Maps

Selection of Antique Maps
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AN ATLAS

Gaultier, Abbe Aloisius Edouard Camile.
An Atlas adapted to the Abbe Gaultier’s Geographical Games, consisting of a set of maps coloured, and also another set containing merely the outlines of kingdoms and provinces, with the course of rivers, and the situation of the principal towns, islands, mountains, &c &c.
London: John Harris, corner of St Paul’s Church Yard.

No date. All the maps are dated in the title and the imprint. Each title is followed by ‘for the Elucidation of the Abbe Gaultier’s Geographical Games by Jehoshaphat Aspin (& date) Each has the publisher’s imprint: London: Published by John Harris, St Paul’s Church Yard (& date).

Most of the maps are bound in pairs, one in outline without any names places, the second being a similar map but with places names added. All are in excellent period colouring, in washes or heightened border colouring.

Publisher’s purple half-morocco, marbled boards, original engraved paper title on upper cover (worn).

1. The British Isles; 1832. Hewitt sculp. Inset of the Shetland Islands, top right.
Outline map. A little offset of the print.

2. Same details as above, except for the engraver, which now reads: Hewitt, sc. Carburton Str. Detailed map.

3. Europe. 1838. Hewitt sc. Outline map. Inset of Spitsbergen, top right.

4. Europe. 1838. Hewitt sc. Carburton Str. Detailed map.

5. The Central Part of Europe. 1832. Hewitt sculp. Outline map. No date in the publisher’s imprint.

6. The Central Part of Europe. 1832. Hewitt, sc., Bucking(ham) Place. Detailed map.

7. Asia. 1832. Hewitt sculp. Outline map.

8. Asia. 1832. Hewitt, sc. Buckingham Place. Detailed map.

9. Africa. 1838. N.R. Hewitt sculp. Outline map.

10 Africa. 1838. Hewitt, sc. Carburton Str. Detailed map.

11. North and South America. 1838. N.R. Hewitt sculp. Inset of the United States. Outline map.

12. North and South America. 1838. Hewitt, sc., Bucking(ham) Place. Detailed map.

13. A Plane Chart of the World on Mercator’s Projection, with the Tracks & Discoveries of the Principal and most Recent Navigations. 1838. Hewitt sc., Bucking(ham) Place.
Outline map. The navigational routes are marked, named and dated. Otherwise the map in outline, without named places. The Arctic and Antarctic Circles are marked and named.

14. The World. 1838. Hewitt sc. Buckingham Place. No publisher’s imprint. Detailed double hemisphere map.

15. Recent Discoveries in the Arctic Regions Drawn by Jehoshaphat Aspin. 1838. Hewitt sculp St. John’s Wood. Detailed map. It covers from about the Mackenzie Mountains, not quite west enough to reach the border of Alaska, south to Lake Winnipeg and to the west coast of Greenland at the east side. Unlike the other maps, this is lightly coloured, with blue wash to water, and some colour to the borders of the map.

£600

Charts of the Heavens.
MANILIUS, Marcus
Orbis Caelestis Tabula Ex Marmore antiquo in Aedibus Farnes Romae.
After Marcus Manilius for Astronomical, published in London by Vaillant brothers in 1739.
Folded three times vertically and twice horizontally. Good condition.
Printed borders: 26 x 52cm.
£ 300

THE BRITISH ISLES

SEBASTIAN MUNSTER
LONDINIUM FERACIS: ANG. MET.
Woodcut. Appropriate later colour.
Strongly based on Braun and Hogenberg’s slightly earlier plan.
Published in Basle 1598. German text edition.
Printed surface measures 310 x 380mm
Howgego no. 6
£800

Blome, Richard, publisher. Engraved by Wencelaus Hollar.
London.
Title at top, within the border. Second edition, with dedication below, to Sir Robert Vyner, alderman, knight and baronet, with his coat of arms. At the sides and beneath the plan are 15 coats of arms of City livery companies and the arms of the City of London. The plan extends from Limehouse to Tothill Fields, and Stepney to St George's Fields. There is a key to 45 numbered landmarks. The plan was included in Blome's Britannia, dated 1673. Vyner was not elected alderman until 1667, suggesting a slightly later publishing date.
Short repaired tear in bottom margin, just extending to printed border. Plate size 17 x 27.5cm
£ 400

SPEED, John.
English and Welsh County maps.
The maps were engraved in 1610, and many of them have that date on them. The dates given here are those of the date of publication.
Each has a description of the county and a list of the places marked on the map on the reverse. Each measures about 39 x 50cm.

Buckinghamshire:
Published by G. Humble, 1646.
Plans of Buckingham and Reading.
Later colour. Fine condition.
£900

Devonshire:
Published by Sudbury and Humble, 1646.
Plan of Exeter.
Early 20th century colouring. Good condition.
£800

Dorset:
Published by Roger Rea, 1662, the date altered from 1610.
Plan of Dorchester.
Early 20th century colouring. Very good condition.
£600

Lincolnshire:
1614 edition, one of the few that does not have a publisher’s imprint.
Plan of Lincoln.
Fine, uncoloured impression. Small area of paper loss at the foot of centre fold, repaired and drawn in; repaired tear on left and right sides.
£400

Somerset:
Published by Sudbury and Humble, 1646.
Plan of Bath.
Early 20th century colouring. Very good condition.
£600

Surrey:
Published by Bassett & Chiswell, 1676, still dated 1610.
Views of the palaces of Richmond and Nonsuch.
Later colouring. Very good condition.
£1,200

JOHN OGILBY
From the first printed atlas of road maps, the 'Britannia', first published 1675.
Each measures approximately 32 x 47cms

[Plate] 3. The Continuation of the Road from London to Aberistwith.
This is the third and last part of the route, beginning at Bromyard, 125 miles from London, to Leominster, Kingsland, Presteigne, Rhayader, Aberystwyth, 199 miles from London.
1675, second issue with the number added, a very good impression, with later colouring. The right side is slightly shaved, affecting the top of the scroll, the left side is damaged at the extreme top corner.
£ 120

8. The continuation of the Road from London to Barwick.
Begins at York, being 192 miles from London, to Boroughbridge, Northallerton, Darlington, Durham and Chester le Street.
1675, the second issue with the number added. Good condition, good later colouring probably by P.J. Radford.
£200

10. The Road from London to the City of Bristol.
This is the first part of the route, reaching as far as Marlborough. Starts from Cornhill, west through Kensington, Hammersmith, Brentford, Hounslow, Colnbrook, Maidenhead, Reading, Thatcham, Newbury, and then the road divides, one part going to Hungerford and on to Marlborough, which is the A4, the other part taking a northerly route to Chilton Foliat, Ramsbury and then to Marlborough, 75 miles.
1698 edition, good impression and good later colouring. Trimmed close to the printed border on all sides.
£230

12. The Road from London to Buckingham. Continued to Banbury.
Starts from Cornhill, to Marble Arch, Bayswater, Shepherds Bush, Acton, Uxbridge, Amersham, Wendover, Aylesbury, Buckingham and Banbury, 78 miles.
1698 edition, a very good impression and good later colouring.
£240

17. The Continuation of ye Road from London to St. Davids.
This is the last part of the route, beginning at Briton (Burton) Ferry, through Swansea, Llanethy, Kidewelly, Llanstaffan, Haverford West to St. Davids.
Good margins, later colour.
£175

[Plate 20.] The Road from London to Hith.
This is Hythe in Kent. From Cornhill, the route is over London Bridge, the only bridge, East Peckham, New Cross, Eltham, Foots Cray, Farningham, and at Kingsdown the road divides, the northern route going to Crossley, Aylesford, and north of Maidstone, the southern route going through Wrotham and Maidstone and then joining the northern route, passing Leeds Castle to Ashford and Hythe.
This is a very fine first issue, before the number was added. Later colouring.
£240

LARGE ENGLISH ATLAS.
The best series of county of England and Wales that was made in the 18th century. The maps were mainly prepared by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Bowen. The map of Middlesex was by R.W. Seale. In 1749 the original plan was to publish one map each month until the series was completed, but this proved to be too ambitious and the 45 maps were not completed until 1760. It is interesting that there were no geographical changes to the maps during their long publication period; the only changes were to the publisher’s imprints beneath the bottom border. Usually the title cartouches illustrate the produce and industry of the county. Each is packed with notes of local interest. A typical example is an extract from the Cheshire map, quoted below.

BOWEN, Emanuel. An Accurate Map of the County of Kent
Published by John Tinney, 1753.
The first edition was by Hinton in 1751, this is the second. A very fine impression, separately published, i.e. never bound, very lightly folded at the centre, some original colouring to the boundaries. The cartouche is especially illustrative of the county, showing hop growing, ship building, naval paraphernalia, and fishing.
Some minor stains in the margins, and a small area of woodworm holes, otherwise fine.
51.5 x 69cm. Wide margins extra.
£700

BOWEN, Emanuel. An Accurate Map of the County of Sussex, by Emanuel Bowen.
Printed for Robert Sayer, Robert Wilkinson and Carington Bowles.
Published in 1785. The Sussex map was the first to be made for the series.
The cartouche does not illustrate the produce of the county, as most of the maps in the series. It is particularly interesting because of the surveying instruments shown, a man is using a ‘way-wiser,’ a wooden wheel with a dial on the handle to record the distance, a system still used today in the more sophisticated way. A cupid-like figure is using a theodolite, but, for some reason, he has removed his clothes; such behaviour is not a Sussex custom, and, as far as we are aware, it never was. Also it cannot be explained why the cartouche is not clearly printed when the rest of the map is very clear. It is as if the cartouche had more wear to it than the rest of the plate.
The views and town plans are of Chichester and Lewes. Most of the other counties do not show either views or plans.
There are some repaired tears to the margins.
51 x 68.5cm. The margins are about half a centimetre.
£450

BURGHERS, Michael.
Two copper plate engravings, published in Magna Britannia in about 1715. Each is signed: M. Burghers sculp Univ Oxon. Both are based on Morden’s maps that appeared in Camden’s Britannia, 1695. Both have longitude based on London.
Britannia Romana. Numbered 17 in top right border. 18.5 x 26.5cms. £80

Britannia Saxonica. Numbered 41 in top right border. 18 x 26.5cms. £60

SANSON, Nicolas. South-west of England and south Wales.
Engraving published in Paris in 1654. Original hand colouring.
37 x 53.5cm
£300

BLAEU, Joannes. Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
Separate maps on single sheet. C.1650. Latin text verso. Fine publisher’s colouring, the margins slightly discoloured at the extremities, otherwise in very good
condition. It is unusual to find the map still intact.
Plate: 42 x 53.5cm.
£320

SAXTON, Christopher. Durham. The edition published by Philip Lea, c.1693.
The County Palatine and Bishoprick of DURHAM Described by C. Saxton and Amended with Additions by P: Lea.

Much altered from the original engraving date of 1576, which was the first printed map of the county. The map still bears the signature of the engraver, Augustinus Ryther, with the date he engraved the plate. The original title, top left, is replaced by a plan of Durham, taken from the county map by John Speed. The arms of Queen Elizabeth, top right, is altered to the arms of Charles I. The arms of Thomas Seckford, the original sponsor, is replaced by the new title. The alterations give an entirely different appearance to the map.

There are numerous geographical additions to place names to the neighbouring counties. Many more hills have been added to Westmoreland. Names of wards are now included. Outside the border at the top and the left side graticules are added with letters.
There was a proposed edition of the map in 1665. The changes mentioned above were made at this date. In circa 1689, close examination shows a mitre added to Durham and a cross added to each of the market towns. In the edition of c.1693, the title is again altered to read as above. Beneath the title can be seen the partial erasure of the previous title. The principal roads are shown, taken from John Ogilby’s Britannia, which would have made the atlas very much more desirable. At Weardale (spelt Weredale) a tent is added.

The map is a very good impression and is in fine condition. There is some colouring to the borders of the county only, the rest is left plain.
Plate size: 38 x 49cm.
£750

KEERE, Pieter van den. Essex. 1676.
Known as ‘Miniature Speed.” 8.5 x 12cm.
£100

MORDEN, Robert. Essex.
The smaller map, published for the series Fifty six New and Acurate Maps Of Great Britain, Ireland and Wales, in 1708, is a rarer map than the Morden published in Camden’s Britannia, in 1695. This is a very good example, in good condition and later colour.
17 x 21cm
£100

DRAYTON, Michael
KENT
Allegorical map of Kent, engraved by William Hole for Drayton’s Polyolbion.
‘An Intriguing series of novelty maps was published in 1612 to illustrate the poems of Michael Drayton’s Polyolbion, blank verse extolling the beauties of the English and Welsh countryside. Hardly a city or a town is named, but the rivers and hills are predominant, each river adorned by a Goddess.’ From Roger Baynton-Williams ‘Investing in Maps’.
First edition of 1612.
Good later colour.
Image measures 250 x 330mm
£400

NORDEN, JOHN. Essexia.
Engraved by William Kip, published in the 1610 edition of Camden’s Britannia.
Good impression with good later hand colouring, done with sympathy, a green wash to the border of the county. The boundaries of the hundreds are left uncoloured. Small repairs to the top margin, a some minor staining.
28.5 x 36cm
£400

JANSSON, Johannes. The pre-1646 state Map of Somerset. Comitatus Somersettensis. Somerest-Shire.
The title is within a cartouche at the top left corner. The scale is within a simple tableau at the bottom, in the middle of the left side of the sheet. The miles are numbered but there is no other lettering. There is no text. The few records of the map that we have traced all have German text. Koeman, Me 44 (13) 411, lists the map in Jansson’s edition of Mercator’s atlas of 1636. At about the same time, Jansson’s contemporary in Amsterdam, Blaeu, was producing his own maps of English counties, and Blaeu’s map of Somerset was considerably more decorative than the map by Jansson, so Jansson set about altering his map, using the same plate, but altering all the surround. For the 1646 edition, the title is removed to the bottom left corner, the scale to the bottom right corner, and the top left corner is now occupied with coats of arms supported by putti. The galleons and the compass rose positioned in St Georges Channel remain unaltered. Jansson’s name is added to the left of the scale; it does not appear in the 1636 state. The only alteration to the map is in Devon where the name of Molland is moved to beneath the symbol. Latin names for the cardinal points are added to the appropriate borders. There is really so much difference between the two states that comparisons cannot be made.
Original outline colouring to the boundaries, the rest is uncoloured. The map is trimmed to the borders on all sides, replaced with contemporary paper. The centre fold is repaired. The extreme corners show signs of wear, caused by damp.
Size to outer borders: 38 x 49.5cm.
£300

KEERE, Pieter van den. Suffolk. 1676.
Known as ‘Miniature Speed.” 8.5 x 12cm.
£100

SAXTON, CHRISTOPHER. Suffolcia.
Engraved by William Kip and published in the 1610 edition of Camden’s Britannia.
Mainly good though the bottom right, the right side of the scale, has been repaired and drawn in. There is some slight smudging of the original printer’s ink, noticeable at the top of the map. Later hand colouring. The boundaries of the hundreds are coloured.
27.5 x 37.5cm.
£175

MORDEN, Robert. Surrey.
Very good example of the first edition, 1695. Well coloured at a later date.
35 x 42cms
£240.

MAPS OF VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD

JOHN SENEX
A NEW MAP OF THE ENGLISH EMPIRE IN AMERICA…
Engraved by J. Harris. Published by Senex in 1719.
Original outline colour. Very good impression and condition.
A fine map.
Measures to plate mark 496 x 600mm
£1,600

BRION DE LA TOUR, Louis. L’Amerique Dressee pour l’etude de la Geographie, revue et augmentee par
Mr Brion, Ingenieur Geographir du Roy, a Paris, chez Desnos, Ing. Geog. pour les Globes et Spheres, rue St Jacques, au globe, 1764.
Engraving within separately printed decorative border, plate 47, of the Atlas methodique et elementaire, the completed atlas published in 1768. Feint original colouring to borders. unfolded, slightly creased and some soiling, otherwise good.
Measures to platemark 35.5 x 41.5cms.
£350

SANSON, Nicolas
COMTE,et GOUVERNMENT DE PROVENCE
Engraved by R. Cordier. Published in 1652.
Original outline colour. Some manuscript margin annotations in pencil, ink and orange crayon.
Plate fault in lower margin. Large margins.
Measures to platemark 320 x 460mm
£ 150

WELLS, Edward. Ancient Germany.
Engraving, published in Oxford, 1701. Good condition, later colouring.
36 x 48cm.
£150

SPEED, John. The Kingdome of Persia with the cheef citties and Habites described by John Speede.
Published by G. Humble. lst edition of 1627.
Very fine clear impression. Good later colouring. Very good condition, slight creasing to centre fold. Measures to plate mark 390 x 501mm.
£900

BONNE, R. Switzerland.
La Suisse divisee en ses treize Cantons. 1782. Original outline colouring, very good condition.
30.5 x 44.5cm
£200

MOXON, Joseph. The Travels of St Paul and the other Apostles Or a Geographical Description of those Lands and Countries where the Gospel of Christ was first propagated.
Engraving, published in 1683. Four Bible scenes at the top and four at the bottom. Laid on thin support paper. Short repaired tear at right, and at centre fold.
46 x 33cm.
£250

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