Antique Maps of Scotland

Cuninghamia...…

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BLAEU, Joan.

Origin: Amsterdam, 1654, Dutch text edition.

A fine and decorative map of Cunningham, names Irvine and Largs, drawn by Timothy Pont.

Condition: Fine original colour; very light marginal spotting and overall age-toning, minor nicks to margins, otherwise fine condition.

Size: 425 x 560mm (16¾ x 22 inches).

Reference: 9174

Price: £320

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Edenburg.

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BRAUN, Georg & HOGENBERG, Franz.

Origin: Cologne, 1588-, Latin text edition.

A birds-eye view of Edinburgh from the south. Published in Volume III of Braun and Hogenberg's 'Civitates Orbis Terrarum', the first collection of town plans. In the foreground are four figures wearing the typical style of dress during the time of Mary, Queen of Scots. Edinburgh Castle is shown to the left, indicated here as Castrum puellarum, or "Maidens' Castle". The origins of this designation are not known. According to one legend it can be traced back to a tradition among the Picts of holding virgins captive in the castle. Other sources refer to a legend claiming that princesses were able to live there in safety. It is also the place where King Malcolm III's widow, later St Margaret of Scotland, allegedly resided in the 11th century. Although unnamed here the upper horizontal street is now the Royal Mile, which leads from Castle Rock past the Gothic Church of St Giles and the town gate to Holyrood Abbey. The engraving was made after a woodcut by Raphael Holinshead, 1574.

Condition: Original colour; light age-toning and spotting mainly in the margins, small hole in the upper margin, some contemporary ink manuscript in the lower margin and verso, giving a date of 1597, residue of old mounting tape on verso, otherwise a very good example.

Size: 340 x 450mm (13½ x 17¾ inches).

Reference: 15746

Price: £1300

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Edinburgh.

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S.D.U.K.

Origin: London, Baldwin & Cradock, 1834.

An early Victorian detailed plan of the city, Includes a fine vignette of Edinburgh castle in the top left corner and a comparison of principal buildings along the bottom. 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 fine example.

Size: 315 x 395mm (12½ x 15½ inches).

Reference: 16116

Price: £180

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Glasgow.

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TALLIS, John.

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

A superbly detailed steel engraved plan of the city of Glasgow. Vignettes include; The Royal Exchange, The University, The Cathedral, New Bridge and a prospect from the Green. Shows the railways and as far south as Butterbiggins Road, north to Grimston Burn, east to the Dalmarnock Bridge and west to the Royal Botanic Gardens. 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, light marginal age-toning, otherwise a fine example.

Size: 360 x 475mm (14¼ x 18¾ inches).

Reference: 12553

Price: £210

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Glottiana Præfectura Inferior cum Baronia Glascvensi. The Nether Wards of Clyds-Dale and Baroni of Glasco.

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BLAEU, Joan.

Origin: Amsterdam, 1654, Dutch text edition.

A fine and decorative map of parts of Renfrew, Cunningham and Lanark. Shows and names Glasgow and Lanark, drawn by Timothy Pont.

Condition: Fine original colour; very light marginal spotting and overall age-toning, minor nicks to margins, otherwise fine condition.

Size: 390 x 540mm (15¼ x 21¼ inches).

Reference: 9192

Price: £330

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Glottiana Præfectura Superior.

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BLAEU, Joan.

Origin: Amsterdam, 1654, Dutch text edition.

A fine and decorative map of part of Clydesdale and Tweedale, drawn by Timothy Pont.

Condition: Fine original colour; very light marginal spotting and overall age-toning, minor nicks to margins, otherwise fine condition.

Size: 390 x 535mm (15¼ x 21 inches).

Reference: 9176

Price: £210

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Levinia, vice comitatus. - The Province of Lennox called the Shyre of Dun-Britton.

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BLAEU, Joan.

Origin: Amsterdam, 1654, Dutch text edition.

A fine and decorative map of the area of Scotland around Dunbarton, showing the Firth of Clyde, drawn by Timothy Pont.

Condition: Fine original colour; very light marginal spotting and overall age-toning, minor nicks to margins, signs of old folds, otherwise good condition.

Size: 390 x 525mm (15¼ x 20¾ inches).

Reference: 9216

Price: £280

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Nithia Vicecomitatus - The Shirifdome of Nidis - Dale. Auctore Timotheo Pont.

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BLAEU, Joan.

Origin: Amsterdam, 1654, Dutch text edition.

A fine and decorative map of southern Scotland around Dumfries, drawn by Timothy Pont.

Condition: Fine original colour; very light marginal spotting and overall age-toning, minor nicks to margins, signs of old folds, otherwise good condition.

Size: 390 x 535mm (15¼ x 21 inches).

Reference: 9215

Price: £280

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Provinciæ Lauden seu Lothien et Linlithouo.

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JANSSON, Joan.

Origin: Amsterdam, 1645-, Latin text edition.

The Scottish counties of Linlithgow and Lothian, showing Edinburgh at the centre of the page, by Timothy Pont, and probably engraved by Henricus Honius.

Condition: Fine original colour; slight age-toning, minor marginal blemishes, otherwise a fine good.

Size: 370 x 540mm (14½ x 21¼ inches).

Reference: 11427

Price: £420

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Ross.

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PERROT, Astride Michel.

Origin: Paris, 1823.

A miniature map of the countiy with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping.

Condition: Original outline colour; overall a fine example.

Size: 115 x 70mm (4½ x 2¾ inches).

Reference: 11789

Price: £38

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Ross.

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PERROT, Astride Michel.

Origin: Paris, 1823.

A miniature map of the countiy with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840),the text by George Bernard Depping.

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

Size: 115 x 70mm (4½ x 2¾ inches).

Reference: 15480

Price: £30

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Scotiæ Tabula.

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ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Origin: Antwerp, 1584, Latin text edition.

Ortelius used Mercator's 8-sheet wall map of the British Isles (1564) as his source for this map, first published 1573. Oriented with North to the right.

Condition: Recent colour over some original; light marginal spotting, otherwise a fine example.

Size: 355 x 480mm (14 x 19 inches).

Reference: 11837

Price: £850

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Scotiæ Tabula.

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ORTELIUS, Abraham.

Origin: Antwerp, 1592, Latin text edition.

Ortelius used Mercator's 8-sheet wall map of the British Isles (1564) as his source for this map, first published 1573. Oriented with North to the right.

Condition: Fine original colour; light marginal staining, slightly heavier in the top margin, some very minor colour transfer on the Isles of Skye and North Uist, otherwise fine condition.

Size: 355 x 480mm (14 x 19 inches).

Reference: 15534

Price: £1150

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Scotia.

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PORCACCHI, Tommaso.

Origin: Venice, 1572-.

Scotland, engraved by Girolamo Porro for "L'Isole Piu Famose del Mondo". Orientated with north to the right, it has a title cartouche, a wind rose, galleys, and sea-monsters. The map pre-dates the Ortelius map of Scotland (1573), and the R.S.G.S. bibliography lists only one earlier printed map of Scotland alone, an unattributed item in their own collection, the only known example.

Condition: Left-hand side of page has been re-enforced with old paper due to old worm holes, otherwise a good example.

Size: 110 x 145mm (4¼ x 5¾ inches).

Reference: 6221

Price: £210

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Scotland.

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TALLIS, John.

Origin: London, London Printing & Publishing Co., 1851.

With vignette views of Edinburgh, Holyrood House, Brig of Doon and Scott's Monument, an inset map of the Shetlands and scenes of Deer Stalking and playing Shinty.

Condition: Original outline colour; very minor soiling in the margins, otherwise a fine unfolded example.

Size: 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾ inches).

Reference: 7453

Price: £220

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Scotland.

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TALLIS, John.

Origin: London, London Printing & Publishing Co., 1851.

With vignette views of Edinburgh, Holyrood House, Brig of Doon and Scott's Monument, an inset map of the Shetlands and scenes of Deer Stalking and playing Shinty. 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: Original outline colour; very light toning to left edge, otherwise a fine unfolded example.

Size: 355 x 250mm (14 x 9¾ inches).

Reference: 8868

Price: £220

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Stirling, Dumbarton, Linlithgow, Clackmanan.

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PERROT, Artiside Michel.

Origin: Paris, 1823.

A miniature map of the counties with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping.

Condition: Original outline colour; overall a fine example.

Size: 110 x 70mm (4¼ x 2¾ inches).

Reference: 11788

Price: £38

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Stirling, Dumbarton, Linlithgow, Clackmanan.

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PERROT, Artiside Michel.

Origin: Paris, 1823.

A miniature map of the counties with highly decorative border engraved by Adrien Migneret (1786-1840), the text by George Bernard Depping.

Condition: Original outline colour; some soiling and staining to margins, otherwise very good.

Size: 110 x 70mm (4¼ x 2¾ inches).

Reference: 15479

Price: £30

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The Environs of Edinburgh.

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

Origin: London, SDUK, 1838.

An early Victorian detailed map of the city and environs, engraved by B.R.Davies. From the 1844 edition published for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

Condition: Original outline colour; light age-toning to the edges of the margins, one or two spots, sign of an old crease across the map, otherwise a very good example.

Size: 315 x 395mm (12½ x 15½ inches).

Reference: 10686

Price: £45

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The Kingdom of Scotland.

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SPEED, John.

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

Undoubtedly the most decorative map of Scotland, this is the first state, with portraits of James I (the Sixth of Scotland), Queen Anna and their sons. In 1652 these were replaced with vignettes of "commoners". The map itself is based on Mercator's map of 1595, but has an inset of the Orkneys top right.

Condition: Coloured; short tear to centrefold expertly repaired, trimmed close by the binder, but with enough blank paper to facilitate framing, light soiling in the margins, otherwise a fine example.

Size: 385 x 510mm (15¼ x 20 inches).

Reference: 15520

Price: £2650

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The Kingdom of Scotland.

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SPEED, John.

Origin: London, Thomas Bassett & Richard Chiswell, 1676.

The plate was amended in 1652 with the four 'Commoners' or figures in national costume in place of the 'Royals' or reigning Stuart family. This edition is much harder to find than the original plate.

Condition: Coloured; very light age-toning to the edges of the margins, short split to lower centrefold (expertly repaired), overall a fine example.

Size: 385 x 515mm (15¼ x 20¼ inches).

Reference: 15647

Price: £2450

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