Antique County Maps: North West
Cheshire, Cumbria, Lancs, Westmorland, Isle of Man.

A Chart of the Harbour of Liverpool...

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BURDETT, P. P.

Origin: ENFIELD, William. 1773.

A rare detailed chart of the environs of the River Mersey and River Dee, showing the sand banks, depths, shoals and navigational leading marks. A very interesting chart published in William Enfield's "An Essay Towards the History of Liverpool". Published 1773 (1st edition). Engraved by Billinge, Liverpool.

Condition: Some signs of old colour; short nicks to the edges of the margins, expert repairs to old folds and the edges of the paper, overall quite presentable.

Size: 380 x 515mm (15 x 20¼ inches).

Reference: 16186

Price: £280

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A General Mapp of the Countie of Cumberland.

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BLOME, Richard.

Origin: London, 1673.

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 plagiarist, said "I do not own myself the Author, but the Undertaker of this work".

Condition: Uncoloured; minor age-toning to margins, printers crease just above lower margin, otherwise good.

Size: 320 x 255mm (12½ x 10 inches).

Reference: 5136

Price: £110

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A Map of Cheshire.

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BOWEN, Emanuel.

Origin: London, c.1720.

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 York, passing through Tadcaster and Leeds.

Condition: Uncoloured; light age-toning and minor nicks to margins, otherwise fine condition.

Size: 115 x 110mm (4½ x 4¼ inches).

Reference: 11417

Price: £38

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A Map of Cumberland from the best Authorities.

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LODGE, John.

Origin: London, 1790-95.

A rare map of the county originally published in the 'Political Magazine' from 1782-90. Engraved by John Lodge, this atlas edition of 1795 has the name erased. Ink manuscript details about the county on the verso.

Condition: Uncoloured; light soiling and minor spotting, otherwise a good example.

Size: 325 x 265mm (12¾ x 10½ inches).

Reference: 12834

Price: £86

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A Map of Essex

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OWEN, J. & BOWEN, E.

Origin: London, c.1720.

A map of the county of Cheshire from 'Britannia Depicta or Ogilby Improv'd'. The verso shows the road from York, through Leeds and beyond.

Condition: Coloured; light age toning to the edges of the margins, one or two nicks to the edges of the paper, otherwise a fine example.

Size: 180 x 110mm (7 x 4¼ inches).

Reference: 15751

Price: £38

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A Map of Westmorland.

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OWEN, John & BOWEN, Emanuel.

Origin: London, 1720.

From Britannia Depicta.

Condition: unknown

Size: 120 x 115mm (4¾ x 4½ inches).

Reference: 5615

Price: £24

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A Mapp of the County of Westmorland.

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BLOME, Richard.

Origin: London, 1673.

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 plagiarist, said "I do not own myself the Author, but the Undertaker of this work".

Condition: Uncoloured; some brown spotting, probably ink, otherwise a fine dark impression.

Size: 320 x 255mm (12½ x 10 inches).

Reference: 5593

Price: £98

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A New Map of Cheshire, Divided into Hundreds; Exhibiting its Roads, Rivers, Parks &c.

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CARY, John.

Origin: London, 1809.

From the first edition of Cary's New English Atlas, although the maps were issued in parts 1801-9. With the hundreds separately coloured.

Condition: Original body colour; light soiling and age-toning to the margins, other minor spotting, otherwise a good example.

Size: 480 x 540mm (19 x 21¼ inches).

Reference: 12248

Price: £110

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A New Map of Cheshire, from the best Authorities.

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LODGE, John.

Origin: London, 1790-95.

A rare map of the county originally published in the 'Political Magazine' from 1782-90. Engraved by John Lodge, this atlas edition of 1795 has the name erased. Ink manuscript details about the county on the verso.

Condition: Uncoloured; some light brown staining, other light soiling and minor spotting, otherwise a good example.

Size: 265 x 323mm (10½ x 12¾ inches).

Reference: 12848

Price: £120

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A New Map of Cumberland, Divided into Hundreds; Exhibiting its Roads, Rivers, Parks &c.

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CARY, John.

Origin: London, 1801.

From the first edition of Cary's New English Atlas, although the maps were issued in parts 1801-9. With the hundreds separately coloured.

Condition: Original body colour; light soiling and age-toning to margins, otherwise a good example.

Size: 530 x 480mm (20¾ x 19 inches).

Reference: 12233

Price: £68

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A New Map of Westmoreland, from the latest Authorities.

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LODGE, John.

Origin: London, 1790-95.

A rare map of the county originally published in the 'Political Magazine' from 1782-90. Engraved by John Lodge, this atlas edition of 1795 has the name erased. Ink manuscript details about the county on the verso.

Condition: Uncoloured; light soiling and minor spotting, otherwise a good example.

Size: 260 x 320mm (10¼ x 12½ inches).

Reference: 12821

Price: £86

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A New Map of the County of Cumberland divided into Wards.

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SMITH, C.

Origin: London, 1804.

Charles Smith (fl.1800), also later known under the name Charles Smith & Son. Charles Smith established a well respected firm of engravers, stationers and map sellers. He became Map Seller Extraordinary to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. The firm also published a general atlas and a terrestrial globe. This map appeared in Smith's New English Atlas. Drawn by J Tomkins and engraved by H. Vincent.

Condition: Original colour; old paper repair to centrefold mainly in the left margin, light age-toning and soiling in the margins, otherwise a good example.

Size: 485 x 440mm (19 x 17¼ inches).

Reference: 12222

Price: £56

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Cestria (vulgo) Chester, Anglæ civitas.

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BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Franz.

Origin: Cologne, 1574-.

From Braun and Hogenberg's 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first collection of town plans. It is a "map-view", with the buildings shown in perspective with a 24-point key, and three figures with a wolfhound in the foreground. Around the plan the Royal Crest, the arms of the city and the local Bishop, also seven local nobles. John Speed copied this map for the town plan on his map of Cheshire 1611.

Condition: Finely coloured; some light soiling and staining to the margins, some paper creases in the margins, otherwise a fine example.

Size: 325 x 440mm (12¾ x 17¼ inches).

Reference: 12900

Price: £620

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Cestria Comitatus Palatinus.

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BLAEU, Johannes.

Origin: Amsterdam, 1662, French text edition.

One of the most decorative map of Cheshire available, superb figured cartouche and mile scale.

Condition: Original colour; signs of an old mount, just outside the printed line border, light marginal stanin, otherwise a fine example.

Size: 385 x 505mm (15¼ x 20 inches).

Reference: 16163

Price: £420

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Cheshire.

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WALKER, John & Charles.

Origin: London, J & C Walker, 1835-.

A detailed map of the county. Shows the places of the meeting of foxhounds and the areas marked. From Hobson's Fox Hunting Atlas.

Condition: Original outline colour; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, otherwise a fine example.

Size: 320 x 385mm (12½ x 15¼ inches).

Reference: 12094

Price: £42

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Clitheroe.

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DAWSON, Robert Kearsley.

Origin: London, 1832.

A plan of Clitheroe in Lancashire 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.

Condition: Original coloured lithograph; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, minor spotting and surface soiling, onl vertical fold from book torn and repaired with tape, otherwise a fair example.

Size: 280 x 290mm (11 x 11½ inches).

Reference: 12370

Price: £8

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Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described with Many Memorable Antiquities Therein Found Observed.

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SPEED, John.

Origin: London, John Sudbury & George Humble, 1610-27.

With an inset plan of Carlisle. The imprint remains unchanged from an earlier edition and reads; J. Sudbury & Georg Humble 1610 as publishers. From Speed's atlas 'The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine'.

Condition: Coloured; trimmed margins and cut close but with enough paper to facilitate framing, otherwise a good example.

Size: 385 x 510mm (15¼ x 20 inches).

Reference: 10443

Price: £480

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Cumberland.

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MORDEN, Robert.

Origin: London, 1695-.

Published in Camden's Britannia.

Condition: Uncoloured; minor blemishes, but otherwise a fine example.

Size: 365 x 430mm (14¼ x 17 inches).

Reference: 9530

Price: £100

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Cumberland.

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WALKER, John & Charles.

Origin: Longman, Rees, Orne, Brown & Co. 1850.

A detailed map of the county. Shows the places of the meeting of foxhounds and the areas marked. From Hobson's Fox Hunting Atlas.

Condition: Original outline colour; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, otherwise a fine example.

Size: 395 x 320mm (15½ x 12½ inches).

Reference: 12099

Price: £32

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Cumberland.

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WALKER, John & Charles.

Origin: Longman, Rees, Orne, Brown & Co. 1850.

A detailed map of the county. Shows the places of the meeting of foxhounds and the areas marked. From Hobson's Fox Hunting Atlas.

Condition: Original outline colour; very light age-toning to the edges of the paper, otherwise a fine example.

Size: 395 x 320mm (15½ x 12½ inches).

Reference: 12178

Price: £35

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Cumberland.

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BOWEN, Emanuel.

Origin: London, c.1720.

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 Kendal to Keswick.

Condition: Uncoloured; light age-toning and minor nicks to margins, otherwise fine condition.

Size: 120 x 120mm (4¾ x 4¾ inches).

Reference: 12605

Price: £28

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Cumbria sive Cumberlandia.

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SAXTON, Christopher - KIP, William.

Origin: London, Georgii Bishop & Ioannis Norton, 1607-10.

A map of the county from the first English edition of the 'Britannia', translated by Philémon Holland. Engraved by William Kip, from the Christopher Saxton survey of 1576. The Saxton map is of both Cumberland and Westmorland, therefore this example is one of the earliest separate printed maps of the county. State III with plate number 54 added in the bottom left corner.

Condition: Uncoloured; light toning in the margins, bottom left corner of margin torn off, but well away from printed area (this would be covered in mounting), otherwise a very good example.

Size: 285 x 325mm (11¼ x 12¾ inches).

Reference: 9702

Price: £180

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Is. de Man et D'Anglesey.

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MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Origin: Paris, 1683, French text edition.

A fine miniature map of The Isle of Man, also shows the mainland coast of England and Wales, with Anglesey. From the French text edition of the five volume work 'Description de l'univers'.

Condition: Uncoloured; light age-toning and minor soiling mainly to margin in the right corner, missing left corner in the margin and well away from the printed surface, otherwise a good example.

Size: 155 x 110mm (6 x 4¼ inches).

Reference: 9921

Price: £50

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Is. de Man et D'Anglesey.

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MALLET, Alain Manesson.

Origin: Paris, 1683, French text edition.

A fine miniature map of The Isle of Man, also shows the mainland coast of England and Wales, with Anglesey. From the French text edition of the five volume work 'Description de l'univers'.

Condition: Coloured, with gum arabic highlighting; minor soiling mainly to margins, otherwise a fine example.

Size: 155 x 110mm (6 x 4¼ inches).

Reference: 12975

Price: £75

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Lancashire.

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WALKER, John & Charles.

Origin: London, Longman, Rees, Orme, & Co., 1835-.

A detailed map of the county.

Condition: Original colour; very light marginal age-toning, otherwise very good.

Size: 395 x 330mm (15½ x 13 inches).

Reference: 10990

Price: £45

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Lancaster.

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DAWSON, Robert Kearsley.

Origin: London, 1832.

A plan of Lancaster 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.

Condition: Original coloured lithograph; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, some minor spotting and soiling to the margins, otherwise a good example.

Size: 310 x 190mm (12¼ x 7½ inches).

Reference: 11806

Price: £38

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Liverpool.

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Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, (S.D.U.K.)

Origin: London, Baldwin & Cradock, 1836.

An early Victorian detailed plan of the city, engraved and printed by T.Starling, with the important buildings in profile along the bottom and three insets, two views and a map of Liverpool in 1729. From the 1844 edition published by Chapman & Hall, for The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

Condition: Original outline colour; light age-toning to the edges of the margins, otherwise a very good example.

Size: 305 x 385mm (12 x 15¼ inches).

Reference: 10630

Price: £80

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Manchester and its Environs.

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TALLIS, John.

Origin: London, John Tallis & Co., 1851.

A superbly detailed steel engraved plan of the city of Manchester, surrounded by vignettes showing Collegiate Church, Royal Infirmary, Royal Institute, Town Hall, Post Office and Free Library. John Tallis is without question one of the most renowned cartographers and publisher of the C19th. His maps are the last of the lavishly decorated and ornamental maps, considered to be works of art as well as geographically accurate. He was born in Stourbridge in Worcestershire in about 1818 and it is likely that he stayed in the Midlands working as a publisher in Birmingham, until he moved to London in the early 1840′s.

Condition: Uncoloured; very minor spotting and light age-toning to the edges of the paper, otherwise a fine example.

Size: 365 x 495mm (14¼ x 19½ inches).

Reference: 12566

Price: £180

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Mona.

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BLAEU, Johannes.

Origin: Amsterdam, 1662, Latin text edition.

A fine map of the Isle of Man. Latin text on the verso, together with an adjoining sheet of text (small paper fault to text page).

Condition: Fine original colour; minor defects and light waterstaining to the margins, otherwise a good example.

Size: 380 x 273mm (15 x 10¾ inches).

Reference: 10935

Price: £340

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Plan von Manchester und Saalford in England.

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WEIMAR. Geographisches Institut.

Origin: Weimar, 1805.

A detailed plan of the City of Manchester and Salford, streets, rivers and buildings are named.

Condition: Uncoloured; minor age-toning to guard area caused by paste, signs of old folds, otherwise very good.

Size: 355 x 445mm (14 x 17½ inches).

Reference: 8418

Price: £190

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Stockport.

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DAWSON, Robert Kearsley.

Origin: London, 1832.

A plan of Stockport 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.

Condition: Original coloured lithograph; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, minor spotting, vertical crease from book, light print offset, otherwise a very good example

Size: 310 x 260mm (12¼ x 10¼ inches).

Reference: 11732

Price: £38

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The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne Described.

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SPEED, John.

Origin: London, John Sudbury & George Humble, 1610-11, FIRST EDITION.

From Speed's atlas 'The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine'. Inset plan of Kendal.

Condition: Uncoloured; two small holes in the upper and lower margins, possibly done as a guide to the binder, a short repaired tear to lower centrefold in the margin, light age-toning and soiling to lower margin, otherwise a fine dark impression.

Size: 385 x 515mm (15¼ x 20¼ inches).

Reference: 12424

Price: £920

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The County Palatine of Chester.

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MORDEN, Robert.

Origin: London, 1695-.

Published in Camden's Britannia.

Condition: Uncoloured; light marginal age-toning, some light spotting in the centrefold, printers crease across the bottom right corner, otherwise a fine example.

Size: 345 x 415mm (13½ x 16¼ inches).

Reference: 9435

Price: £140

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The Isle of Man.

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COLLINS, Capt. Greenville.

Origin: London, 1693-1738.

Engraved by Herman Moll and published in Captain Greenville Collins' 'Great Britain's Coasting Pilot', as first state. A chart of the whole island, with inset of Peel Castle.

Condition: Uncoloured; slight overall age-toning, minor staining, also some light spotting mostly confirned to the margins, otherwise very good.

Size: 445 x 560mm (17½ x 22 inches).

Reference: 8675

Price: £380

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The Isle of Man.....

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SPEED, John.

Origin: London, 1610-11, FIRST EDITION.

A fine map of the island drawn by Thomas Durham 1595. From Speed's atlas 'The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine'.

Condition: Uncoloured, fine dark impression. Cut close on right-hand edge, with only v.slight loss of printed line of border, small hole and thinning of paper near "performed by John Speed cartouche, otherwise a good dark example.

Size: 380 x 500mm (15 x 19¾ inches).

Reference: 4607

Price: £480

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The Isle of Man.....

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SPEED, John.

Origin: London, John Sudbury & George Humble, 1610-11, FIRST EDITION.

A fine map of the island drawn by Thomas Durham 1595. From Speed's atlas 'The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine'.

Condition: Uncoloured; light age-toning, slight darkening of the centrefold, some minor marginal spots, short tear to right hand edge (repaired), otherwise a fine dark impression.

Size: 380 x 500mm (15 x 19¾ inches).

Reference: 11467

Price: £760

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Westmoreland.

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MORDEN, Robert.

Origin: London, 1695-.

Published in Camden's Britannia.

Condition: Uncoloured; light print offset and minor age-toning, otherwise a dark impression in fine condition.

Size: 360 x 420mm (14¼ x 16½ inches).

Reference: 9436

Price: £75

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Westmoreland.

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BICKHAM, George.

Origin: London, Laurie and Whittle, 1754-96.

A finely engraved bird's eye view across the county, from Robert Laurie and James Whittle's publication of Bickham's 'The British Monarchy', originally published 1743.

Condition: Coloured; very short tear to upper margin, well away from the printed area, overall a fine example.

Size: 215 x 148mm (8½ x 5¾ inches).

Reference: 16118

Price: £180

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Westmorland and Comberlad.

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KEERE, Pieter van der.

Origin: London, George Humble, 1646.

A map of the counties of Cumberland and Westmorland, from the so-called "Miniature Speed".

Condition: Uncoloured; minor marginal staining, otherwise good.

Size: 85 x 120mm (3¼ x 4¾ inches).

Reference: 5685

Price: £42

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Westmorland.

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WALKER, John & Charles.

Origin: London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Co., 1836.

A detailed map of the county showing the railways.

Condition: Original colour lithograph; light toning at centrefold, otherwise a fine example.

Size: 320 x 380mm (12½ x 15 inches).

Reference: 11644

Price: £32

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Westmorlandia, Lancastria, Cestria, Caernarvan, Denbigh, Flint, Merionidh, Montgomery, Salopia Cum insulis Mania et Anglesey.

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MERCATOR, Gerard.

Origin: Amsterdam, 1595-1633, German edition.

An early regional map of the north-west of England, includes North-Wales, Anglesey and the Isle of Man. Decorative title cartouche and a sea monster in the sea area.

Condition: Fine original wash colour; some light creasing in the centrefold area, old paper repairs to the centrefold and lower margin, otherwise a good example.

Size: 360 x 415mm (14¼ x 16¼ inches).

Reference: 15775

Price: £210

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Wigan.

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DAWSON, Robert Kearsley.

Origin: London, 1832.

A plan of Wigan, 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.

Condition: Original coloured lithograph; light age-toning to the edges of the paper, minor spotting, otherwise a very good example.

Size: 300 x 180mm (11¾ x 7 inches).

Reference: 12083

Price: £26

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[The Irish Sea, showing the Isle of Man].

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COLLINS, Capt. Greenville.

Origin: London, 1693-.

A chart of parts of the Irish Sea, showing the Isle of Man, Anglesey and the coast from Caernavon, Flintshire, Lancashire, Cumberland round to Scotland. A decorative cartouche bottom right, dedicated to Sir John Lowther, Lord High Admiral of England. Published in Collins' 'Great Britain's Coasting Pilot'

Condition: Coloured; very light soiling, otherwise overall a fine example.

Size: 443 x 556mm (17½ x 22 inches).

Reference: 16169

Price: £130

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