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ALEPH.
Wales.
London, Hodder & Stoughton 1869. 270 x 210.
Coloured chromolithograph; very light overall age-toning, and some minor spotting, as is often the case, otherwise a very good example.
Caricature map, published in "Geographical Fun. Humorous Outlines of Various Countries", priced five shillings. The map was supposedly drawn by a fifteen year old girl, with the verse underneath by 'Aleph', a pseudonym for William Harvey (1796-1873). He was a popular journalist and author of 'London Scenes and London People...', published in 1863. Wales is depicted as Owen Glendowr, wearing crown and mantle.
SLOWTHER: Compass Points (The Map Collector 16, p.48-)
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RA2 |
ANON.
Universal Historie auf der Land Karten.
Unknown place of publication, c.1733. 410 x 565.
Coloured; signs of folds from a smaller volume, some age-toning and surface soiling, short splits to folds (repaired), otherwise a good example.
An unusual map of the Ancient World, showing the British Isles, parts of Africa and across to India and Ceylon, and then north to Siberia and across to Scandinavia. The map is bordered on three sides by a numbered key that gives reference to 217 historical events and locations on the map. Below the main map is a small double hemisphere map of the "modern" world. I cannot find any information regarding the cartographer or engraver.
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RA3 |
AYROUARD, Jacques.
Plan de la Baye de Monaco.
[Paris, 1746]. 300 x 460.
Uncoloured; signs of some minor marginal restoration, very lightly soiled and minor staining to the margins, otherwise a good example.
A plan of Monaco published in "Recueil de plusiers plans des ports Méditerran". Engraved by Louis Corne.
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BADESLADE, Thomas & TOMS, W.H.
Essex.
London, 1742. 145 x 150.
Coloured; light marginal soiling and spotting, otherwise a fine example.
An attractive miniature map of Essex with a text box giving details of market days in the various towns.
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RA5 |
BELLIN, Jacques Nicholas.
Plan du Port et de la Ville de Nangasaki.
Amsterdam, 1736. 200 x 445.
Coloured; signs of old folds from a smaller volume, otherwise a very good example.
A detailed plan of the city and port of Nagasaki on the Japanese island of Kyushu, engraved by D. Heulland probably for the "Histoire Generale des Voyages" by Prevost.
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RA6 |
BERTIUS, Petrus.
Portugallia.
Amsterdam, Cornelis Claesz, 1606, Latin text. 90 x 125.
Coloured; manuscript annotations in left margin, very light age-toning to margins, otherwise a very good example.
A superb miniature map of Portugal, published in "Tabularum geographicarum contractarum libri"
KOEMAN: Lan 7.
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RA7 |
BILL, John.
The County of Essex.
London, 1626. 90 x 125.
Uncoloured; very light soiling to lower margin, otherwise a fine example.
Miniature map, derived from Saxton, from the only edition of "The abridgement of Camden's Britañia", the first series of county maps to have latitude and longitude marked along the edges of the maps. Bill was the printer of the map: the engraver is unknown.
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RA8 |
BLOME, Richard.
A Mapp of ye County of Essex; with its Hundreds.
London, 1673. 260 x 330.
Fine original colour; light age-toning, some slightly darker areas on the map, light spotting to the margins, otherwise a very good example.
From the First Edition of the "Britannia", Blome's larger series of county maps, decorated with cartouches around the title and dedication, based on Speed's map.
Blome, renowned as a plagarist, said "I do not own myself the Author, but the Undertaker of this work".
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RA9 |
BLOME, Richard.
Hundreds in Essex.
London, Thomas Taylor, 1715. 155 x 215.
Coloured; some restoration to the vertical folds from the atlas, light age-toning, slightly darker in places, old tape from an earlier frame, otherwise a good example.
From a later edition of Blome's 'England Exactly Described'.
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RA10 |
BOWEN, Thomas.
A new Projection of the Western Hemisphere of the Earth on a Plane by J. Hardy.
London, Gentlemans' Magazine, F. Newbery, 1776. 245 x 230.
Uncoloured; some light soiling and age-toning, signs of old folds from a smaller volume, otherwise a very good example.
A map of the Western Hemisphere on a "new" projection devised by J. Hardy, Teacher of Mathematics & Writing Master at Eton College. Engraved by Thomas Bowen.
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RA11 |
BOWEN, Thomas.
A new Projection of the Eastern Hemisphere of the Earth on a Plane by J. Hardy.
London, Gentlemans' Magazine, F. Newbery, 1776. 245 x 230.
Uncoloured; some light soiling and age-toning, signs of old folds from a smaller volume, very light print offsetting, otherwise a very good example.
A map of the Eastern Hemisphere on a "new" projection devised by J. Hardy, Teacher of Mathematics & Writing Master at Eton College. Engraved by Thomas Bowen.
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RA12 |
BOWEN, Thomas.
A new Projection of the Eastern Hemisphere of the Earth on a Plane by J. Hardy.
London, Gentlemans' Magazine, F. Newbery, 1776. 245 x 230.
Uncoloured; some soiling and age-toning, signs of old folds from a smaller volume, light print offsetting, otherwise a good example.
A map of the Eastern Hemisphere on a "new" projection devised by J. Hardy, Teacher of Mathematics & Writing Master at Eton College. Engraved by Thomas Bowen.
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RA13 |
BROCKHAUS, F. A.
Deutschland.
Leipzig, 1863. 450 x 340.
Original coloured lithograph: small brown stain below the map, light age-toning and minor staining to margins, otherwise a good example.
A map of Germany, surrounded with fine vignettes.
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RA14 |
BROCKHAUS, F. A.
Nordamerika.
Leipzig, 1863. 450 x 340.
Original coloured lithograph: small brown stain below the map, light age-toning and minor staining to margins, otherwise a good example.
A map of North America, surrounded with fine vignettes. Shows Alaska, Canada, United States, Mexico and down to Panama. Vignettes show esquimaux whale hunting, indian hunting buffalo, bears, beaver and other wildlife.
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RA15 |
BROCKHAUS, F. A.
Südamerika.
Leipzig, 1863. 450 x 340.
Original coloured lithograph: small brown stain below the map, light age-toning and minor staining to margins, otherwise a good example.
A map of South America, surrounded with fine vignettes. Shows various wildlife, including an anteater, tapier, llama, alligator and a condor.
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RA16 |
CORONELLI, Vincenzo Maria.
Isola di Terra Nuova.
Venice, c.1690. 235 x 305.
Coloured; trimmed close to left hand and upper edge of printed border with no loss (one of a sheet of four in the atlas), otherwise very good.
A decorative map in Coronelli's distinctive style, with title and dedication cartouche. Shows a rather distorted Newfoundland, with Ile d'Anticosti and parts of Cape Breton Island.
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RA17 |
Fuente, F.
Nueva y Correcta Carta Del Mar Pacifico ó Del Sur...…
[Madrid], 1748. 430 x 690.
Coloured; signs of old folds from a smaller volume, light age-toning to the edges of the margins, some minor nicks and short tears to the edges of the paper, also brown tape to top edge from an old frame, otherwise a very good example.
A chart of the west coast of South America. The map is divided into three by a floral design. The main map shows the coast from Mexico to just below Concepción, the other Concepción to Tierra Del Fuego and the final map shows the Bay of San Francisco (Tierra Del Fuego). Highly decorative title cartouche showing maritime objects and a sailing boat with oarsmen. Little is known of the cartographer or engraver.
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RA18 |
FULLARTON & Co., Archibald.
British Columbia and Vancouver Island.
London & Edinburgh, 1874. 425 x 550.
Original coloured lithograph; short repaired tear to lower margin, otherwise fine condition.
A detailed map of British Columbia, showing Vancouver Island. From 'The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography'.
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RA19 |
FULLARTON & Co., Archibald.
The World in Hemispheres with comparative views of the heights of the principal mountains and basins of the principal rivers on the Globe.
London & Edinburgh, 1874. 420 x 535.
Original coloured lithograph; very light soiling to centrefold, some very minor marginal soiling, otherwise fine condition.
A map of the World in two hemispheres, with inset maps of Basins of the Amazon, La Plata, Lakes of St. Lawrence etc., and below a diagram with the relative heights of the mountains of the world. From 'The Royal Illustrated Atlas of Modern Geography'.
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RA20 |
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.
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RA21 |
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.
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RA22 |
GREENWOOD, C. & J.
Map of the County of Kent, from an Actual Survey.
London, Greenwood & Co., 1834. 580 x 695.
Fine original colour; very light print offset, minor age-toning and soiling to the edges of the paper, small paper loss at bottom margin (paper fault), 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 Canterbury Cathedral, also a key top left.
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RA23 |
GREENWOOD, C. & J.
Map of the County Palatine of Lancaster, from an Actual Survey.
London, Greenwood & Co., 1834. 630 x 690.
Fine original colour; very light print offset, minor age-toning and soiling to the edges of the paper, trimmed close by binder at the top and bottom edge, with no loss of printed surface, (the map of Lancashire is a much larger plate than most in the atlas), small paper loss at bottom 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 Lancaster Castle & Church, also a key on the left.
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RA24 |
GREENWOOD, C. & J.
Map of the County of Lincoln, from an Actual Survey.
London, Greenwood & Co., 1834. 635 x 750.
Fine original colour; very light print offset, minor age-toning and soiling to the edges of the paper, trimmed close by binder at the top and bottom edge, without loss of printed surface, (the map of Lincolnshire is a much larger plate than most in the atlas), 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 Lincoln Cathedral, also a key in the bottom right corner.
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RA25 |
GREENWOOD, C. & J.
Map of the County of Oxford, from an Actual Survey.
London, Greenwood & Co., 1834. 575 x 705.
Fine original colour; light print offset, minor age-toning and soiling to the edges of the paper, some ink fingerprints near the key, 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 Oxford Cathedral, also a key in the bottom right corner.
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RA26 |
GREENWOOD, C. & J.
Map of the County of Warwick, from an Actual Survey.
London, Greenwood & Co., 1834. 575 x 685.
Fine original colour; very light print offset, minor age-toning and soiling to the edges of the paper, short repaired tear to lower 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. Inset view of Warwick Castle, also a key to the top left corner.
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RA27 |
GREENWOOD, Christopher & John.
Map of the County of Salop from an Actual Survey...…
London, 1834. 580 x 680.
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. Inset view of Shrewsbury.
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RA28 |
GREENWOOD, Christopher & John.
Map of the County of Stafford, from an Actual Survey...…
London, 1834. 580 x 700.
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. Inset view of Lichfield Cathedral.
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RA29 |
GREENWOOD, Christopher & John.
Map of the County of Sussex from an Actual Survey...…
London, 1829. 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. Inset view of Chichester Cathedral and a key top right corner.
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RA30 |
JANSSON, Jan.
Huntingdonensis Comitatus Huntingdon Shire.
Amsterdam, 1647, French text edition. 395 x 495.
Original colour; light age-toning as is often the case with maps by Jansson, minor marginal spotting, short centrefold split, otherwise a very good example.
Very similar in style to the Blaeu map of the county, but with minor changes to the armorials, mile scale and title cartouche.
KOEMAN: Me 160.
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RA31 |
JENNER, Thomas.
Essex.
London, 1643. 105 x 105.
Coloured; very light age-toning, otherwise a fine example.
A miniature map of the county with distance scale from ' The direction for the English traveller'…
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RA32 |
JENNER, Thomas.
Shropshire.
London, 1643. 105 x 105.
Coloured; slight browning and minor defects, two small worm holes, otherwise a good example.
A miniature map of the county with distance scale from ' The direction for the English traveller'…
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RA33 |
L'ISLE, Guillaume de.
Imperii Orientalis et Circumjacentium Regionum...…
Paris, c.1710. 475 x 640.
Original outline colour; light age-toning and soiling to the margins, otherwise a good example.
A map of Eastern Europe, showing Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary across to Russia and the Black Sea and down to Greece and Turkey. Also shows Crete and Cyprus.
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RA34 |
L'ISLE, Guillaume de.
Le Cours du Rhin despuis Strasbourg jusqu'a Worms et Les Pays Adjacens.
Paris, c.1710. 480 x 640.
Original outline colour; light age-toning and soiling to the margins, otherwise a good example.
Shows southern Germany between Heidelberg and Strasbourg.
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RA35 |
LEVASSEUR, Victor.
Afrique.
Paris, c.1845. 315 x 440.
Original outline colour, with recent embellishment to the surrounding vignettes; paper lightly age-toned, minor spotting and soiling to the margins, otherwise a very good example.
A steel engraving, with finely engraved vignette borders, including small panoramas of Alexandria, Cairo and Algiers.
TOOLEY: Africa p. 65, illus. plate 50.
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RA36 |
LEVASSEUR, Victor.
Amérique Septrentrionale.
Paris, c.1845. 300 x 440.
Original outline colour, with recent embellishment to the surrounding vignettes; paper lightly age-toned, minor spotting and soiling to the margins, otherwise a very good example.
A steel engraving, with finely engraved vignette borders. On the map Texas is an independent country: having revolted from Mexico in 1835, its independence was recognised 1840, but it joined the United States in 1845. According to the table the population of Texas was 200,000 against 19 million in the U.S!
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RA37 |
LEVASSEUR, Victor.
Amérique Méridionale.
Paris, c.1845. 300 x 430.
Original outline colour, with recent embellishment to the surrounding vignettes; paper lightly age-toned, minor spotting and soiling to the margins, otherwise a very good example.
A steel engraving, with finely engraved vignette borders, including a rider using bolas, mining and a jaguar.
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RA38 |
LEVASSEUR, Victor.
Asie.
Paris, c.1845. 300 x 440.
Original outline colour, with recent embellishment to the surrounding vignettes; paper lightly age-toned, minor spotting and soiling to the margins, otherwise a very good example.
A steel engraving, with finely engraved vignette borders with ten costume vignettes.
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RA39 |
LEVASSEUR, Victor.
Europe
Paris, c.1845. 330 x 460.
Original outline colour, with recent embellishment to the surrounding vignettes; paper lightly age-toned, minor spotting and soiling to the margins, otherwise a very good example.
A steel engraving, with finely engraved vignette borders with allegorical figures, etc.
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RA40 |
LEVASSEUR, Victor.
Océanie.
Paris, c.1845. 399 x 425.
Original outline colour, with recent embellishment to the surrounding vignettes; paper lightly age-toned, minor spotting and soiling to the margins, otherwise a very good example.
A steel engraving, showing the East Indies, Japan, Australia & New Zealand, with finely engraved vignette borders.
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RA41 |
LEVASSEUR, Victor.
Planisphère.
Paris, c.1845. 300 x 410.
Original outline colour, with recent embellishment to the surrounding vignettes; paper lightly age-toned, minor spotting and soiling to the margins, otherwise a very good example.
A steel engraved world map on Mercator's Projection, surrounded by ornamental vignette borders. Above the map is a depiction of the Zodiac; down the sides are allegorical figures representing the seasons and the five continents.
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RA42 |
MALLET, Alain Manesson.
Royaume D'Ecosse.
Paris, 1684. German text edition. 155 x 115.
Uncoloured; very light toning to the edge of the margins, some light spotting to the map, otherwise very good.
A miniature map of Scotland from the five volume work by Allain Manesson Mallet
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RA43 |
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.
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RA44 |
OWEN, J. & BOWEN, E.
A Map of Essex
London, c.1720. 180 x 115 (engraved area).
Original colour; stains from old cellotape mounting across two corners, light age toning, otherwise a fine example.
From 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd'.
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RA45 |
PERROT, Artiside Michel.
Iles Hébrides.
Paris, 1823. 110 x 70.
Original outline colour; some spotting to margins, otherwise a good example.
A miniature map of the outer Hebrides with a highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping.
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RA46 |
PORRO, Girolamo.
L'Isole Piu Famose del Mondo. Descritte de Thomaso Porcacchi Da Castiglione...…
Venice, 1576. 260 x 175.
Uncoloured; some soiling, slightly darker in the margins, minor wear, otherwise fair condition.
A highly decorative figured frontispiece/titlepage from the Porcacchi atlas.
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RA47 |
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]
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RA48 |
SCHEDEL, Hartmann.
Portugalia.
Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger, 1497. 230 x 150, including text.
Uncoloured woodcut; light toning on the bottom margin and some minor spotting in the text, otherwise a good example.
A representative woodcut view of Portugal from the smaller version of the Nuremberg Chronicle.
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RA49 |
SELLER, John.
Essex.
London, 1695. 120 x 150.
Coloured; light age-toning, slightly darker in the upper margin, signs of old fold from atlas, otherwise a very good example.
A small map of the county from 'Anglia Contracta'.
CHUBB, CXVIII.
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THOMSON & CO, John.
Spanish North America.
Edinburgh, John Thomson, 1821. 510 x 615.
Original outline colour; some very light marginal soiling and age toning, short tear (repaired) to upper margin, just effecting engraved border, trimmed by binder along bottom margin with some loss of imprint, otherwise good condition.
One of the largest format maps to show the area of south-west North America in such detail, much of the information is drawn from the explorations of Humboldt and Long in the Rocky Mountains and the West. There are extensive notes along the lower Missouri and Lower Mississippi Rivers and the Southern Rocky Mountain Region is shown in great detail. An important map focusing on the region soon to be the site of conflict between the Unites States and Mexico. Shows Santa Fe, and the name "Texas" identifies a town rather than a region, however, this is one of the earliest appearances of this form of the name on a map - previous references had been to 'Teias' or 'Tejas'. Published by John Thomson & Company in 'A New General Atlas'.
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RA51 |
THOMSON & CO, John.
United States and Additions, 1820.
Edinburgh, John Thomson, 1821. 500 x 600.
Original outline colour; light toning to centrefold, very light surface soiling, some marginal soiling and age toning, otherwise good condition.
A superbly detailed map showing the United States of 1820. Shows Louisianna, Mississippi, Tennessee, Illinois and North West Territory (now Wisconsin and part of Minnesota) as the western extent. Published by John Thomson & Company in 'A New General Atlas'.
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RA52 |
TIRION, Isaac.
Gezigt van den Tuin van Somerset's Paleis, Langs den Theems tot op de Brug van Londen.
Amsterdam, 1753. 170 x 430.
Coloured; signs of vertical folds from book, light marginal soiling and staining, otherwise a fine example.
A finely engraved and inexpensive panoramic view of London, showing "modern" St Paul's and the River Thames as far as "old" London Bridge. There are various craft on the water from ferrymen to barges and people can be seen promenading along the embankment.
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RA53 |
VAUGONDY, G. Robert de.
Mappe Monde, ou Description du Glôbe Terrestre.
Paris, 1750. 160 x 220.
Original outline colour, some minor soiling and spotting, short split to centrefold, otherwise good.
An inexpensive double-hemisphere map of the world, with a decorative rococo style title cartouche.
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RA54 |
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.)
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RA55 |
WYLD, James.
A New Map of the Province of Upper Canada Describing all the New Settlements, Townships, &c. with the Countries Adjacent from Quebec to Lake Huron. Compiled from the Original Manuscripts in the Surveyor General's Office.
London, 1843. 575 x 865.
Original colour; light marginal toning in places, light print offset, slightly darker in places, otherwise a fine example.
A detailed map of Upper Canada, showing Lakes Huron, Erie and Ontario. The cities of Toronto and Buffalo are clearly marked.
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