.
£60
DAWSON, Robert Kearsley.
Poole.
London, 1832. 320 x 200.
Original coloured lithograph; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, minor spotting, otherwise a very good example.
A plan of Poole from a composite volume of the 'Plans of the Cities and Boroughs of England and Wales'. Robert Kearsley Dawson (1798 -1861) the son of surveyor Robert Dawson, was born in Dover, he went on to study at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. In 1818 he was commissioned into the Royal Engineers, and between 1819 and 1829 took part in the triangulation and mapping of Ireland and Scotland under Thomas Colby. In 1831 he was to survey the boundaries of the proposed Parliamentary Boroughs for the Great Reform Act.
£60
DAWSON, Robert Kearsley.
Weymouth.
London, 1832. 315 x 190.
Original coloured lithograph; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, minor spotting, otherwise a very good example.
A plan of Weymouth from a composite volume of the 'Plans of the Cities and Boroughs of England and Wales'. Robert Kearsley Dawson (1798 -1861) the son of surveyor Robert Dawson, was born in Dover, he went on to study at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. In 1818 he was commissioned into the Royal Engineers, and between 1819 and 1829 took part in the triangulation and mapping of Ireland and Scotland under Thomas Colby. In 1831 he was to survey the boundaries of the proposed Parliamentary Boroughs for the Great Reform Act.
£56
SELLER, John.
Cornwall.
London, 1695. 125 x 145.
Uncoloured; minor age-toning to the edges of the paper, otherwise a fine example.
A small map of the county from 'Anglia Contracta, or a Description of the Kingdom of England'. The atlas contains maps that are the first to use London as the prime meridian, probably measured from St. Paul's Cathedral.
CHUBB, CXVIII.
£95
DAWSON, Robert Kearsley.
Shaftesbury.
London, 1832. 290 x 240.
Original coloured lithograph; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, some minor spotting, otherwise a good example.
A plan of Shaftesbury in Dorset from a composite volume of the 'Plans of the Cities and Boroughs of England and Wales' and engraved by J. Henshall. Robert Kearsley Dawson (1798 -1861) the son of surveyor Robert Dawson, was born in Dover, he went on to study at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. In 1818 he was commissioned into the Royal Engineers, and between 1819 and 1829 took part in the triangulation and mapping of Ireland and Scotland under Thomas Colby. In 1831 he was to survey the boundaries of the proposed Parliamentary Boroughs for the Great Reform Act.
£45
DAWSON, Robert Kearsley.
Totnes.
London, 1832. 310 x 210.
Original coloured lithograph; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, some minor spotting, trimmed close on left hand side due to binding, sign of old vertical fold from book, otherwise a good example.
A plan of Totnes in Devon from a composite volume of the 'Plans of the Cities and Boroughs of England and Wales' and engraved by J. Henshall. Robert Kearsley Dawson (1798 -1861) the son of surveyor Robert Dawson, was born in Dover, he went on to study at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. In 1818 he was commissioned into the Royal Engineers, and between 1819 and 1829 took part in the triangulation and mapping of Ireland and Scotland under Thomas Colby. In 1831 he was to survey the boundaries of the proposed Parliamentary Boroughs for the Great Reform Act.
£42
BACON, George Washington.
Bacon's New Survey Map of the Counties of Somerset, Dorset and parts of Wiltshire.
London, Manchester & Edinburgh, c.1850. 870 x 1130.
Original coloured lithograph; slight lifting of some of the sections, light wear to cover, otherwise fine condition.
A large 24 sheet folding map, backed on linen, of Somerset, Dorset and parts of Wiltshire, marbled papers and folded into maroon cloth boards. Superbly detailed, with roads, railways, distance scale and inset geological map of the area. Original price 21/- shillings (one guinea).
£110
Detail
JERMYN, G. Alfred.
Plan of the Great Western Railway.
[London], Great Western Railway Company, 1838. 700 x 640.
Uncoloured; light soiling from use, some minor age-toning, otherwise good condition.
A folding map in slip case showing a detailed section of the Great Western Railway as it passes through Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Somerset. Shows the line from Detchworth to North Petherton and the line northwards to Cheltenham. Below the map is a cross section of the elevation (Bristol Division). Engraved by Richard Palmer.
£110
Detail
SPEED, John.
Devonshire. With Excester Described And the Armes of such Nobles as have borne the titles of them.
London, John Sudbury & William Humble, 1610-14. 375 x 505.
Coloured; short repaired tear to left hand side just effecting the armorial in the lower left corner (Charles Blount), hardly noticeable from the front, short tear to lower margin, again hardly noticeable, both expertly repaired, light age-toning to the edges of the paper, overall a very good example.
Inset plan of Exeter. The imprint remains unchanged from the first edition and reads; John Sudbury & George Humble as publishers.
£1,150
DAWSON, Robert Kearsley.
Blandford Forum.
London, 1832. 285 x 190.
Original coloured lithograph; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, minor spotting, otherwise a very good example.
A plan of Blandford Forum in Dorset, from a composite volume of the 'Plans of the Cities and Boroughs of England and Wales'. Robert Kearsley Dawson (1798 -1861) the son of surveyor Robert Dawson, was born in Dover, he went on to study at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. In 1818 he was commissioned into the Royal Engineers, and between 1819 and 1829 took part in the triangulation and mapping of Ireland and Scotland under Thomas Colby. In 1831 he was to survey the boundaries of the proposed Parliamentary Boroughs for the Great Reform Act.
£48
DAWSON, Robert Kearsley.
Bristol.
London, 1832. 320 x 205.
Original coloured lithograph; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, minor spotting, trimmed close on the left margin, with no loss of printed surface, otherwise a very good example.
A plan of Bristol, from a composite volume of the 'Plans of the Cities and Boroughs of England and Wales'. Robert Kearsley Dawson (1798 -1861) the son of surveyor Robert Dawson, was born in Dover, he went on to study at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. In 1818 he was commissioned into the Royal Engineers, and between 1819 and 1829 took part in the triangulation and mapping of Ireland and Scotland under Thomas Colby. In 1831 he was to survey the boundaries of the proposed Parliamentary Boroughs for the Great Reform Act.
£52
DAWSON, Robert Kearsley.
Dartmouth.
London, 1832. 320 x 270.
Original coloured lithograph; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, minor spotting, light print offset, vertical fold from book, otherwise a very good example.
A plan of Dartmouth, from a composite volume of the 'Plans of the Cities and Boroughs of England and Wales'. Robert Kearsley Dawson (1798 -1861) the son of surveyor Robert Dawson, was born in Dover, he went on to study at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. In 1818 he was commissioned into the Royal Engineers, and between 1819 and 1829 took part in the triangulation and mapping of Ireland and Scotland under Thomas Colby. In 1831 he was to survey the boundaries of the proposed Parliamentary Boroughs for the Great Reform Act.
£45
DAWSON, Robert Kearsley.
Devizes.
London, 1832. 250 x 200.
Original coloured lithograph; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, minor spotting & soiling, otherwise a very good example.
A plan of Devizes, from a composite volume of the 'Plans of the Cities and Boroughs of England and Wales'. Robert Kearsley Dawson (1798 -1861) the son of surveyor Robert Dawson, was born in Dover, he went on to study at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. In 1818 he was commissioned into the Royal Engineers, and between 1819 and 1829 took part in the triangulation and mapping of Ireland and Scotland under Thomas Colby. In 1831 he was to survey the boundaries of the proposed Parliamentary Boroughs for the Great Reform Act.
£32
DAWSON, Robert Kearsley.
Truro.
London, 1832. 310 x 190.
Original coloured lithograph; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, minor spotting, otherwise a very good example.
A plan of Truro, from a composite volume of the 'Plans of the Cities and Boroughs of England and Wales'. Robert Kearsley Dawson (1798 -1861) the son of surveyor Robert Dawson, was born in Dover, he went on to study at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. In 1818 he was commissioned into the Royal Engineers, and between 1819 and 1829 took part in the triangulation and mapping of Ireland and Scotland under Thomas Colby. In 1831 he was to survey the boundaries of the proposed Parliamentary Boroughs for the Great Reform Act.
£48
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.
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
BOWEN, Emanuel - KITCHIN, Thomas.
An Accurate Map of Dorset Shire.
London, J. Bowles, J. Tinney, T. Bowles, R. Rayer, No Date. 540 x 700.
Original outline colour; light marginal spotting, otherwise a very good example.
A fine and detailed map of Dorset. Published by John Bowles, John Tinney, Thomas Bowles and Robert Sayer (2nd state). The production history of the 'Large English Atlas' was not an easy one and appeared to be plagued with financial difficulties. In 1752 or 1753, with only 28 county plates completed, Hinton finally sold his ailing project to the printseller John Tinney. In 1755 or 1756 Tinney was joined in a partnership by Thomas Bowles, John Bowles and Son and Robert Sayer. Their imprint was to be added to the new maps for publication in 1758, although any book production still lacked a title-page. John Tinney died in 1761 and it wasn't until 1762 that the atlas was finally completed together with the title-page with his name omitted. This map is an early example and a pre-complete atlas issue.
HODSON: 221.
£380
BOWEN, Emanuel.
Dorsetshire.
London, c.1720. 120 x 120, map size.
Uncoloured; light age-toning and minor nicks to margins, otherwise fine condition.
A miniature map of the county from the 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improved' by John Owen and Emanuel Bowen. The verso has the road from Glocester to Worcester. [sic].
£38
BOWEN, Emanuel.
A Map of Somersetshire.
London, c.1720. 120 x 120, map size.
Uncoloured; light age-toning and minor nicks to margins, otherwise fine condition.
A miniature map of the county from the 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improved' by John Owen and Emanuel Bowen. The verso has the road through Breconshire and Glamorganshire to Cardiff.
£38
DAWSON, Robert Kearsley.
Lyme Regis.
London, 1832. 270 x 195.
Original coloured lithograph; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, minor spotting, otherwise a very good example.
A plan of Lyme Regis in Dorset, from a composite volume of the 'Plans of the Cities and Boroughs of England and Wales'. Robert Kearsley Dawson (1798 -1861) the son of surveyor Robert Dawson, was born in Dover, he went on to study at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. In 1818 he was commissioned into the Royal Engineers, and between 1819 and 1829 took part in the triangulation and mapping of Ireland and Scotland under Thomas Colby. In 1831 he was to survey the boundaries of the proposed Parliamentary Boroughs for the Great Reform Act.
£28
